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COACHING CERTIFICATION
Students completing a Physical Education major or minor are qualified to coach in every state. Fifteen states do not require coaches education, 36 states require coaches education for non-teacher coaches, 15 states require coaches education for all coaches, and 32 states accept the completion of the American Sport Education Program (state-by-state requirements) coaching certification program as qualification for a coaching position.
The Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences at NDSU offers the American Sport Education Program and certification in HNES 211- Successful Coaching. At the completion of HNES 211, students complete a certification exam. Upon successful completion of the exam, students will receive coaching certification.
Students who desire a job in the coaching profession should consider taking some of the following courses:
First Aid/Prevention and Care of Injuries
HNES 210 First Aid and CPR
Sport Skill Analysis
HNES 365 Kinesiology and Biomechanics
HNES 253 Motor Learning & Performance
HNES 368 Biomechanics of Sport & Exercise
Conditioning and Physiology
HNES 367 Principles of Conditioning
HNES 465 Physiology of Exercise
Administration and Management
HNES 461 Administrative and Social Aspects of Physical Education and Athletics
Psychology and Sociology
HNES 430 Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Activity and Sport
Methods of Coaching
HNES 330 Coaching Football
HNES 331 Coaching Basketball
HNES 332 Coaching Track and Field
HNES 333 Coaching Wrestling
HNES 334 Coaching Baseball and Softball
HNES 335 Coaching Volleyball
HNES 336 Methods of Coaching
Nutrition
HNES 455 Sports Nutrition
Additional information can be obtained in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences.
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