<p>Sophomore in high school--is the above feasible? I really want to work somewhere in sports, be it administration or physically coaching. I'm also highly interested in swimming Division I. </p>
<p>I know the commitment will have to be there, but time aside, is the business/exercise science major and minor combo too much? I don't think I'd want to switch it around, as there's still a chance I might not go into sports at all (leaving me with a pretty much useless degree). </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Your major/minor doesn’t tie you down to any particular career of field. Nor would it be ‘useless’ unless you had chosen it entirely on the basis of future employability. </p>
<p>There are lots of options ‘on the sidelines’. Physical therapy, kinesiology, podiatry, nutritionist, medicine, marketing, advertising, hr, accounting etc. Any of these have many options aside from a sports application. </p>
<p>Regardless of major, see about gaining some coaching/officiating qualifications while at college for the sport(s) you’re interested in. You never know where they might take you…</p>
<p>My daughter will be competing in a D1 sport and she has an interest in majoring in Athletic Training. When we went on college visits and asked coaches if there were any majors that didn’t really work with sport and the answer from various schools was athletic training.</p>
<p>My suggestion to you is when you visit schools and show your interest in swimming that you ask the coach if there are any majors that conflict with your sport.</p>
<p>I’ve seen athletic training programs that restrict sports to one sport (I think Aurora University seemed to have a solid AT program). That’s because the internship requirements - the AT student is required to support other sports and you can’t do that if you also play a sport (or more than one sport). Even with one sport it is doable but the AT major ends up needing an extra semester to graduate (so maybe budget for the extra semester, zebradome).</p>