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Get stuck in from day one of this short course, learning through an energetic combination of real-life coaching scenarios, projects and fieldwork, as well as hands-on experience with specialist equipment and facilities. A focus on practical coaching skills and techniques, informed by coaching theories and performance analysis, will help you identify strengths and get the best out of individuals and teams of all abilities.
During the 2-year accelerated sports coaching degree, you’ll explore approaches to coaching children, older people across community, performance and educational settings. You’ll get to grips with how to identify and support individual needs and talents and learn how to motivate pupils, clients or athletes towards achieving different goals.
In just two years we’ll get you up to speed on contemporary issues in sport and introduce you to different working environments so you’re warmed up for the world of sports coaching.
If you’re looking for a fast-track sports coaching degree in Manchester, check out our Accelerated BA (Hons) Sports Coaching degree and unlock your greatness at UA92.
36 weeks of
study per year
6 x 6-week blocks per year
1 subject module per block
4 CPD focus days per block
250 hours of
study per module
80 hrs face-to-face (32%)
20 hrs Digital Wednesdays (8%)
150 hrs independent study (60%)
No traditional
end-of-year exams
Year 1 – 100% coursework
Year 2 – 100% coursework
Sports and exercise psychology helps you understand how your thoughts, feelings, and motivations affect your sporting performance and/or enjoyment of physical activity. You’ll dive into the world of psychology itself and its position as an evidence-based science. This lays the foundation for understanding how these principles apply to individuals and groups across education, physical activity, health and sport settings.
This hands-on module is your chance to plan, deliver, and reflect on real coaching sessions, which are in line with industry standards and supporting frameworks. That’s not all – inclusivity is key, so you’ll learn how to make your coaching sessions welcoming and effective for everyone. You’ll also have an opportunity to discuss and explore different teaching and coaching theories and practices with your peers and qualified practitioners.
Motivate and inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace a life-long active lifestyle. Learn how to develop activities and programmes that are inclusive, engaging, and promote long-term healthy participation in physical activity and sport. Advocate for the importance of physical activity in promoting individual and community well-being, across a range of ages and in various populations, including those with additional needs.
Learn how to develop effective coaching sessions that are engaging, fun, safe, and ethically suitable for a diverse range of populations. Following a person-centred approach, you will learn to understand your participants needs and their learning processes and development. This will enable you to plan sessions that will maximise the participants development across different settings.
In this module you will dive further into the world of sport and exercise psychology. You’ll level up your understanding by exploring key theoretical concepts in more depth, such as behaviour change. As a result, you’ll be able to help participants identify and address any psychological barriers, across education, physical activity, health, and sport settings, which might be holding them back. They’ll also be opportunity to develop your applied practitioner skills.
Learn how to holistically develop your coaching toolbox to meet the needs of different people across education, physical activity, health and sport settings. . Specifically, you’ll begin to explore how participants biological, psychological and social influences can impact development. You’ll gain an understanding of relevant theories and participant development models in order to cater for individual and group needs. This will enable you to design effective coaching strategies and interventions to help others reach their goals.
Coaches use performance analysis to inform their decisions. It helps to understand what’s working and what factors are giving the best results. You’ll learn to become an informed observer, spotting strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement. You’ll learn how to use data and visual analysis tools to track progress, identify trends, evidence proposed strategies and present insights back to specific populations and key stakeholders.
This module focuses on career preparedness. You’ll get regular hands-on insights and experiences to help you fine tune your coaching skills, with support and feedback from industry experts. Reflect on how you’ve grown, define your strengths and identify how you want to continue to grow and develop. This self-discovery will help you forge your coaching identity so you are confident and prepared to enter the sports coaching industry or equivalent.
This module is delivered through a number of interactive sessions, where you will develop your strength and conditioning knowledge and apply your skills in line with industry standards. Specifically, you will plan, organise and deliver a range of strength and conditioning (S&C) practices to clients, with lots of opportunities to hone your practitioner skills. This will prepare you for future opportunities, whether that’s in the work-place, research project, independent study, vocational qualifications or post-graduate study in this area.
