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Sports Coaching & Performance

MSc
Duration
1 year
Start
September 2025
Delivery
In-person

Our Sports Coaching and Performance MSc puts you at the forefront of sport coaching practice. Apply your skills to real world contexts, giving you practical experience.

Why study with us

  • Our degree is highly flexible and student-centred. While teaching is campus-based, we record and share many workshops online so you can fit study around other commitments.
  • We have strong ties with professional sports organisations, like Wigan Warriors, Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers. This gives you direct insight into the industry and valuable networking opportunities.
  • Our course team have a wealth of experience both in academia and the professional sports industry.
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What you'll do

  • Explore contemporary coaching and performance topics, including coaching philosophy, performance coaching, and coach development.
  • Focus on the topics you're interested in, including within your assessments. This allows you to align your degree with your career goals.
  • Develop your own professional skills, as you explore the latest research and engage in reflective practice.

Modules

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Hear from our students

The course content makes you a more rounded coach. You work with a range of sporting disciplines and coaches, from table tennis to gymnastics.
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Richard Marshall
Assistant Coach, Warrington Wolves

Academic expertise

Dr Cliff Olsson
Senior Lecturer
Dr Craig Wright
Senior Lecturer

Future careers

Sports coaching is now recognised as a vital area of practice. A Sports Coaching & Performance MSc boosts your profile and allows you to advance your career. There is growing demand for roles in:

  • Performance coaching
  • Coach education and development
  • Community engagement

Entry requirements

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25
UK
Full-time£9,450 per year
Part-time£1,050 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£17,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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This course is delivered by the School of Health, Social Work and Sport

For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information

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