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This study investigates leadership styles, abilities, and the functional performance of football first and second adult league (Azadegan cup) coaches.
this study following a significant relationship between age, educational degree, coaching deree, coaching precedent, playing precedent, number of
justificatomtl classes with leadership style, ability regulating physic energy, communicaUonal ability and transfer of effective messages to players and functional
performance of coaches in coaching the existing problems in the coaching profession. Instruments were different questionnaires (personal charactristics.
leadership style, ability to regulate physic energy, Functional performance, and communicational coemcients were calculated and their Kronbakh coefficients were
found to be significant. Statistical popUlation is equal with statistical sample and consisted of aft tire footbaft first and second leages coaches (72). Analysis of data in
descriptive statistics consisted of frequency, percent of frequency, and infrential stati_tics consisted of chi square test and T -test. Results showed: Professional and
humanitical readership style of subjects was "modarate". Leadership ability in most of the subjects was "Weak & moderate". The ability to regulate physic energy and
happiness was "moderate & good". Their ability in communication and transferring effective message to players was "good".