The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among sources of coaching satisfaction and coaching efficacy in youth hockey coaches. Previous research has limited coaching satisfaction to professional and paid coaches. With increasing pressure placed on the volunteer youth sport coach and the high turnover rate, the need to understand the continued participation motivation of youth sport coaches exists. Additionally, satisfaction has historically been linked to work motivation (Herzberg et al., 1959), and the factors that contribute to coaching satisfaction may provide some insight into developing methods to decrease turnover in youth coaches. Previous research indicated that highly efficacious coaches were more likely to continue coaching than coaches with low efficacy (Feltz et al., 1999). There is a paucity of coaching satisfaction literature and the literature is non-existent regarding volunteer coaches. Therefore the framework for the exploration of this topic was derived from coaching efficacy. In the coaching efficacy literature factors such as: coaching education, coaching experience, playing experience, perceived ability of the team, and social support significantly predict coaching efficacy. This study added perceived improvement of the team and coaches' age as predictors of coaching efficacy. More notably, this study examined coaching satisfaction as an outcome of the previously mentioned sources of efficacy and coaching efficacy itself. Participants for this study were 512 amateur ice hockey coaches attending coaching certification clinics. The findings of a path analysis included social support ( =.323), playing experience ( =.334), and coaching experience ( =.183) as the strongest predictors of coaching efficacy and social support ( =.213), coaching experience ( =.139), and total coaching efficacy (=.568) as the strongest predictors of coaching satisfaction. The results suggest that satisfaction of volunteer youth coaches is predicted by previous experience, social support and coaching efficacy. Perceived team improvement was also highly correlated to coaching satisfaction, but did not provide a large contribution to the path analysis. Based upon the results a practical use of satisfaction measures could begin with coaching education programs. CEP's may need to focus on instilling the skills necessary to garner social support from parents, athletes and the organization. Additionally, coaching education may need to include an internship or mentored coaching experience prior to a coaching assignment to increase a coaches' confidence in their abilities. This may provide coaches with a more satisfying experience and encourage retention. Keyword(s): coaching, sport topics, youth sports