Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Department
School Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Amy Scott Brown, Ph.D.
First Committee Member
Dr. Andrea Becker, Ph.D.
Second Committee Member
Dr. Amy Scott Brown, Ph.D.
Third Committee Member
Dr. Justin Low, Ph.D.
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the post-game talks of a highly successful collegiate coach. A total of 19 post game talks were audio recorded during the 2012 championship season of the University of California Irvine (UCI) Men’s Volleyball team. Coach John Speraw; an American Caucasian Division I Men’s Collegiate Volleyball coach and was the Head coach during the 2012 season. Post game talks were recorded with intentions of assessing content and transcribed verbatim with the average length of each talk was 7 minutes and 23 seconds (4:36 – 23:04 mins). Analyses of the transcripts revealed 2 overarching general themes Process themes and Content themes. Sub-themes included: performance analysis, team identity, how to be successful, coach expectations, player expectations, perspective about where we are as a team, what it takes to be successful and organizational/logistical for Content themes. For Process sub-themes these included: clarity in communication, invited collaboration, provided autonomy support, focused forward and used history as a teaching tool.
Pages
99
Recommended Citation
Llarenas, Daniel Nobuo. (2025). A Look into a Great Coach: Qualitative Study of Post-game Talks of a Highly Successful Volleyball Collegiate Coach. University of the Pacific, Dissertation. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/4320
