This course offers you the opportunity to specialise in the academic study of sports coaching, gaining the qualifications and practical skills to be a successful coach. It combines a thorough understanding of sport and exercise science with knowledge of the range of roles and contexts within which a coach works. Theoretical, vocational and practical elements are included to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of sport science, which underpins coaching practice. This course includes a sandwich placement year between levels 5 and 6. This will develop your work-based learning and experiences, putting you into a strong position after you graduate when applying for jobs, and potentially providing a relevant work-based referee to complement your academic reference from the University of Bedfordshire.

Through the coaching strand of the course you will be required to engage in three periods of work experience that will total a minimum of 150 hours. This course can lead to opportunities in sport coaching, performance analysis, exercise or fitness instruction, physical education teaching, sport development and GP referral work. 90% of our students are in work or further study six months after graduation. Further study opportunities include MSc Sports Performance, PGCE PE and postgraduate research.