The purpose of this study was to compare the difference of coaches' leadership behavior perceives and preferred by tug-of-war athletes in Taiwan. The subject was 531 tug-of-war athletes drown from the 2nd Taiwan Tug-of-War Championship at Chaii in 2001. "The Leadership Scale for Sports (Chinese Version)" was administered as research instrument. Data obtained was analyzed by the one-way MANOVA、pair t test and Scheffe's method. The study finds fives results. Results are as follows: 1. Significant difference was found in coaches' autocratic behavior, which perceived and preferred by tug-of-war athletes. 2. Significant difference was found in coaches' leadership behavior, which perceived and preferred by different sex tug-of-war athletes. 3. Significant difference was found in coaches' leadership behavior, which perceived and preferred by different levels schools of tug-of-war athletes. 4. Significant difference was found in coaches' leadership behavior, which perceived and preferred by different training day per week of tug-of-war athletes. 5. Significant difference was found in coaches' leadership behavior, which perceived and preferred by different training duration in different levels schools of tug-of-war athletes.