BSc (Hons) Sport Management
Develop your passion for sport, and progress to a successful career leading and managing sporting events and organisations on this CIMPSA accredited course.
BSc (Hons) Football Studies
Graduated 2018
The football studies degree looked unique, different to the sport science and football science degrees elsewhere.
During my final year, I was part of the university team’s coaching staff. It was a great challenge and a huge learning opportunity for me to undertake multiple roles there. I started the season as Assistant Coach in a large technical staff to and ended the season as Head Coach. Everyone involved in the staff went on to exciting roles in football. This really highlights the great pool of talented coaches and analysts at Solent.
Friends, industry connections, personal development. I will never forget my three years at Solent because of the great people I was able to study with.
After university, I moved back to Norway for a full-time coaching job at the Vålerenga academy. After one year, I got the opportunity to move back to England to coach at the Nottingham Forest academy. I’m now in my 4th season at the club, working as Individual Development Coach and Analyst with the U18s as well as the men’s Northern Ireland team where I’m one of two analysts.
I have started studying set pieces and look forward to implementing some of the findings across the coming season. I’m fascinated by how teams use their back line when pressing. Sporting CP and Fenerbahçe are incredible. Aston Villa too.
Connect with people and spend as much time as you can studying the game. Use the conversations and study to develop your own ideas of the game, how to play and how to train. It can be difficult to connect with people in the industry, but I find social media is a great platform to bridge those gaps.