Work-family conflict among female head coaches in Iran

With the increased number of women participating in sport, it is anticipated that women have more opportunities to advance in sport careers such as coaching; however, women are faced with the conflict to keep up with their profession as coaches and their family duties as mothers, wives or singles. Female Division I and super league volleyball and basketball coaches participated in this qualitative, interview-based study through a selective method given that the number of women coaches is limited. Female head coaches exemplified to leave their careers because of the conflicts of work and family spill over. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.