Continue your professional development in preparation for a career in education, physical activity, health and/or sport coaching settings. . In this industry focused module, you will learn how objective setting and goals will help you to become an employable graduate. You’ll regularly evaluate your own experiences, asking yourself questions like: What kind of impact do I want to make? How can I keep learning and growing throughout my career? As a result, you’ll be able to assess your strengths, interests, and goals more clearly, increasing your likelihood of success and employability. This, combined with regular opportunities to enhance your CV, will help ensure you are well-placed to enter a career path that truly excites you.
Learn how to apply research techniques and real-world experiences to solve problems in your chosen field. Dive into cutting-edge issues in your area, and build your own arguments based on real evidence. You’ll learn to analyse different types of research (qualitative and quantitative) and use them to back up your theories. You’ll also hone your skills in making clear, persuasive arguments that will inform decision making.
You will complete a final project to demonstrate your academic experience, knowledge, and skills. This project is an opportunity to apply what you have learned to a real-world problem or challenge.
Alongside your subject modules, you will complete the 92 Programme.
Engaging with the 92 Programme is a requirement for all students and will count towards your overall grade.
In each block, you will take part in a number of Character and Personal Development focus days. During these focus days, you will complete activities designed to boost your mindset, develop your skillset and get you set for future career success.
Throughout the 92 Programme, you will develop skills in self-reflection and awareness, wellness and resilience and professionalism and employability, as well as upskill in different areas.
Find out more about how we prepare students for future career success.
In a recent study*, 78% of employers believe graduates do not arrive in the workplace fully equipped with the skills they need to be work-ready.
Another study conducted by the World Economic Forum** identified ‘10 Skills You Need for the Future of Work’. These skills include:
At UA92, we prepare you for life after graduation and equip you with the skills employers value most. You may not realise it, but developing these skills now, will get you set for career success and could land you that dream job in the future.
*CMI Report: Work Ready Graduates
**World Economic Forum: The Future of Jobs Report 2023
You will produce a learning journal that will document your experiences. This will be submitted at the end of each academic year (or level of study) to assess whether you have met the required standard to pass the module.
UA92 offer a deliberately different experience to traditional universities; with fixed morning or afternoon timetables and no end of year exams. Our industry-inspired courses, place character and personal development firmly at the core of the learning experience. This is more than a degree. It’s preparation for life.
This is where our story began, back in 2019. The UA92 Campus is in the heart of Old Trafford, Manchester. Inside there’s a fully equipped Sports Performance Centre, Media Studio and Digital Academy. The tram stop is a 1 minute walk, which gets you into the heart of Manchester city-centre in under 10 minutes.
UA92 Old Trafford Campus
Brian Statham Way
Old Trafford
Manchester UK
M16 0PU
Our ‘Performance Lab’ is an inclusive space in our Old Trafford Campus that accommodates teaching and research. Students have access to high-spec strength and conditioning equipment, sport science technology and performance analysis apparatus.
‘The Fitness Zone’ is the gym-space located in our Old Trafford Campus. The state-of-the-art equipment and weights section includes two Elite Racks, Performance Flooring and a range of Sports Science equipment.
The ‘Movement Studio’ is a multi-purpose, inclusive space in our Old Trafford campus for students to use outside of their study hours, with exercise classes for everyone and anyone to take part in.
Our Digital Academy is home to a range of cool tech that sports students can use to enhance their learning, including our Rezzil Virtual Reality equipment and a 360 degree immersive audio and video environment.
With a BSc in Sports Coaching, you’ll be primed and ready to help others to gain confidence, stay motivated and smash their goals. Sports coaches can work in a wide variety of settings, and you might choose to be sports coach in a club or national governing body, work for a school or local authority via a multi-sport approach, or venture into the fitness and leisure industry.
*Graduate Outcomes Survey Results released in 2024. National Average is 89%.
