Program Overview

Sport Coaching - Bachelor of Science in Sport Leadership and Management

The Sport Coaching major leads to a Bachelor of Science in Sport Leadership and Management. This major prepares students to succeed in coaching interscholastic, collegiate, or professional sport. Graduates may seek careers with national governing bodies of Olympic sport or coaching education specialists in national or state organizations/associations. Students majoring in sport coaching may not also major in sport management or minor in coaching.

Course Requirements

• Course List Code | Title | Credit Hours
  • SLAM Senior Capstone: | 3
  • SLM 495| Practicum in Sport Leadership and Management|
  • or SLM 402| Reflections and Actions in Sport Leadership & Management
• Sport Leadership Core Courses | 18
  • SLM 225| Ethics in Sport|
  • SLM 272| Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership in Sport Contexts|
  • SLM 275| Principles of Sport Analytics|
  • SLM 375| Psychological Perspectives in Sport and Exercise|
  • SLM 378| Sport, Power and Inequality|
  • SLM 472| Sport Administration|
• Statistics Course - Select One of the Following: | 3-4
  • ISA 125| Introduction to Business Statistics|
  • MTH 119| Quantitative Reasoning|
  • STA 125| Introduction to Business Statistics|
  • STA 261| Statistics|
• Sport Coaching Courses| 21
  • KNH 102| Food, Nutrition & Health|
  • KNH 184| Motor Skill Learning and Performance|
  • KNH 188| Physical Activity and Health|
  • SLM 337| Foundations and Fitness Training for Coaches|
  • SLM 338| Psychosocial Aspects of Coaching|
  • SLM 447| Sport Pedagogy for Coaches and Practitioners|
  • SLM 473| Children and Youth in Sport|
• Sport Context Courses Select Two:| 6
  • SLM 246| Sport, Management, and Culture in the Global Marketplace|
  • SLM 248| Global Sport Perspectives|
  • SLM 273| Sport Communication & Media|
  • SLM 274| |
  • SLM 276| Current Issues in Leisure and Sport|
  • SLM 279| Race, Nation, and Sport|
  • SLM 414| Facilities and Event Management in Sport|
  • SLM 416| Sport Marketing|
  • SLM 417| Legal Issues in Sport Leadership and Management|
  • SLM 438| Principles of Effective Coaching|
  • SLM 475| Women, Gender Relations, and Sport|
• Internship in Coaching (minimum of 1 - 3 Credit Hours, any additional SLM 340 Credit Hours are elective hours)| 1-3
  • SLM 340| Internship|
• Business Courses Select Three:| 9
  • SLM 413| Sport Economics|
  • SLM 418| Applied Sport Analytics|
  • MGT 111| Introduction to Business|
  • MGT 211| Introduction to Management for Non-business Majors|
  • or MGT 291| Introduction to Management & Leadership
  • MKT 211| Business Concepts in Customer Engagement|
  • or MKT 291| Principles of Marketing
  • ACC 211| Accounting for the Non-Business Major|
  • FIN 211| Financial Capital|
  • ISA 211| Information Technology and Data Driven Decision Making in Business|
• Remaining Credit Hours are Electives
• Total Credit Hours| 61-64