Sport Coaching BSc (Hons)

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. Based on overall student positivity out of all universities in England For Satisfied with Teaching in Sports Science For Satisfied with Feedback in Sports Science Based on Office for Students (OfS) data from the National Student Survey. Guardian data from the 2026 Sports Science subject table.

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

International students: £17,000 per year

UK students: £9,790 per year

UK/Home: £9,790 per year

International: £17,000 per year

September 2026

Apply via UCAS. The equal consideration deadline is

• Waterside Campus, Northampton, United Kingdom