24 monthsProgramme duration
45,792 AUDTuition Fee/year
31 Jan, 2026Application Deadline
Feb, JulStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sports-Related Subjects
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Develop the knowledge and leadership skills expected in the world of high performance sports coaching. Advance your career and master your craft as an innovative, well-informed sports coach.
Benefit from a unique program developed in collaboration with elite coaches, expert academics and world-leading researchers that offers the most innovative theory and practice in sports coaching.
This coursework program is designed to support the ongoing development of practicing coaches. Depending on your levels of coaching and educational experience, you may be eligible for 32-unit, 24-unit, or 16-unit versions of this program.
During the program, you'll broaden and deepen your understanding of coaching and the coaching environment, while being supported to reflect on your own coaching experiences in making meaningful change.
You'll develop expertise and knowledge in examining and enhancing both athletic and coaching performance across biophysical (e.g. recovery, program management, rate limiters) and sociocultural (e.g. quality coaching practices, emotional regulation, cultures of excellence) domains.
In the final stages of your program, you'll have the opportunity to strengthen your understanding and create new knowledge through scaffolded research projects related to sports coaching. You'll also have the freedom to investigate areas of specific significance to your coaching practice.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sports-Related Subjects
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Develop the knowledge and leadership skills expected in the world of high performance sports coaching. Advance your career and master your craft as an innovative, well-informed sports coach.
Benefit from a unique program developed in collaboration with elite coaches, expert academics and world-leading researchers that offers the most innovative theory and practice in sports coaching.
This coursework program is designed to support the ongoing development of practicing coaches. Depending on your levels of coaching and educational experience, you may be eligible for 32-unit, 24-unit, or 16-unit versions of this program.
During the program, you'll broaden and deepen your understanding of coaching and the coaching environment, while being supported to reflect on your own coaching experiences in making meaningful change.
You'll develop expertise and knowledge in examining and enhancing both athletic and coaching performance across biophysical (e.g. recovery, program management, rate limiters) and sociocultural (e.g. quality coaching practices, emotional regulation, cultures of excellence) domains.
In the final stages of your program, you'll have the opportunity to strengthen your understanding and create new knowledge through scaffolded research projects related to sports coaching. You'll also have the freedom to investigate areas of specific significance to your coaching practice.
Admission Requirements
2-year degree (32 units of study)
To be eligible to complete the degree in 2 years full-time (only available as full-time study), you'll need:
a bachelor's degree in any discipline plus current coaching qualifications endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent plus one year's coaching experience. You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
OR
a current coaching qualification endorsed by a recognised sporting body (e.g. a national sporting organisation) or equivalent, plus five years coaching/high performance sporting experience, comprising -
(a) 150 contact hours per year; and
(b) 450 hours per year in planning, preparation, self-reflection and learning, and continuing professional development.
High performance sporting experience means experience in performance sport contexts that are primarily focused on peak performances at major competitions. These contexts will typically be characterised by intensive preparation over prolonged periods involving extensive intervention and interpersonal contact.
Applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander who meet the minimum entry requirements for this program will be offered a place. On admission to the program, you will need to provide evidence of your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status.
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