Date
10-16-2024
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
Chair
Darren Howland
Keywords
Keywords: college, football, head coaches, transformational, leadership, NCAA
Disciplines
Education | Leadership Studies
Recommended Citation
Kattoula, Valin, "Identifying Effective Leadership Styles Among Winning College Head Football Coaches: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6118.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6118
Abstract
The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to discover and interpret the successful leadership styles of winning college head football coaches (HFC) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The theory that guided this study is Bass’s (1995) transformational leadership theory. The central question asked, “What are the lived experiences of winning college HFCs leadership initiatives?” The study used a hermeneutic phenomenological design where HFCs participated in interviews and a focus group and submitted a writing prompt response to obtain the lived experiences about proven winning leadership styles. The study’s findings identified sixteen themes and five sub-themes. The sample exhibited the ideology that their role as the primary leader is a crucial determinant for achieving winning success as a college football head coach.
