The minor in Coaching requires 18 hours, including:
PE 240 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries (3)
PE 267 Principles of Athletic Coaching (3)
SM 415 Legal Issues for the Sport Practitioner (3)
Take one of the courses listed below:
SM 313 Psychological Aspects of Sport (3)
PE 375 Psychosocial Aspects of Physical Activity (3)
Take two of the courses listed below:
PE 410 Coaching Baseball and Football (3)
PE 411 Coaching Basketball and Track and Field (3)
SM 340 Sport Ethics (3)
What majors does this minor complement?
The coaching minor is an excellent minor for students interested in working with youth and adolescents in athletic settings in public schools and recreation programs. Available to students in any major, the coaching minor includes physical education and sport management courses. This is an attractive minor for students aspiring to coach youth and adolescents in competitive athletic scenarios.
What are the professors like?
The PE and SM faculty members are highly qualified with years of public school teaching and coaching and higher education experience. They bring passion and enthusiasm to their teaching and develop personal, yet professional, relationships with their students that often carry beyond the classroom and their years at Western. Students will have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of current NCAA-Division I coaches.
What are students in the program doing?
Coaching minors have the opportunity to gain both theoretical and practical knowledge from actual collegiate coaches by participating in skill and drill work in actual athletic environments on campus. They will often gain experience in day of game operations. Coaching minors can take advantage of the multitude of youth coaching opportunities in the local schools and recreation departments.
Contact
Dr. Dan Grube
E-mail: dgrube@wcu.edu
phone: 828-227-3647
Visit the Coaching Website