We have over 60 industry partners who support our mission to develop career-ready graduates. These partnerships provide you with access to industry-leading expertise, mentorship opportunities and work-place experiences.
Our industry partners play a vital role in shaping both the curriculum you study and your student experience. From delivering guest lectures and masterclasses to providing internships and graduate roles. Here are just some of our partners:
Manchester United Football Club has been actively connecting students to industry including providing mentors, guest speakers, insight days, internships and live project briefs across sport, digital, media and business courses.
As well as being home to the successful Lancashire Cricket, Thunder Cricket and youth academy teams, the venue hosts international fixtures, conferences and music concerts. They support students with guest speaker sessions, mentoring and work experience programmes.
Led by the Class of 92, Salford City Football Club are a sports partner of UA92 with the coaching, physio and management teams all getting involved in bringing teaching to life in the classroom.
Manchester Institute of Health and Performance (MIHP) / Nuffield Health is a world-class healthcare facility, combining modern diagnostic technology, sports medicine and education and connecting to students across insight days, work experience and guest speaking sessions.
Senior Lecturer in Sport Teaching
Lecturer in Physical Education
As a Sport Lecturer at UA92, I bring over 15 years experience to the classroom. I have worked extensively with young professional athletes, and have developed a deep passion for athlete education and secured TASS Dual Career Status for UA92. With experience as a qualified PE teacher, I aim to merge best practices and knowledge gained from the professional sports environment with those from mainstream education and inclusive teaching practices, to help students unlock their true potential. As UA92s longest-serving academic, I witnessed the exciting and game-changing development of UA92 from pre-students to now, and my contributions were instrumental to the establishment of the PE Degree programme and wider UA92 life.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a versatile Applied Sport and Exercise Physiologist with a passion for research and applied work in para-sports. I’ve gained experience in para-football, netball, and cricket, and have worked as a physical performance coach and consultant for England Para-Football and other high-performance teams. I’ve published research on musculoskeletal health and injury in people with cerebral palsy, and I’m currently involved in projects investigating physical activity, interoception, and para-swimming classification.
Sport Lecturer
My background is in the fitness industry, working as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist, and delivering courses for those looking to move into the field. From there, I moved into coaching and education and have been balancing the two worlds ever since, I enjoy the different perspectives that they bring. I switch off from work by relaxing quietly with a book.
Head of Sport
Eoin Murray holds teaching and applied practice qualifications. He leads a team of ambitious, hard-working and knowledgeable staff.
Eoin is keen to ensure UA92 students are provided with a holistic array of supports and experiences which will serve them well now and in their future endeavours.
Eoin brings his HE teaching, research and applied practice experiences to UA92 to; inform, guide and enhance an inclusive student experience.
Moreover, he is keen to ensure the curriculum is informed and underpinned by contemporary research which is brought to life through suitable pedagogical practices.
Course Leader: Sports Coaching & Physical Education
I draw on over 10 years of experience working in professional football, research and data analysis, sport-for-development, and education to prepare UA92 students for successful careers. I’m currently studying for a PhD in Sports and Exercise Psychology, and i’m also MCIMSPA and ISPAS accredited, and hold several professional qualifications in coaching (including a UEFA B football coaching license), talent identification, performance analysis, and education. I’m passionate about harnessing digital technology to induce advancement across the world of sport and teaching practice. At UA92, i’m keen to ensure students are supported in their personal and professional development by providing industry experience, applied practice and academic skills in an engaging and inclusive environment.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a Lecturer in Sports Coaching with a passion for talent development, skill acquisition and pedagogy. I’m is currently undertaking doctoral research within bioecological talent development environments within women’s football. Alongside teaching, I have a wide range of experience within sport development and performance coaching including English Premier League and Welsh Premier League football academies. I’ve achieved a range of sport coaching qualifications including the UEFA A License, UEFA Elite A Youth License and FA Youth Award. I’m also motivated to support students to achieve success in the classroom and have the confidence to become an industry leader.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a trainee sport and exercise psychologist working towards my BPS Stage 2 accreditation through my Sport and Exercise Psychology Professional Doctorate course. My journey within sport and exercise psychology began with my own experiences of academy rugby, which lead me to take an interest into psychological performance and the holistic development of athletes within performance environments. I obtained my BSc Honours in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of South Wales, and my MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology from Liverpool John Moores, I am currently in the process of completing my Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology. During my studies, I began working in the applied field, specifically in different elite performance environments, with elite international athletes in different sports and coaches aiding their performance and holistic development. My teaching delivery focuses on bringing theory to life through providing real world context and knowledge supported by academic literature to ensure students are supported in their personal, professional, and academic development.
