<p>Gender stereotypes suggest men are better fit in roles of leadership. The multi-billion-dollar sport industry is an example of this trend. The extant literature is limited in its examinations of the validity of these stereotypes that negatively influence a woman’s ability to obtain leadership roles in highly men-dominated industries. To address this gap, the current study asked U.S. intercollegiate administrators and coaches to evaluate their supervisors’ leadership capabilities across 15 previously established and validated leadership competencies. The current study sought to better understand the association, if any, of a leader’s gender on their perceived leadership competencies as reported on by their employees. We employed ordinal regression modeling to examine the association between competency evaluations for supervisor gender and the outcome variables of subordinate job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Findings revealed women leaders were rated higher across all leadership competencies by subordinates. Thus, results suggest men are not inherently better fit than women to lead in sport industry settings despite their immense overrepresentation in these leadership roles.</p>