The purposes of this study were to examine the current status and relationship of coaches' perception of job characteristic and organizational commitment in junior high schools, and explore the predictive power of coaches' perception of job characteristic on their organizational commitment. The research instrument "The questionnaire of coaches' perception of job characteristic and organizational commitment in junior high schools" were utilized for data collection. Junior high school coaches in the nationwide were selected through a stratified random sampling. There were 500 questionnaires delivered and received 305 effectively. The returned rate was 61%. The statistical methods, including factor analyses, reliability analyses, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA for independent samples, Scheff'e method, Pearson product-moment correlation,, and multiple stepwise regression analyses, were performed for data analyses. The findings from the analyses were summarized as follows: (1) Coaches' perception of job characteristic was at upper middle level. (2) Coaches' organizational commitment was at upper middle level. (3) "Employment categories" influenced coaches' perception of "task diversity" and "task autonomy". (4) "Seniority" influenced coaches' perception of "task feedback" and "task autonomy". (5) "Employment categories" can influence coaches' "Organizational Identification" and "hard-working". (6) "Seniority" can influence coaches' "Organizational Identification" and "desire of retention". (7) There was a significant positive relationship between coaches' perception of job characteristic and organizational commitment. (8) Coaches' perception of "task significance", "task autonomy", "task feedback", and "task identity" were predictors of their organizational commitment and explained 23.6% of variance.