This study determined the management strategies and leadership approaches of sports directors and chairpersons in CALABARZON State Universities and Colleges? S.Y. 2021-2022. Specifically, this determined the status of the sports directors? profile in terms of age, sex, length of service, academic rank and highest educational attainment, and the level of sports management strategies in terms of organizational structure, personnel management, financial management, self-discipline and motivation, and accountability, the level of leadership approach in terms of intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, and idealized influence, the profile of the sports directors/chairperson that predicts the management strategies and leadership approach, and the significant relationship of the management strategies on the leadership approach. The author conducted the research in the five SUCs in Region IV-A. Ph. The respondents are the sports directors and the sports chairpersons. Also, the descriptive and quantitative data analyses were used to determine the significant relationship between management strategies and the Leadership Approach of sports directors/chairpersons of CALABARZON SUC. Findings show that the leadership approaches in terms of intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, and idealized influence were highly implemented by the sports directors/chairperson. In the profile of the sports directors/chairperson, some indicators predict the management strategies and others were not. Thus, in terms of the profile of the sports directors/chairperson, some indicators predict the leadership approach and others were not. Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were made: The study reveals that the profile of the sports director/chairperson was a predictor of the management strategies and leadership approach and others are not. Thus, the null hypothesis stating that the profile of sports directors/chairpersons of CALABARZON SUC predicts the management strategies on the leadership approach is partially accepted. On the other hand, the second null hypothesis stating that The Management Strategies of sports directors/ chairperson of CALABARZON SUC has no significant relationship to the Leadership Approach? is rejected which incites that there is a significant relationship between the two. Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were forwarded: SUC administrators and sports directors must work hand in hand to identify the priority planning in terms of sports development at the tertiary level, and Strategic management practices must be consistently updated and judiciously implemented to provide a universal sports management.

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