Coaching
A coach is a professional whose occupation is to assist athletes and athletic teams in the enhancement of sports performance.
The Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in Coaching provides the academic preparation to those students wanting a career in the coaching profession. Academic content includes study in the key sports science disciplines described by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education’s (NASPE) domains of coaching effectiveness, which stress the understanding of established principles in the relevant sport science areas. This concentration contains a unique sequence of subjects that focus on the theory and practice of coaching. It also provides students with an experiential learning component with a coaching internship.
Program objectives are established to make students aware of the multiplicity of the demands involved in coaching and the important role that coaches have in society. Through this program, students will gain the knowledge and expertise to become successful sports coaches on several levels including sports programs in junior high or high school, college and at the international level.
Career Opportunities
Many students are initially interested in an undergraduate program in coaching is because they enjoyed sport throughout their formative years and participating in physical activities. The opportunity to study the scientific bases of coaching is often appealing. In fact, students may have the opportunity to work in any of the levels in junior high and high school, college and at the international and Olympic levels as well as semi and professional level sport Other students who major in coaching may use their undergraduate program as a stepping stone to health and fitness or sport management.
Distribution of Courses for the BS in Kinesiology: Concentration in Coaching
General Education and Liberal Arts
CPN100: Academic Writing I
CPN101: Academic Writing II
General Education Courses
Foreign Language
Quantitative Skills Requirement
Liberal Arts Requirements
PSY101: General Psychology
BIO301: Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO302: Anatomy and Physiology II
CAP100: Computer Applications
Kinesiology Department Theory Core
EXS197: History/Philosophy of PED
EXS287: Soc-Psych Aspects of Activity
EXS297: Motor Behavior
EXS351: Philosophy of Sport (WI)
EXS387: Biomechanics
EXS397: Exercise Physiology
EXS420: Sport in American Culture
Activity Core
PED 181: Adventure Activities
PED182: Health-related Physical Fitness
Aquatics activity elective
Activity electives
Coaching Concentration Requirements
HLH120: Responding to Emergencies
PSY 333: Developmental Psychology
EXS 230: Foundations of Coaching
EXS 325: Principles of Strength and Condition
EXS 346: Sport and Exercise Psychology
ATR 421: Care and Prevention of Ath. Injury
EXS 410: Ethics in Sport
SPM 311: Legal Issues in Sport
EXS 455: Phil., Prin., and Adm of Sport
PED 404-419: Coaching Clinic
Practica/Internship Requirements
EXS 260: Coaching Practicum I
EXS 360: Coaching Practicum II
EXS 475: Internship in Coaching
Required Workshops (non-credit)
Concentration Electives
Free Electives
Total Hours Required for Graduation 124
