<p>My son is very, very interested in sports. He is a good athlete (and very smart) on a few teams in a private, Catholic HS, but will never make a living from playing.</p>
<p>Can anyone give me some ideas as to a good career from sports if you are not on the Yankees, etc.</p>
<li>Sports Lawyer - S thinks possibly about law, but how many lawyers are hired by professional sports teams.</li>
<li>Coach at a College - Do you need to be a former pro to be a coach?</li>
<li>Are there any schools which have this type of curriculum or degree. He would not be interested in personal training or physical bodybuilding</li>
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<p>At Rice there is something like Sports Management in the Kinesiology department. There is also just a sports medicine section in the Kinesiology department too. I don't know if that helps at all.</p>
<p>There are several routes your son can take to be involved in sports in someway - many of the programs are in the Kinesiology dept as above - - and NO he does not have to be a pro to become a college coach - but to that I will add - he should participate in the sport he wants to coach to add validity to himself and have a passion for that sport as well.</p>
<p>This can pursued in several ways as well - doing a LAC type of education and grad school in Sports Management or/and Sports Psychology or a couple of other Sports related Masters.</p>
<p>Or there are some programs - U-Mass has one - one of the best actually (U of Miami also I believe) - for Sports Management at the undergrad level. Query on sports management programs/schools - and you will come up with some info there.</p>
<p>Phys ED would most likely be for high school level coaching tho - at the college/pro level - coaching enhanced by sports management/sports busniss/sports psychology can get you there.</p>
<p>You can sometimes get a grad student coaching position that can lead the way to college/pro coaching also - depending on the sport - and many of the grad student coaching positions are paid/stipend positions as well. Then if you can get the tuition waived too - hey - such a deal!!! That situation DOES exist!!!</p>
<p>My nutrition class teacher is also the nutritionist for a pro-football team. Nutrition is so interesting and I really didn't think that before I took this basic nutrition class. I would encourage others to take a nutrition class because that class has taught me so much and really has sprung up my interest in the nutrition field.</p>
<p>I dated some one several years ago who is an athletic trainer. If I remember him telling me correctly it's a newer field because they have only gotten licensing and certification requirements in place over the last couple of decades. However, they seem to be in high demand. At the time he worked for a school district as a trainer for all of their sports teams. However, now he works for a private rehabilitation facility that works with college athletes, high school athletes, and other people who have sports related injuries. I believe he said that most head trainers in colleges and in the pros are both certified athletic trainers and also physical therapists.</p>
<p>If your child doesn't want anything to do with the medical aspect, many teams hire PR people.</p>
<p>If he likes or is good at writing and english, maybe sports journalism would be good. I know some colleges offer actual 'sports journalism' majors, while a lot have electives branching off of a regular journalism route.</p>
<p>well, Sports Business has been a popular concentration lately at Wharton. NYU has the hookups if ur looki to intern. You can always go with sports management.
If ur in the west coast, you might want to check out the Univeristy of the Pacific; the sport sciences major have concentrations in the area of sports medicine and sports management( some students have been interns witht the Kings and Raiders)</p>