Sport Coaching and Leadership

Our Sport Coaching and Leadership courses have been carefully created to ensure you'll leave our University with in-depth subject expertise and highly developed transferable skills which are valued by employers in the world of sport.

Our focus is centred on you developing evidence-based knowledge, experience and person-centred values.

You'll have the opportunity to gain work placements across the globe including Europe, China and the United States. Many of our graduates have left the University to start careers at some of the biggest names in professional sport. All our students based at the Preston Campus are entitled to a FREE Sports Membership as part of their tuition fees. This gives you access to Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, the Sports Arena and activities delivered by University sports staff including exercise classes and fitness suite instruction.

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Sports Coaching and Leadership at UCLan

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My course afforded me fantastic opportunities to reach my potential.

Jeremy Welch

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Why choose us?

You’ll have the opportunity to work with professional sports organisations and clubs; to undertake work experience or research opportunities at home or abroad.
You will have the opportunity for international travel to enhance learning. Sport Coaching students recently visited Zambia, working on a sports for development project, supporting Sport In Action.

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What jobs can you get with a sports coaching degree?

Graduates from our Sport Coaching and Leadership programmes have gone on to a wide range of careers. Our alumni have been employed by a large number of professional football teams. These have been both in the UK and abroad, including one who was a Performance Analyst for a team at the FIFA World Cup. But it's not just professional football where our graduates end up. There are opportunities in professional sports, grassroots sport, school sport and outdoor education.

Studying sports coaching could lead to a future career as a:

Sports coach
Sport administrator
Sports therapist
Fitness centre manager
Personal trainer
Sports development officer
Primary school teacher

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Cliff teaches and leads across a range of modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Sports Coaching. His area of expertise is in coaching pedagogy, coach development and sport and international development. Cliff's draws upon a wide range of experience in the f…

Bryan is the Head of School and is responsible for the smooth running of all operations within it. Bryan's background is in performance sport, having worked as a sport psychologist, strength and conditioning coach and performance coach in this domain. Bryan has also delivered per…

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