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What is coaching?
By studying coaching, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to work with youth, high school or college athletes. You’ll receive a foundation in the principles of coaching, health, fitness and injuries. In addition, you can select electives to focus on coaching basketball, football, ice hockey, soccer or track and field, along with related areas such as motor development, recreational sport management, sports psychology, media relations and administration. Combine the coaching minor with majors such as sport management and leadership, health and physical education or recreation management to enhance your career opportunities.
Why study coaching at UNH?
As a student pursuing a coaching minor at UNH, you’ll engage in a variety of experiences and teach diverse populations. You’ll enjoy small classes taught by faculty who are nationally recognized leaders in their fields, and you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience through University Athletics, local high schools and other off-campus sites.
Potential careers
- Adapted physical education teacher
- Coach
- Fitness instructor
- Personal trainer
- Physical activity program coordinator
- Physical education teacher
- Strength and conditioning coach
Curriculum & Requirements
The Coaching Minor is an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to provide students interested in coaching at the youth, high school or college levels with basic knowledge and skills necessary for competence in coaching. The minor consists of courses offered by several options within the Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Management and Policy. The proposed coursework lays a theoretical and practical framework for students interested in coaching.
Admission into the minor is based on successful completion of SML 565 Principles of Coaching (grade of C- or better), and a minimum GPA of 2.0.
Sport Management Leadership/Sport Studies majors are not permitted to minor in coaching.
Coaching Minor Requirements
To graduate with a coaching minor, individuals must earn a grade of C- or better in all courses associated with the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SML 565 | Principles of Coaching | 4 |
| SML 765 | Advanced Topics in Coaching | 4 |
| SML 650D | Internship in Coaching 1 | 2-4 |
| Select a minimum of two of the following courses: | 4 | |
| SML 565A | Clinical Practice in Coaching | 2 |
| SML 521 | Theory of Coaching Basketball | 2 |
| SML 522 | Theory of Coaching Football | 2 |
| SML 523 | Theory of Coaching Ice Hockey | 2 |
| SML 525 | Theory of Coaching Soccer | 2 |
| SML 528 | Theory of Coaching Track and Field | 2 |
| Select at least one of the following: | 4 | |
| KIN 505 | Activity, Injuries and Disease | 4 |
| EXSC 527 | Scientific Foundations of Health and Fitness | 4 |
| SML 560 | Sport Psychology | 4 |
| RMP 560 | Recreational Sport Management | 4 |
| SML 562 | Sport Media Relations | 4 |
| HPE 675 | Motor Development and Learning | 4 |
| SML 740 | Athletic Administration | 4 |
| SML 780 | Psychological Factors in Sport | 4 |
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Students will not be permitted to enroll in SML 650D Internship in Coaching, until they have completed 10 Credits toward the minor to include: SML 565 Principles of Coaching; and one of the applicable courses/electives and at least one theory/practical coaching class.
