Sports coaching

Get your career on track with a sports coaching course at Victoria University. You can study courses in fitness, physical education and sport performance, or pursue sports research.

Courses in sports coaching

Undergraduate (entry-level university courses)

University study undertaken before you graduate with a degree (up to including a bachelor with honours).

Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science
SBEC | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years full time or longer for part time
Bachelor of Physical Education and Sport Science
SBPH | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years full time or longer for part time
Bachelor of Sport Science
SBSA | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years full time or longer for part time

Studying sports coaching at VU

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Institute for Health & Sport
Our sports coaching research is cutting-edge, and our Institute for Health and Sport provides opportunities for cross-disciplinary study under expert supervision.
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Pathways to VU
Whether you've just finished secondary school, are looking for career advancement, want to develop new skills or change your career direction, we can offer you a solution.
Wesley Clarke, VU sport researcher.
Placements for our students
Each year sport students complete placements with one of 350 different host organisations across a number of different fields

Career outcomes

Study a physical education course and you could pursue a career in a number of related fields, including:

  • coaching
  • exercise rehabilitation
  • fitness
  • health
  • physical education
  • sport science.

VU stories

Rachel Webb (née Napolitano) holding a cricket bat over her shoulder, and throwing a cricket ball in the air
How Rachel became a champion of sport business
Bachelor of Sport Coaching, Master of Sport Business and Integrity
"Both of my degrees opened up the practical, industry-based opportunities that I would never have thought possible."
Rachel's story
Eoin McVeigh smiling and holding a giant trophy
Home & away: How to have an international sport performance career
Bachelor of Sport Science/Bachelor of Psychological Studies, Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics for Sport Performance
"Having risen from an intern to head of department in elite sport, what inspires me now is helping other students achieve their goals."
Having risen from an intern to head of department in elite sport, what inspires me now is helping other students achieve their goals.
Eoin's story
Helping female footballers achieve their AFL dreams
Bachelor of Sport Science and Master of Business Administration
"I chose VU for its focus on the sporting industry. The university provided me with not only a quality education but some incredible networks and mentors."
I chose VU for its focus on the sporting industry. The university provided me with not only a quality education but some incredible networks and mentors.
Claudia's story
Mastering her sporting career
Master of Sports Science (Football Performance)
"VU’s partnerships gave me opportunities for placements in the sporting industry. This helped me create contacts with professionals and has ultimately led to my current role."
VU’s partnerships gave me opportunities for placements in the sporting industry. This helped me create contacts with professionals and has ultimately led to my current role.
Sharna's story

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