Sports Coaching

Study a Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching

Take your coaching career to the next level.

Our Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching has been specifically designed for practising coaches, providing an opportunity to enhance and develop quality in professional practice and provide a gateway into the world of expert coaching.

Our program is delivered entirely online and offers a flexible course structure that is designed for professionals to fit their study alongside their personal and professional commitments. Study from anywhere in Australia and across the globe.

Up to 80% off fees due to Government subsidies*.

*Government subsidies enable Flinders to offer Domestic applicants a reduction of up to 80% off full course fees through Commonwealth Supported Places. Offer subject to change.

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Courses

Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching

Duration: 1 year

Delivery mode:
Online

Availability:
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2GC678 (Full fee paying)
2GC178 (Commonwealth supported place)

Annual indicative fees (2025):
$8,496 (Commonwealth supported place)
$12,852 (Full fee paying)

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2GC178 (CSP)

2GC678 (FFP)

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(FFP): Full fee paying}

Your career

The course is specifically designed to prepare you to become an advanced coach and excel in coaching at both amateur and elite, high-performance levels. The course is perfectly designed for coaches seeking to advance their interpersonal and professional skills and extend coaches with foundational and/or high-level coaching accreditations.

Potential occupations include:

head and assistant coach
director of coaching
high performance coach
sports development manager
performance director
coach educator.

What you will study

Students will dive into topics around game sense and athlete participation and retention, with opportunities to also learn about optimising relationships in sport, creating optimal training plans and developing other coaches.

This course aims to:

Develop cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge within a coaching context and identify and provide solutions to complex problems.
Facilitate the advancement of specialized technical and creative skills in the field of sport coaching and coaching practice.
Establish opportunities to advance communication skills that demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts
Promote communications skills that effectively transfer complex knowledge and ideas to different audiences

Practical experience

While there is no formal placement opportunities within this degree, students who are already coaching sport in some capacity will be able to implement their learnings into the craft as they go.

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Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching

"Working in the AFL environment, I've noticed how often coaches reflect on their own development, engage in peer feedback exercises and rollercoaster their way through the development of relationships with players. This course looks like a game changer for the industry as a whole."

Adam Delcano
Athletic Development Coach – AFL & SANFL
Port Adelaide Football Club

"Retaining athletes and maximising participation is core business for the modern coach and the course's allocation to these elements will further equip graduates well for success."

Jane Woodlands-Thompson
BEd (Sec Phys Ed), MAppSc (Sports Coaching), High Performance Accredited Coach (Netball)

"The Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching will be extremely beneficial for coaches of all sports and all levels. The blended learning approach of online learning, practically implementing concepts and reflective practice allows coaches to not only learn coaching concepts, but also understand how to implement them into their regular coaching."

Dave Reynolds
State Coaching Manager - SANFL

Entry requirements

Applicants must normally hold a degree or equivalent qualification, Or a minimum of five full-time years of sports coaching experience as a professional, semi-professional or amateur occupation.