Coaching Education (Minor)
The Department of Health and Exercise Studies offers a 16 credit hour minor in coaching education designed to prepare students to assume coaching responsibilities with a sound theoretical and practical background. The minor provides students with a foundation of essential coaching skills; (a) the basic knowledge, understanding, and application of coaching philosophy, sport psychology, and effective teaching techniques; (b) the basic principles of human anatomy and physiology, kinesiology, and exercise science and the practical application to coaching; (c) injury prevention, risk management, and the treatment of sport-related injuries; (d) theories and techniques necessary to plan, organize, and implement sport programs; (e) and a demonstration of motor skills and strategies involved in coaching specific sports.
Recent practicum experiences have included:
- Assistant varsity lacrosse coach at Sanderson High School
- Assistant coach at the Raleigh Swimming Association
- Assistant soccer coach at Wake FC Soccer Club
- Assistant swim coach at Athens Drive Magnet High School
- Assistant soccer coach at Cardinal Gibbons High School
- Varsity wide receiver assistant coach and JV football special teams coordinator at Green Hope High School
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Contact
Department of Health and Exercise Studies
North Carolina State 福利逼站
Campus Box 8111
Raleigh, NC 27695-8111
Suzanne Williams, M.A.
Lecturer and Coaching Education Minor Coordinator
North Carolina State 福利逼站, Box 8111
1175G Wellness and Recreation Center
Raleigh, NC 27695-8111
919.515.3361 (main)
slwill22@ncsu.edu
Plan Requirements
- The Coaching Education minor requires the completion of 16 credit hours
- Students will complete six credit hours from the three required courses
- Students will complete 10 credit hours from eleven elective courses
- All minor program courses must be taken for a letter grade
- Students must obtain a grade of 鈥淐-鈥� or better in each of the required and elective courses
- Students must complete 贬贰厂惭听370 Foundations of Sport Coaching and Instruction, 贬贰厂惭听477 Coaching Concepts, and six credits from the sport science electives category before taking 贬贰厂惭听301 Coaching Practicum
- A minimum 10 credit hours must be completed at NC State (including the practicum)
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Credits | |||
| 贬贰厂惭听301 | Coaching Practicum | 1 | |
| 贬贰厂惭听370 | Foundations of Sport Coaching and Instruction | 2 | |
| 贬贰厂惭听477 | Coaching Concepts | 3 | |
| Select six credits of the following: | 6 | ||
| Athletic Training | |||
| Motor Learning and Sport Performance | |||
| Exercise Physiology and Sports Science | |||
| Select four credits of the following: | 4 | ||
| Coaching Baseball/Softball | |||
| Coaching Basketball | |||
| Coaching Football | |||
| Coaching Golf | |||
| Coaching Soccer | |||
| Coaching Tennis | |||
| Coaching Volleyball | |||
| Strength Training and Conditioning | |||
| Total Hours | 16 | ||