Course summary

Want to work in sports performance or community sports coaching? Our sports coaching degree will help you do exactly that. This practical course will teach you all you need to know to succeed – and provide plenty of hands-on work experience. Are you interested in performance analysis, programming and strength and conditioning? Would you like to learn what it takes to be a local, national or international coach? Our sports coaching degree is endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). This means you’ll 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, you’ll 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. You’ll 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.