Course Leader: Sports and Exercise Science
I have an academic background in Sports Science, Sport Psychology, and Strength and Conditioning. Having received a First Class BSc in Applied Sport Science and a MSc (distinction) in Psychology, I’ve conducted research examining the use of psychology within strength and conditioning, graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy in 2014. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in 2013. I also have considerable experience in programme design and leadership having designed and led Sports Coaching undergraduate degrees since 2016 as well as leading the Sport and Exercise Science suite of programmes through successful periodic reapproval.
Teaching Associate in Sport
I am a 22 year old Graduate from UA92’s First class of honours, who is now a teaching associate in Sports Management. I am extremely passionate about grassroots sport and developing it where I can. I am a former Sport92 president who contributed to building Sport92 from its beginning. I am originally from Southport, where I worked in schools as an external sports coach and running Healthy Active Food (Government funded sports camp ) in over 20 different schools in Merseyside.
Senior Lecturer in Sport Teaching
Lecturer in Physical Education
As a Sport Lecturer at UA92, I bring over 15 years experience to the classroom. I have worked extensively with young professional athletes, and have developed a deep passion for athlete education and secured TASS Dual Career Status for UA92. With experience as a qualified PE teacher, I aim to merge best practices and knowledge gained from the professional sports environment with those from mainstream education and inclusive teaching practices, to help students unlock their true potential. As UA92s longest-serving academic, I witnessed the exciting and game-changing development of UA92 from pre-students to now, and my contributions were instrumental to the establishment of the PE Degree programme and wider UA92 life.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a versatile Applied Sport and Exercise Physiologist with a passion for research and applied work in para-sports. I’ve gained experience in para-football, netball, and cricket, and have worked as a physical performance coach and consultant for England Para-Football and other high-performance teams. I’ve published research on musculoskeletal health and injury in people with cerebral palsy, and I’m currently involved in projects investigating physical activity, interoception, and para-swimming classification.
Sport Lecturer
My background is in the fitness industry, working as a Personal Trainer and Sports Massage Therapist, and delivering courses for those looking to move into the field. From there, I moved into coaching and education and have been balancing the two worlds ever since, I enjoy the different perspectives that they bring. I switch off from work by relaxing quietly with a book.
Head of Sport
Eoin Murray holds teaching and applied practice qualifications. He leads a team of ambitious, hard-working and knowledgeable staff.
Eoin is keen to ensure UA92 students are provided with a holistic array of supports and experiences which will serve them well now and in their future endeavours.
Eoin brings his HE teaching, research and applied practice experiences to UA92 to; inform, guide and enhance an inclusive student experience.
Moreover, he is keen to ensure the curriculum is informed and underpinned by contemporary research which is brought to life through suitable pedagogical practices.
