Sport Coaching

Sports coaches use their practical skills, insight and sport science knowledge to guide and develop athletes and teams to reach their full potential.

Learning with a team of professional coaches in extensive specialist facilities, you'll gain practical hands-on experience and develop your coaching skills in different sports, settings and scenarios both on placement and through coaching children and your peers.

At the end of year 1 you can choose a specialist subject that complements your degree, or to carry on with the broader sport coaching degree.
- Sport Coaching with Development BSc(Hons)

- Sport Coaching with Performance BSc(Hons)

- Sport Coaching with Youth Sport and PE BSc(Hons)

Top reasons to choose this course

- Endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

- Option to specialise and graduate with an award of with development, with performance, or with youth sport and PE.

- Two placement opportunities to gain hands-on professional experience.

- Practical coaching experience throughout the degree.

- Choice of option modules to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations.

- Learn in our extensive on-site sport facilities.

- Learn with coaching experts and innovative researchers.

- 8th in the UK for sport science courses – Guardian University Guide 2025.