Graduate students can choose to specialize in either coaching
leadership or the international dimensions of sport.
Coaching Leadership
To specialize in coaching leadership, students take SPG 307 (Social
and Psychological Aspect of Sport), SPG 308 (Coaching for Optimal
Performance), and SPG 309 (Sport Science: Techniques and Analysis)
as their specialization courses. The coaching leadership
specialization meets the demand for professionally trained coaches
and program administrators of school-based sport at all educational
levels, as well as positions in league and community-centered
programs.
- Develop and adopt an athlete-centered philosophy focusing on
maximizing the positive benefits of sport participation
- Develop competency in injury prevention, care and
management
- Demonstrate organizational and administrative efficiency in
implementing sports programs
- Understand the legal responsibilities involved with
coaching
- Understand the factors involved in growth, development and
learning in coaching
- Achieve competence in applying training, conditioning and
nutrition for optimal performance
- Understand the impact of social / psychological aspects of
coaching
- Achieve competency in the skills, techniques and strategies
associated with specific sport(s)
- Develop the ability to apply theoretical concepts of coaching
in a practical setting through a supervised field experience
- Implement effective evaluation techniques for athlete and team
performance in relation to established team and individual
goals
- Understand the assessment of athlete performance in practices
and competition as an important competency of coaching
- Demonstrate objective and effective procedures for the
evaluation of athletic personnel and programs
International Dimensions of
Sport
To specialize in the international dimensions of sport, students
choose SPG 310 (Event/Sport Venue Administration: International
Perspectives) and SPG 311 (International Perspectives in Sport
Marketing) as two of their specialization courses. The
international dimensions of sport specialization is designed to
meet the need for managers in the increasingly complex global sport
industry.
- Achieve specific knowledge of international governance beyond
the administrative boundaries of one’s country
- Develop an ability to apply managerial competencies to sport
organizations
- Understand internal and external factors that shape sport in
different cultures
- Achieve competency in sport marketing including fundamental
aspects of sport products, markets, consumer research, sponsorship,
and promotion.
- Achieve advanced understanding of the governance and regulation
of sport organizations
- Achieve competency in the finance of sport organizations
including key elements of budgeting, accounting, public/private
financing, and revenue development
- Achieve competence in legal aspects of sport including
state/federal/international legislation, liability, risk
management, contracts, and collective bargaining
- Understand the key elements of ethical behavior in sport
organizations including consideration of both personal and
professional ethical systems in sport organization management.
- Achieve competency in the economics of sport including
fundamental concepts of supply and demand, economic forecasting,
and economic impact assessment.
- Develop the ability to apply theoretical concepts of sport
management in a practical setting through a supervised field
experience