Minor in Coaching

Enhance your marketability, skill sets and add extra value to your degree with a minor in coaching. 

Earning a minor in coaching is an excellent way to add extra value to a Frostburg State University bachelor’s degree in education, exercise and sport science, recreation and parks management or to any number of degree programs.

This specialized minor will equip you with excellent skills to enrich your teaching credentials or find a career in a municipal recreational program. Working with coaches from diverse sports and blending coaching theory with practical hands-on experience, you'll receive a well-rounded education for a broad range of options in your coaching career.

Facilities

As a coaching minor, you'll learn the art of coaching within FSU’s excellent athletic facilities, including the Harold J. Cordts Physical Education Center with three gyms, a swimming pool, weight rooms, racquetball courts, outdoor tennis courts and an all-weather track.

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Program Requirements

Coaching Program Highlights

  • Learn from and be mentored by professional, experienced and winning coaches in the field.

  • Study the critical areas of care and prevention of athletic injuries, resistance training, sports law and ethics.

  • Gain practical and real-time field experience coaching teams and athletes.

  • Earn this valuable coaching minor in ONLY 22 credits.

What can I do with a Coaching Program degree?

$45,910

Median pay for Coaches & Scouts (BLS 2023)

Related Occupations

 Athletes and Sports Competitor

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Athletic Trainer

Strong coaches, and their keen leadership skills, are needed in the field of athletics and countless other careers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates 11 percent career growth in coaching positions through 2028 (which is faster growth than the average across all occupations). Find out more here. 

What You Will Learn

Learn from expert coaches of today and study the techniques and approaches of the great coaches throughout history. This specialized minor blends coaching theory with practical hands-on experience to deliver a well-rounded education.

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