Program Overview

This exciting Sports Coaching programme has been developed alongside industry partners and endorsed by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). 

The course has been mapped against the Professional Standards of a Coach, meaning that you will be equipped with the competencies and skills needed to meet the requirements of potential employers.
Please note the first year of this course will be taught at Wolverhampton City Campus, followed by three years at Walsall Campus. 

What happens on the course?

• Multiskills qualifications are embedded into the degree programme
• The course is delivered by qualified professional sport coaches (athletics, volleyball, basketball, karate, S&C specialists)
• The course incorporates technology enhanced coaching – preparing you for a digital world (analysis, diagnosis and social media)
• Placement modules will allow you to gain hands-on experience and to receive mentorship within professional environments throughout the course.
• Our employability modules enable you to explore a career in coaching and engage in career development planning that prepares you for graduate-level employment.
• Each year you will have opportunities to participate in career development activities and network with employers from the world of sports business.The course has been designed in line with The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) coaching degree standards. On completion of this course you should, therefore, have the knowledge and skills required to meet the sector standards for employment in certain specific roles, as well as a range of other related roles.
• You will have the opportunity to transfer to a sandwich placement year* in a sports coaching context. Our sandwich placement option allows you to take a full-year work placement, which can be undertaken abroad. A number of students in our department have been successful in securing places on these schemes in countries such as Spain, France, Canada and the US

You should be aware that transferring to a sandwich placement year would result in a total course duration of 5 years. There would therefore be funding implications if you failed to complete the course within 5 years if you were studying on a full-time basis.