Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Coaching Efficacy in Coaches

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between coaching efficacy of university coaches and emotional intelligence. Therefore, the 120 men and women coaches were selected to randomly sampling and completed the emotional intelligence (Syberyashring, 1986) and the coaching efficacy (Filtz, 1999) questionnaires. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential (Pearson correlation, and single-variable and multivariate regression) with SPSS 16 software (P<0.05). The Test of hypothesis showed that the scale and subscals of emotional intelligence coaches’ are associated with the scale and subscals of coaching efficacy. The coaches’ emotional intelligence was considered to good predict coaching efficacy. In the end, was determined that coaching with high emotional intelligence, had a high coaching efficacy. Hence, suggested studied relationship between emotional intelligence as a variable affecting the coaching efficacy.