Coaching Education Minor
The Department of Health and Exercise Studies offers a 16 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.
| Required Credits | ||||
| HESM 301 | Coaching Practicum | 1 | ||
| HESM 370 | Foundations of Sport Coaching and Instruction | 2 | ||
| HESM 477 | Coaching Concepts | 3 | ||
| Select six credits of the following: | 6 | |||
| HESM 381 | Athletic Training | |||
| HESM 476 | Motor Learning and Sport Performance | |||
| HESM 478 | Exercise Physiology and Sports Science | |||
| Select four credits of the following: | 4 | |||
| HESM 201 | Coaching Baseball/Softball | |||
| HESM 202 | Coaching Basketball | |||
| HESM 203 | Coaching Football | |||
| HESM 204 | Coaching Golf | |||
| HESM 205 | Coaching Soccer | |||
| HESM 207 | Coaching Tennis | |||
| HESM 209 | Coaching Volleyball | |||
| HESM 210 | Intro to Psychology of Sport | |||
| HESM 211 | Strength Training and Conditioning | |||
| Total Hours: 16 |
Minor Coordinator
Program 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 “C-” or better in each of the required and elective courses.
- Students must complete HESM 370 Foundations of Sport Coaching and Instruction, HESM 477 Coaching Concepts, and six credits from the sport science electives category before taking HESM 301 Coaching Practicum.
- A minimum 10 credit hours must be completed at NC State (including the practicum).
Admission Process
- Read over all information regarding the minor program.
- Contact the minor program coordinator (slwill22@ncsu.edu).
- Declare the minor through CODA in MyPack portal.
- Begin taking the required and/or elective courses in the minor program (HESM 301 excluded).
- Meet with the minor coordinator prior to enrolling in the minor practicum.
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Visit go.ncsu.edu/hescoachingeducationminor for additional information.