Minor in Coaching

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More and more schools and organizations are seeking and/or requiring their coaches to be certified. Numerous state high school associations, including the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), currently use ASEP Professional Coaches Education Program Bronze Level courses in qualifying high school coaches. Each year, more than 25,000 coaches across the country are credentialed through Bronze Level ASEP courses that are embedded within this minor.

Course credits in the minor can be applied toward meeting the state’s clock hour requirements for school coaches (1 quarter hour credit = 10 clock hours).

For more information contact Chadron Hazelbaker at chazelbaker@ewu.edu.

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What You'll Learn

The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.

Coaching Minor

Although this is not an endorsable minor, all the courses can be applied toward meeting the state’s clock hour requirements for school coaches. In the state of Washington, high school coaches must have completed 30 clock hours before the beginning of the third year in any of five standards categories (medical aspects, legal aspects, psychological/social foundations, coaching techniques and philosophy sports management/pedagogy). Middle Level coaches must complete a coaching effectiveness training class equivalent to the NFICEP/ASEP coaching principles class before the beginning of their third year.

Required Courses
PHED 251MOTOR CONTROL AND LEARNING3
PHED 259SPORTS FIRST AID AND INJURY PREVENTION3
PHED 260SPORT SCIENCES FOR COACHING3
PHED 261COACHING SPORTS TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL SKILLS3
PHED 348ANATOMICAL/MECHANICAL KINESIOLOGY4
PHED 350EXERCISE TESTING AND PRESCRIPTION4
PHED 461SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY3
Total Credits23