As the occupational demands of today's intercollegiate coach escalate, the role and presence of job satisfaction increases in significance, as well. Past research has analyzed job satisfaction in both sport and business literature (Lambrecht & Hutson, 1997; Wright, 2006). Moreover, job satisfaction has been linked with gender and diversity (Pastore, 1993; Sagas et al., 2005) and supervisor satisfaction (Chelladurai, 2003). Because of the landscape of the college coaching profession and the notorious figures of gender and racial discrepancies (see Acosta & Carpenter, 2006; Lapchick, 2006), further exploration is needed to investigate the current work environment for coaches and its impact upon such outcomes as career satisfaction, turnover intent, career aspiration, etc. Limited research, however, has attempted to view the role of job satisfaction as a mediating variable in the working environment (Politis, 2006; Yousef, 2002), with little to no existence in sport management literature. This investigation sought to examine the relationship of supervisor satisfaction with career satisfaction for the coaching sample, a relationship presented in previous research (e.g. Sagas & Cunningham, 2004). However, we then attempted to ascertain what role, if any, job satisfaction enacted upon the said relationship. Data were collected through a mailed questionnaire as part of a larger study assessing the quality of employment in college coaching. A stratified random sample of 800 head coaches was selected to participate in the study and represented coaches from all three NCAA divisions. A total of 348 usable responses were collected after two rounds of data collection. Results indicated significant bivariate correlations between supervisor, career, and job satisfaction levels (p < .01). An initial regression analysis displayed a significant presence of supervisor satisfaction in predicting coaches' career satisfaction (β= .31, p < .001). A further regression analysis revealed significant predictability of job satisfaction when added to the model (β = .50, p < .05). This presence negated the significant presence of supervisor satisfaction in the relationship, thus, suggesting the mediating potential of job satisfaction on the relationship between supervisor satisfaction and career satisfaction. No differences were found in gender or NCAA division echoing the sentiments of past literature (Pastore, 1993). These findings shed new light on the mediating ability of job satisfaction with college coaches of today and suggest a need for future direction of research regarding the actions of job satisfaction as a mediator on work-related outcomes, beyond job satisfaction's position as an outcome itself. Keyword(s): coaching, college level issues, sport management