Share your passion for sports and physical activity with a Coaching minor or supplemental endorsement to coach. Coaching is an excellent supplement to those interested in guiding athletes to reach their full potential, whether it be youth, adolescents, or adults through sports or other physical activity. Coaching means more than showing others how to play a game. It means guiding and encouraging others, and instilling in them a hard work ethic. It means being a positive role model and learning how to motivate others. Through courses in the coaching minor or supplemental endorsement, you’ll learn principles of coaching, like fitness and health-related training principles, and the care and prevention of injuries. You’ll also take sport-specific coaching courses including football, basketball, track, wrestling, baseball, softball, soccer, and volleyball. With a minor in Coaching, you’ll be prepared to guide athletes in schools or recreational settings throughout your community, or even personal fitness coaching.
Credit hours: 18
School: Science, Health, and Criminal Justice
Department: Health, Human Performance, and Sport
Courses for the Coaching minor or endorsement
A minor must include a minimum of 12 hours unduplicated by your major(s) and minor(s). The supplemental endorsement in Coaching must be earned in addition to a field endorsement or two subject endorsements.
- PED 105 Anatomy and Physiology I (3)
- PED 275 Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries (3)
- PED 304 Sport Physiology or PED 305 Exercise Physiology (3)
Plus three of the following courses:
- PED 311 Theory and Fundamentals of Football Coaching (3)
- PED 312 Theory and Fundamentals of Basketball Coaching (3)
- PED 313 Theory and Fundamentals of Track Coaching (3)
- PED 314 Theory and Fundamentals of Wrestling Coaching (3)
- PED 315 Theory and Fundamentals of Baseball Coaching (3)
- PED 316 Theory and Fundamentals of Softball Coaching (3)
- PED 317 Theory and Fundamentals of Volleyball Coaching (3)
- PED 318 Theory and Fundamentals of Soccer Coaching (3)
- PED 357 Principles of Strength and Conditioning (3)
- PSY 444 Topics in Psychology: Sport Psychology (3)
Download program fact sheet (PDF) WSC Course Catalog
Popular pairings
Recent students paired the Coaching minor or endorsement with the following programs:
- Applied Human and Sport Physiology
- Elementary Education
- Exercise Science
- Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- Health and Physical Education
- Math Education
- Middle Level Education
- Science Education
- Social Studies Education
- Sport Management
Licensure/certification
Wayne State's Coaching endorsement is designed to prepare students for initial teacher licensure/certification in Nebraska. It has not been determined if this program meets requirements for all other states. If you are planning to pursue professional licensure or certification in a state other than Nebraska, it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate licensing entity in that state to seek information and guidance regarding licensure or certification requirements before beginning an academic program.
