Sports Coaching

The Sport Coaching Certificate/AS degree provides students a foundation in evidence-based coaching theories and effective practices to prepare students to become sports coaches for community or competitive sports. Communication techniques, sport-skills development and ethical standards are emphasized, along with considerations for coaching a diverse population of athletes across all ages, racial backgrounds competition levels and abilities. Students should be able to perform moderate physical activity and communicate verbally in English before starting this program, and are encouraged to practice their focus sport(s) through PE sports classes or intercollegiate sports competition prior to and/or during the program. 

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AS degree and CTE

The Sports Coaching certificate is designed to help students become assistant and/or head coaches for sports teams of many kinds; recreational, youth/adult league, club, Jr. Varsity, Varsity, Intercollegiate, Intramural or Special Olympics. Students learn foundations in theories of motor learning and skill development, coaching techniques for individuals and teams, theories and organization of practice, conditioning and competition, ethical standards, administrative roles and healthy communication practices with athletes, administrators and parents. Students have the option to focus on their choice of sports offered at GCC including intercollegiate athletics courses. 

Required core courses: 

First Aid

Weight Training and Conditioning I and II

Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries

Sports Coaching Theory

Sports Psychology

Required courses with options:

Nutrition for Physical Fitness and Disease Prevention or Elements of Nutrition

and 

Ethnic and Racial Minorities or Contemporary Ethnic Women or Contextualized English 101 

and

Small Sports Teams Theory or Applied Exercise Science or Fitness Training for Special Populations

and 

Minimum of 1 unit of sports PE class (examples: badminton,  basketball, soccer, tennis etc.)

Requirements	Dept/Name	Course Title	Units	Sequence
Required Core Courses	HLTH 101	First Aid	1	Any
	KIN 170*	Coaching Theory	3
	PSYCH *	Sports Psychology	3
	KIN 157	Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries	3	Spring
	KIN 167	Weight Training and Conditioning I	1.5	Fall
	KIN 168	Weight Training and Conditioning II	1.5	Fall
Elective Options	NUTR 125	Elements of Nutrition	3
or	HLTH 128	Nutrition for Physical Fitness and Disease Prevention	3	Fall – online
and	ETHN 121	Ethnic and Racial Minorities	3
or	ETHN 110	Contemporary Ethnic Women	3
or	ENGL 101	Freshman English	4	Contextualized
and	KIN	Sports Theory Course	3
or	KIN 151	Applied Exercise Science	3+1 lab
or	KIN 158	Fitness Training for Special Populations	3+1 lab
and	PE	Any Sports Course (including running aerobics and martial arts)	1 lab
Total			23-25 units

It will be a part of the Kinesiology division's program offerings which include KIN AA-T degree and Fitness Specialist AS/CTE COA

Sports Coaching programs offered by other colleges and completer rates for 2017/2018 Citrus: 3 Cypress: 3 Fullerton: 0 Saddleback: 1 Santa Monica: 7

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