Our sports coaching degree is endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). This means youll be working to the highest professional standards. Your student membership with CIMSPA will give you access to resources, guest lectures, work placement opportunities and more.For your assessments and research projects, youll be able to choose an area that interests you most. Specialise in areas such as sports coaching in education, coaching with children, young people and adults, and coaching community and performance sport. Youll combine your academic studies with work experience, so you get plenty of hands-on expertise.
The Department of Sport and Physical Activity has brilliant facilities, with a number of specialist laboratories and a sports therapy clinic. We also have football, rugby and hockey pitches, tennis courts, athletics track and field, swimming pool, a fitness suite, as well as strength and conditioning within the laboratories. You also have use of the performance analysis laboratory and the indoor sports halls and gymnasiums to help you prepare for your chosen career.
Your future career
By the time you finish your sports coaching degree, youll have a wide range of transferrable skills that will equip you for a graduate role or further study. Your skillset will come in handy whether you want to work in the coaching field or another area of sport.
Our graduates go on to have exciting careers in the community or performance sport, or in related fields such as wellness and health and wellbeing. A number of graduates have gone on to work for football clubs, sports groups and partnerships and community groups. Here are just some of the job roles they get: Elite Performance Coach, Community Coach, Sports Coach in Education, Performance Analyst
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Sports Development Officer,Community Engagement Coordinator
Sandwich year option available,Studying abroad option available
