I have a friend who is getting his BS in Kinesiology for the sole purpose of becoming a coach. How worthless is a kinesiology degree?
I have a friend who is getting his BS in Kinesiology for the sole purpose of becoming a coach. How worthless is a kinesiology degree?
It's worth a piece of paper with some printing but I don't recall what it says.
A degree in kinesiology is has minimal value for any purpose other than grad school in the health sciences. Your friend's plan to use a kines degree for coaching is a bad one, because such a degree is not even required for coaching, and he will be stuck with a worthless degree and a mountain of debt if coaching doesn't work out.
It's fine if all you want is a degree for the sake of having a degree. Like mine in Biology, if you really want to make something of it, you have to continue with school... med school, vet school, whatever. However, if coaching doesn't work out for your friend, at least he can say he has a degree. There are so many companies that won't even look at your resume unless you have a degree (and it can be in anything!!)
BS Biology wrote:
It's fine if all you want is a degree for the sake of having a degree. Like mine in Biology, if you really want to make something of it, you have to continue with school... med school, vet school, whatever. However, if coaching doesn't work out for your friend, at least he can say he has a degree. There are so many companies that won't even look at your resume unless you have a degree (and it can be in anything!!)
True.
My wife has a BS in Kinesiology (TX) and brings home over $50,000/year on a 187-day contract paid over 12 months.
really dumb friend wrote:
I have a friend who is getting his BS in Kinesiology for the sole purpose of becoming a coach. How worthless is a kinesiology degree?
Where do people get the idea that you need some specific degree to become a coach? Just weird.
The Port wrote:
My wife has a BS in Kinesiology (TX) and brings home over $50,000/year on a 187-day contract paid over 12 months.
What does your wife do?
No no, I remember this one... You can't play the "friend" card on this one, chief. It's YOU we're talking about here!
The Port wrote:
My wife has a BS in Kinesiology (TX) and brings home over $50,000/year on a 187-day contract paid over 12 months.
read a book once wrote:
What does your wife do?
PE teacher?
Bi-Lingual Spanish Teacher
5th Grade Language Arts
Personal Training or Strength Coach.
Trainers can make a lot of money depending on their circumstances.
Stength Coaches can also make a lot of money depending on which school.
Better idea would be to take your BS and get into a DPT program in Physical Therapy.
Alan
The Port wrote:
Bi-Lingual Spanish Teacher
5th Grade Language Arts
not to seem like a dick, but I would hope a spanish teacher is bilingual
i earned one a few years back. it was a requirement in the hiring process for finding a collegiate XC coach. I earned an MA in Education as well and hold a CA teaching credential. qualified to teach PE from Kindergarten and up in the state of CA. Currently i'm a head coach, work outside everyday, and have a flexible schedule. I decline to state my income level.
tried the personal training deal for a few months and hated it. money was ok, but only if you want to live in an apartment and work odd hours.
I have a degree in Kinesiology.
Taught for 10 years in the public school system (PE). That system paid for me to earn a free MS in Education. I was making about $55,000 after ten years. I also coached at the college level part-time.
Now coaching for about $20,000 less - I couldn't be happier. Do you need a degree in Kinesiology to be a good coach? No, but my degree was pretty heavily concentrated in physiology - so I have a better understanding of what I am trying to do than someone who has another degree. Therefore, I would consider the course work helpful. That said, one could read through 3 or 4 keys books and have an excellent grasp of enough exercise physiology to be a very successful coach.
The degree alone does not make me a successful coach - that is all a result of athletes working hard and buying in to what I am planning for them. It has however resulted in my passion for reading current training research - my experience with athletes determines what I will change within a system that has yielded decent results.
As worthless as most other Bachelor's degrees. Everyone has a Bachelors now.