The purposes of this study were to explore the current situation of college track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics and organizational commitment, and analyze the relationship between them. The research method employed in this study was survey method with a questionnaire entitled ”The questionnaire of college track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics and organizational commitment”. The subjects were 153 track and field coaches who participated in the 2009 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games. The amount of the valid questionnaires stands for 83.67% of the total amount of the questionnaires those were distributed. The survey data was analyzed by using statistical methods. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. College track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics was the middle level. 2. College track and field coaches' organizational commitment was at upper middle level. 3. College track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics was affected by gender, educational background and contest category. 4. College track and field coaches' organizational commitment was affected by gender and seniority. 5. College track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics was positively related to their organizational commitment. 6. Parts of college track and field coaches' perception of job characteristics had significant predictability on their organizational commitment.