In conclusion, this study is a significant contribution to the literature on sport coaching and organizational psychology in sport in that it has integrated for the first time the important psychological constructs into a model applicable to the athletic context. More specifically, we have examined the relationship among antecedents (i.e., positive affectivity and negative affectivity), types of emotional labor (i.e., surface acting, deep acting, and genuine expression), a consequence (i.e., emotional exhaustion), and a moderator (i.e., emotional intelligence). The model can be extended in future research to include additional critical variables as antecedents (e.g., other personality variables), consequences (e.g., job satisfaction, team performance), and/or moderators (e.g., perceived social support and gender). The coaching context involves several contingent factors that could impact the dynamics of emotional labor and its consequences.