Sport Coaching and Leadership
Graduate Certificate
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Are you looking to increase your competency and knowledge as a coach or sport leader but cannot make a commitment to a full masters degree? Our fully online 10-credit graduate certificate is designed to increase knowledge and skills for coaches and sport leaders at any level. High-performance, teacher, and youth sport coaches along with sport leaders such as administrators or directors and coach educators and developers can gain fundamental knowledge and skills in a variety of sport sciences.
The graduate certificate in Sport Coaching and Leaderships allows you to pick three courses from our four cognate areas to build your foundational knowledge of the sport sciences. Courses in sport psychology, skill acquisition, human development, leadership, positive youth development, safety promotion, law, ethics, and administration allow you to tailor your graduate certificate to fit your interests as a coach. Our graduate certificate is designed to fit your needs as a coach with fully online courses to enable you to work around your busy schedules. To learn more, set-up a phone appointment with the program director to see if our certificate will match to your interests and goals.
Based on your chosen courses and competency areas, the graduate certificate can help you become more efficient in any of the following areas:
Our graduate certificate will enable you to build your confidence and help you improve in your coaching or leadership capacity. While not a requirement for entering into the coaching profession, our graduate certificate will give you the skills and knowledge to help you advance in the job market. Completing the graduate certificate also allows for you to transfer your classes into the masters degree program.
Primarily, our alumni tell us that this graduate certificate has built their confidence and has prepared them to be more outspoken and assertive in the workplace. Although a degree or certificate is not a requirement for entering into the coaching profession (unlike teaching or nursing), it will enhance your knowledge and skills and help you advance in the job market. There are some circumstances where higher education is a requirement for placement or advancement.
A top-ranked education with a global impact. By learning from the best, our students establish themselves as leaders in the ever-changing world.
Dr. Andy Driska is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, where he directs the graduate programs in sport coaching and leadership, advises and mentors students, and teaches graduate-level courses in sport psychology, skill acquisition, leadership, ethics, and coaching science. He has served as a consultant for several collegiate sports programs and for USA Swimming. He has published journal articles and book chapters on topics including mental toughness, the design and evaluation of coach development programs, and coaching ethics. He recently served on the nationwide committee to revise the National Standards for Sport Coaches and is a member of the National Committee for the Accreditation of Coaching Education.
KIN 829 - Safety and Injury Control
KIN 849 - Theory and Practice of Modern Sport Leadership
KIN 852 - Ethics in Sport Coaching and Leadership
KIN 854 - Legal and Administrative Issues
KIN 855 - Psychosocial Bases of Coaching
KIN 856 - Physical Bases of Coaching
KIN 857 - Promoting Positive Youth Development through Sport
KIN 865 - Stages of Athlete Development
KIN 868 - Skill Development in Athletes
June 15th
October 15th
January 15th
The university reserves the right to make changes in the types, structures, rates for fees, and tuition. Every effort will be made to give as much advance notice as possible.
Are you looking to increase your competency and knowledge as a coach or sport leader but cannot make a commitment to a full masters degree? Our fully online 10-credit graduate certificate is designed to increase knowledge and skills for coaches and sport leaders at any level. High-performance, teacher, and youth sport coaches along with sport leaders such as administrators or directors and coach educators and developers can gain fundamental knowledge and skills in a variety of sport sciences.
The graduate certificate in Sport Coaching and Leaderships allows you to pick three courses from our four cognate areas to build your foundational knowledge of the sport sciences. Courses in sport psychology, skill acquisition, human development, leadership, positive youth development, safety promotion, law, ethics, and administration allow you to tailor your graduate certificate to fit your interests as a coach. Our graduate certificate is designed to fit your needs as a coach with fully online courses to enable you to work around your busy schedules. To learn more, set-up a phone appointment with the program director to see if our certificate will match to your interests and goals.
Based on your chosen courses and competency areas, the graduate certificate can help you become more efficient in any of the following areas:
Our graduate certificate will enable you to build your confidence and help you improve in your coaching or leadership capacity. While not a requirement for entering into the coaching profession, our graduate certificate will give you the skills and knowledge to help you advance in the job market. Completing the graduate certificate also allows for you to transfer your classes into the masters degree program.
Primarily, our alumni tell us that this graduate certificate has built their confidence and has prepared them to be more outspoken and assertive in the workplace. Although a degree or certificate is not a requirement for entering into the coaching profession (unlike teaching or nursing), it will enhance your knowledge and skills and help you advance in the job market. There are some circumstances where higher education is a requirement for placement or advancement.
A top-ranked education with a global impact. By learning from the best, our students establish themselves as leaders in the ever-changing world.
Dr. Andy Driska is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, where he directs the graduate programs in sport coaching and leadership, advises and mentors students, and teaches graduate-level courses in sport psychology, skill acquisition, leadership, ethics, and coaching science. He has served as a consultant for several collegiate sports programs and for USA Swimming. He has published journal articles and book chapters on topics including mental toughness, the design and evaluation of coach development programs, and coaching ethics. He recently served on the nationwide committee to revise the National Standards for Sport Coaches and is a member of the National Committee for the Accreditation of Coaching Education.
KIN 829 - Safety and Injury Control
KIN 849 - Theory and Practice of Modern Sport Leadership
KIN 852 - Ethics in Sport Coaching and Leadership
KIN 854 - Legal and Administrative Issues
KIN 855 - Psychosocial Bases of Coaching
KIN 856 - Physical Bases of Coaching
KIN 857 - Promoting Positive Youth Development through Sport
KIN 865 - Stages of Athlete Development
KIN 868 - Skill Development in Athletes
June 15th
October 15th
January 15th
The university reserves the right to make changes in the types, structures, rates for fees, and tuition. Every effort will be made to give as much advance notice as possible.
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