Community Football Coaching (with Professional Practice Year)

About this course

Community football coaching combines the technical and pedagogical skills of football coaching with an understanding of how the sport functions in community settings to promote participation, wellbeing, inclusion, and social development. Football is more than entertainment; it is one of the world's most powerful tools for community engagement, used in programmes addressing youth development, mental health, social cohesion, and physical activity across every population and in every country. Community coaches work at this intersection, using the sport as a vehicle for broader goals alongside developing the technical ability of their players. At the University of St Mark and St John, this four-year full-time programme includes a professional practice year embedded within the degree, giving you sustained real-world coaching experience before you graduate. You will develop your football coac

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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