Career paths of a kinesiology degree?

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I am a 19 year old college freshmen, I just started my second semester of college. All my life i have been very eclectic, having many interests in a lot of different things. I never really new what I wanted to do for a career, but i know i want one. I’ve taken personality tests and am aware of my strengths and weaknesses. I am infb personality, in other words i am a mediator. I play college football and love working with sports, football in particular. I looked into Physical Therapy but with all of the physic and chemistry courses I would not make it…

I love helping people. I take pride in providing support and advice. I love seeing signs of improvement in people! I love football and sports, I just can’t let it go. I’m taking intro to kinesiology and psychology courses at my university, it is the 2nd semester my freshmen year.

To be honest, i’m scared to death that whatever career path i take, I’m not gonna love it. I want to love what i do. I know I love football, sports, and working with people. I’ve been doing some research, and i was surprised that Sports Management was a division of Kinesiology. What are career paths of kinesiology majors with sports management? hat other career paths are there for Kinesiology? Than you, I really can’t wait to learn more. God bless.

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Sports management - if by which you mean the management of sports teams from a business sense - isn’t a division of kinesiology. Sports management is more a specialization within business management. Athletic training is closely related to kinesiology, though, and most sports managers are going to hire people with knowledge that that area - athletic trainers, physical therapists with specializations in sports and athletes, etc.

Kinesiology is the study of human (or non-human) body movement, so there are lots of related fields. Physical therapy is pretty straightforward, as is occupational therapy and other rehabilitation sciences/professions. There are related medical specialties, like orthopedics. Athletic training and sports psychology are also related fields. Many kinesiologists get PhDs and become researchers, studying elements of body movement and its interaction with body systems or sociology/psychology/leisure science. There’s also teaching physical education in schools.

The American Kinesiology Association maintains a [list of related careers.](American Kinesiology Association | Careers in Kinesiology)

Of course, there are lots of other things you could do with a major in kinesiology that are not necessarily closely related.