Purpose: This study was to explore the effects of the paternalistic leadership on team climate, and competitive burnout for the college sport representative team in the department of physical education. Methods: There were 627 sport representative players drawn from the department of physical education as the subjects (male 383, female 244).The subjects were administered with Paternalistic Leadership Inventory, Team Climate Inventory, and Competitive Burnout Inventory. The collected data were analyzed by t-test (independent) and multiple stepwise regression analysis. Results: 1. Male players’ “moral leadership” and “authoritarianism leadership” could effectively predict task team climate and social team climate; “moral leadership”, “authoritarianism leadership”,“authoritarianism leadership” could effectively predict emotional and physical exhaustion;“moral leadership” could effectively predict psychological withdrawal; “authoritarianism leadership” could effectively predict coaches’ and teammates’ devaluation and negative self-concept about athletic ability. 2. Female players’ “moral leadership” could effectively predict task team climate; “moral leadership” and “benevolence leadership” could effectively predict social team climate, “authoritarianism leadership” and “moral leadership” could effectively predict emotional and physical exhaustion; “moral leadership” and “benevolence leadership” could effectively predict perception of personal athletic performance; “moral leadership” could effectively predict psychological withdrawal;“authoritarianism leadership” and “moral leadership” could effectively predict coaches’and teammates’ devaluation and negative self-concept about athletic ability. Conclusions: Moral leadership, benevolence leadership and authoritarianism leadership could predict team climate and competitive burnout partly of male and female players in the sport representative teams.