Football Performance Coaching (with Professional Practice Year)

Build your career in the global football industry with expert coaching, analysis, and industry experience.

Developed in collaboration with Plymouth Argyle FC Academy and Community Trust, this hands-on degree equips you with the coaching, performance analysis, and applied practice skills needed to thrive in football. You’ll gain FA-recognised coaching qualifications, industry placements, and CIMSPA professional endorsement, preparing you for a range of careers in professional football coaching and analysis.

Why study this course at Marjon?
• Delivered in partnership with Plymouth Argyle Academy and Community Trust.
• Gain FA-recognised coaching qualifications as part of your degree.
• Learn from FA Coach Developers with real-world expertise.
• Option to study as a four-year degree with a professional practice year to expand your experience and industry connections.
• Exclusive opportunity to coach in America through our partnership with Challenger Sports, either for a summer or a full professional practice year.
• CIMSPA professional endorsement as a coach at no extra cost, enhancing your employability.
• Where could this degree take you?

This degree opens doors to global career opportunities in football, including roles such as:
• Performance Coach or Analyst in professional football
• Scout or Talent Reporter identifying future stars
• Football Development Officer or Project Lead shaping grassroots and elite pathways
• Coach Developer or Educator supporting the next generation of coaches
• Entrepreneur launching your own football-related business

Shape your future in football with a degree designed for ambitious coaches and analysts. Join us at Marjon and take your next step towards a career in the professional game.

Starting Strong: Foundations for Coaching and University Success
Game Insights: Performance Analysis in Action
Building Skilful Movers
Coaching, Culture and Society
Coaching in Action: Behaviours that Shape Player Development
Coaching to Develop Players: From Practice to Matchday
Coaching in Action: Developing Your Practice and Pedagogy
Data-Driven Player Development
Scouting and Selecting: Data-Informed Talent ID in Sport
Professional Practice and Industry Experience
Women in Sport: Coaching for Performance and Progression
Athlete Welfare and Wellbeing in Practice
Analysing Coaching in Action
Pathways to Performance: Analysing Talent Development Systems
Power, Identity and Coaching: A Sociological Lens
Insight to Impact: Applied Research in Sport
Scouting and Recruitment: Data-Driven Decision Making
Tactical Insights and Matchday Performance

Introduction to Football Performance Coaching
Fundamental Movement Skills: Skill Acquisition, Mechanics & Analysis
Coach Behaviours
Sport Science Principles of Growth and Development
Performance Analysis for Team Development
Talent ID and Development
Skill Acquisition
Developing Female Players and Athletes
International Perspectives to Player and Coach Development
Work Based Learning: Placement
Performance Analysis for Individual Player Development
Player Care
Player Recruitment
Matchday Analysis
Performance Coaching
Developing Sport Coaches and PE Teachers
Coach Analysis
Applied Project