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Coaching Lineage: The Application of Network Theory to Power-5 Coaching Trees

Rockhill, Carter Anderson
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594387207820944

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Kinesiology.
There are many factors to consider when analyzing the success of a coach. Previous research into the coaching profession has primarily focused on the psychological, educational, and strategical elements of a coach (Gordon, 2017; Hedlund, Fletch, Pack, & Dahlin, 2018; Kim, Lee, & Kang, 2019; Koschmann, 2019; Lee, Chelladurai, & Kim, 2015). Very little research has been done considering the role that networks and relationships may play in effecting outcomes related to coaching and how coaches acquire their human and social capital. Network theory has become an emerging and innovative theoretical framework used for analyzing the various types of relationships which occur in sport (Quatman & Chelladurai, 2008). One specific area of sport which would benefit from a better understanding of the network is in college football, particularly the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Power-5 Conferences. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to conduct an in-depth exploratory analysis which examines the role of networks at one of the most important levels of sport, in order to help researchers understand what network structures exist and how these structures operationalize the spread of human and social capital in the network of Power-5 coaches.
Donna Pastore, Dr. (Advisor)
Catherine Quatman-Yates, Dr. (Committee Member)
Leeann Lower-Hoppe, Dr. (Committee Member)
Brian Turner, Dr. (Committee Member)
148 p.
Sports Management
Network theory, coaching, college football, human capital, social capital

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  • Rockhill, C. A. (2020). Coaching Lineage: The Application of Network Theory to Power-5 Coaching Trees [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594387207820944

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rockhill, Carter. Coaching Lineage: The Application of Network Theory to Power-5 Coaching Trees. 2020. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594387207820944.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rockhill, Carter. "Coaching Lineage: The Application of Network Theory to Power-5 Coaching Trees." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594387207820944

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