GIS: Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees 2025/26

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ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY Students unable to meet the coaching entry requirement for MSc Football Coaching & Analysis can begin their pathway to Master’s via our Postgraduate Certificate in Football Coaching & Analysis. Following completion of the Postgraduate Certificate, and providing the coaching requirement has been met, students can ‘top up’ to complete the full Master’s with an additional 120 credits of study over 1 year.

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MSc Football Coaching & Analysis alumna Vicky Yarnold is a coach at Villarrreal CF

FUTURE CAREER PROSPECTS • Highly sought-after careers within professional and semi-professional football clubs

• Roles such as a first team or academy coach, coach analyst, performance analyst, data analyst, opposition analyst and scout/ recruitment analyst can all be achieved

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Coaching and analysis are essential components of modern football. Analysts can support the coaching process by delivering video and data insights on tactics and strategies, data and statistics and coach behaviour. Coaches can perform analysis or utilise such information to inform decision making and improve performance on the pitch.

Jono McPhail Course Leader

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