Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the perceived level of coaching staff cohesion and its’ relationship to success in California Community College football teams. Six football coaching staffs comprising of six head coaches and 40 assistant coaches participated in the study. The subjects completed the Coaching Staff Cohesion Scale, which measures three factors of coaching staff cohesion (staff attraction, staff unity, and shared values). An independent sample t-test was used to determine significant differences between head and assistant coaches perceived levels of cohesion. No significant (p<.05) differences were found between head and assistant coaches perceived levels of cohesion according to the three subscales of the CSCS. At the conclusion of the regular season, win/loss records were recorded to determine success of each team. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients were used to determine the relationship between the perceived levels of coaching staff cohesion and win/loss percentage for the head and assistant coaches. Win/loss percentage was not significantly (p<.05) correlated with the perceived level of cohesion of the coaching staff.