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The Sport Coaching degree will develop your expertise in sport coaching, to understand participants and their sport and how to plan, deliver and review training programmes.
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Sport Coaching BSc (Hons)

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Key Facts

  • UCAS Code

    BSc: C610
    BSc with Foundation: C611

  • Duration

    Full Time: 3 years
    Full Time Foundation: 4 years
    Part Time: 4-6 years

  • Level

    UndergraduateUG BSc (Hons)

  • Starting

    September

    SEP

    Updated 18/11/2025

    Updated 18/11/2025

    Get in touch

    UK STUDENTS ENQUIRIES

    study@northampton.ac.uk
    0300 303 2772

    INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENQUIRIES

    international@northampton.ac.uk
    44 (0)1604 892134

    The University of Northampton’s Sport Coaching BSc (Hons) degree is designed to develop your practical and theoretical coaching skills. We look at the importance of our coaching style, approaches, and behaviour towards athletes.  As well as how our theory and sport science knowledge can help improve long term athlete development alongside our coach-athlete relationships.

    Our Sport Coaching degree helps you build key coaching skills like long-term planning, reflective practice, athlete needs analysis, and understanding how people learn in different sporting environments. You’ll explore the physiological, technical, psychological, and social factors that shape athlete development, with the option to focus on participation or elite-level coaching as you progress. The course also covers team dynamics, leadership, and working within multi-disciplinary teams, with a dedicated performance analysis strand where you’ll collect and analyse real data in partnership with Northampton Saints.

    3rd place 3 RD

    Based on overall student positivity out of all universities in England

    2nd place 2 ND

    For Satisfied with Teaching for Sports Science

    4th place 4 TH

    For Satisfied with Feedback for Sports Science

    Based on Office for Students (OfS) data from the National Student Survey, and 2026 Guardian University Guide, Sports Science Subject table, filtered by Satisfied with Teaching, and Feedback

    Highlights


    Entry Requirements


    A typical offer for BSc Sport Coaching Degree would be:

    • CCC – BCC at A Level or,
    • MMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or,
    • Pass (C and above) at T Level

    We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications.

    For more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.

    If you are an International student and would like information on making an application, please see our How to Apply page.

    Admission to this Sport Coaching foundation course is normally:

    • DEE at A Level or,
    • MPP at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or,
    • Pass (D or E) at T Level

    We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications.

    However, we would also like to hear from you if you have professional or industry experience instead, a range of other qualifications or self-developed subject knowledge that relates to the course you wish to study.

    All International and EU students applying for a course with the University of Northampton must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

    • IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 5.5 in all bands
      for study at undergraduate level.

    For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

    What You'll Learn


    The coaching process, pedagogy, developing your own coaching philosophy, coaching styles, effective coaching approaches, long term athlete development and comprehensive planning/needs analysis are at the core of our Sport Coaching degree. As well as performance analysis, coaching theory and work placement modules.

    Sports Coaching students can then select from the remaining optional modules to specialise and focus their programme towards their intended career goals, Modules in areas such as; Sports Development, Sport and Society, Fitness Training and Sport Psychology.

    To develop your applied skills, you complete a minimum of 120 hours of work-based learning in your second year and third year of the sports coaching degree, so you have many opportunities to apply ideas from the course and build the skills that employers look for. This Sports Coaching course has strong links with many local and national organisations, clubs and bodies.

    Compulsory Modules
    Sport Coaching Practice
    Code: SPO1075 20 Credits
    20 Credits

    Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 25/26. The modules relating to the academic year 26/27 will be available from June 2026.

    Fees and Funding


    2025/26 Tuition Fees

    Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 2025/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

    • UK Full Time: £9,535
    • UK Part Time: £1,585 per 20 credit module
    • UK Integrated Foundation Year: £9,535 for the foundation year; thereafter standard fees apply
    • International Full Time: £15,700
    • International Integrated Foundation Year: £15,700 for the foundation year; thereafter standard fees apply

    Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 2025/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years. UON will adjust UK fees annually in line with Government Policy.

    Staff


    Emma Buxton, Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching
    Placeholder image for Laura Dawson, Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Performance Analysis
    Laura Dawson

    Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Performance Analysis

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