Course Leader: Sports Coaching & Physical Education
I draw on over 10 years of experience working in professional football, research and data analysis, sport-for-development, and education to prepare UA92 students for successful careers. I’m currently studying for a PhD in Sports and Exercise Psychology, and i’m also MCIMSPA and ISPAS accredited, and hold several professional qualifications in coaching (including a UEFA B football coaching license), talent identification, performance analysis, and education. I’m passionate about harnessing digital technology to induce advancement across the world of sport and teaching practice. At UA92, i’m keen to ensure students are supported in their personal and professional development by providing industry experience, applied practice and academic skills in an engaging and inclusive environment.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a Lecturer in Sports Coaching with a passion for talent development, skill acquisition and pedagogy. I’m is currently undertaking doctoral research within bioecological talent development environments within women’s football. Alongside teaching, I have a wide range of experience within sport development and performance coaching including English Premier League and Welsh Premier League football academies. I’ve achieved a range of sport coaching qualifications including the UEFA A License, UEFA Elite A Youth License and FA Youth Award. I’m also motivated to support students to achieve success in the classroom and have the confidence to become an industry leader.
Sport Lecturer
I’m a trainee sport and exercise psychologist working towards my BPS Stage 2 accreditation through my Sport and Exercise Psychology Professional Doctorate course. My journey within sport and exercise psychology began with my own experiences of academy rugby, which lead me to take an interest into psychological performance and the holistic development of athletes within performance environments. I obtained my BSc Honours in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of South Wales, and my MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology from Liverpool John Moores, I am currently in the process of completing my Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology. During my studies, I began working in the applied field, specifically in different elite performance environments, with elite international athletes in different sports and coaches aiding their performance and holistic development. My teaching delivery focuses on bringing theory to life through providing real world context and knowledge supported by academic literature to ensure students are supported in their personal, professional, and academic development.
Course Leader: Sports and Exercise Science
I have an academic background in Sports Science, Sport Psychology, and Strength and Conditioning. Having received a First Class BSc in Applied Sport Science and a MSc (distinction) in Psychology, I’ve conducted research examining the use of psychology within strength and conditioning, graduating as a Doctor of Philosophy in 2014. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and was awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in 2013. I also have considerable experience in programme design and leadership having designed and led Sports Coaching undergraduate degrees since 2016 as well as leading the Sport and Exercise Science suite of programmes through successful periodic reapproval.
Teaching Associate in Sport
I am a 22 year old Graduate from UA92’s First class of honours, who is now a teaching associate in Sports Management. I am extremely passionate about grassroots sport and developing it where I can. I am a former Sport92 president who contributed to building Sport92 from its beginning. I am originally from Southport, where I worked in schools as an external sports coach and running Healthy Active Food (Government funded sports camp ) in over 20 different schools in Merseyside.
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*The NSS results referred to above compares UA92’s results against the 4 Universities in Greater Manchester (University of Bolton, Manchester Metropolitan University, Salford University and The University of Manchester). Teaching, Assessment and Feedback and Academic support refers to the average score across all questions in these themes. Mental health support services refers to question: How well communicated was information about your university/college’s mental wellbeing support services?
** There may be exams in some subject areas where external accreditations are available.
*** If you start in February, April or June or as an accelerated student, we can’t guarantee your timetable will be fixed am/pm throughout your studies.
The standard entry requirements for the accelerated BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Science course is 104 UCAS points.* However, each application is assessed on an individual basis, taking into consideration a wide range of factors. Depending on your personal circumstances, and in line with our Contextual Admissions Policy, your application may still be considered on an individual basis. If you would like to know more about applying to UA92 or have any questions about our entry requirements, please contact our Student Futures Team.
Please note: this course also requires that students have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application.
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
NON-TRADITONAL
Some qualifications do not carry UCAS Tariff points but may still be considered. We take into account a range of qualifications and work/life experience that can demonstrate your ability to succeed on the course. Each application is assessed on an individual basis, taking into consideration a wide range of factors.
INTERNATIONAL
International Baccalaureat
Pass the IB Diploma with minimum 28 points overall, with 14 points from Higher Level Subjects.
English Language Requirements
In addition to meeting the academic criteria, if your first language isn’t English, you may be asked for a recognised English language qualification. This is especially important if you are not a national of a majority English speaking country or you haven’t completed a degree in English. If you are an international student, in order to obtain a student visa, you will be required to demonstrate that you have the correct level of English language competency to study in the UK.
