Occupational burn-out was recently included in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (WHO, 2018) as an occupational phenomenon. Sport coaches’ experiences of burn-out and stress have been studied within the field of sport and exercise psychology of the past several decades. The purpose of the current study was to examine the prevalence of coach burn-out, examine how organizational factors are associated with burn-out, and explore coaching stressors utilizing the Coaching Stressors Scale, a 12-item instrument developed by the researcher. Using Horn’s (2002) Working Model of Coaching Effectiveness as the theoretical framework, coach demographics, organizational climate measures, perceived organizational support, perceptions of stress, turnover intention, resilience and burn-out were assessed. For measuring burn-out, the Maslach Burnout Inventory – Educators Survey was used. NCAA collegiate golf coaches (n = 96) in the United States were the sample participants. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess the three purposes of the study. Based on these findings, coach burn-out prevalence was relatively low. However, several key organizational factors were significantly associated with burn-out. Additionally, the variables of workplace stress, perceived organizational support, and resilience were significant predictors of the three dimensions of burn-out. Future research should focus on coach burn-out measure development, longitudinal studies of burnout in coaches, and interventions that examines the role of sport organizations in expanding resilience and coach wellbeing.
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