Coaching Education Minor

The purpose of the Coaching Education minor is to plant the seeds for an athlete-centered approach that is developmentally appropriate, with an emphasis on long-term athlete development (LTAD). As a result, students will be better able to contribute to the growth and well-being of the ones they will coach in the future.

Required Courses (12 hours):

• SPMG 390: Contemporary Issues and Trends in Coaching
• SPMG 420: Youth and Sport
• SPMG 425: Sport and Coaching Leadership
• SPMG 430: Sport Pedagogy

Elective Courses (6 hours):

• SPMG 110: Introduction to Sport Management
• SPMG 195: History of American Sport
• SPMG 232: Sociology of Sport
• SPMG 380: Diversity & Inclusion in Sport
• SPMG 385: Intercollegiate Athletics
• SPMG 410: Sport Ethics
• SPMG 448: Sport Law
• EXSC 200: Kinesiology

This minor aligns well with our Sport Management and Sport Marketing majors and can also be combined with other majors offered at Xavier University

If interested in declaring a minor in Coaching Education, please contact: Dr. Dominique Kropp, Undergraduate Program Director, at kroppd@xavier.edu.