This article investigates the critical influence principals have on mitigating or exacerbating teacher turnover. Both South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) data and National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) from Academic Years 2016 to 2020 were used to analyze the research question. A Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) mixed-effects multiple regression model determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between principal turnover and teacher turnover (p [less than or equal to] 0.01; b=-1.079) as well as Principal retention and teacher turnover (p [less than or equal to] 0.001; b=0.169). The article provides evidence that retaining principals and reducing principal turnover can significantly reduce teacher turnover.