7 courses with the subject COAC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
COAC 320Introduction to Coaching Sport – This course examines
coaching theory and best practices. Topics include: pre-season, season, post-season, and off-season planning and development, sport leadership theories, motivating the sport athlete, practice and game management, scheduling, budgeting and fundraising, and ethics. Offered fall term each year. Three semester hours. milligan university academic catalog | 2026-27 | www.milligan.edu
COAC 322Coaching for Character – An investigation of the various
dimensions of character development in athletics. Students explore philosophical foundations of character-driven coaching as well as observe, experience, and lead athletic activities designed with a character development component. Offered occasionally. Two semester hours.
COAC 382/382M. Introduction to Recruiting – This course focuses on
effective efforts to recruit student athletes to one’s athletic program. Topics include: identifying and prospecting for recruits, effective communication, program culture, coaching style and recruit fit, and ethics. Offered occasionally. Two semester hours.
COAC 395Special Topics – These courses explore other topics in the coaching aris
industry that do not currently exist as defined courses in the program. As such, t topic of such a course is chosen by the Coaching Faculty. A specific name and course description will be provided at the time of the special topics course offering. Offered occasionally. Two or three semester hours.
COAC 487Sport Camp Development and Management – This course
focuses on developing and managing sport camps. Focus is placed on the role of sport camps as summer camp fundraisers and recruitment support. Topics include: camp logistics and operations, marketing the sport camp, budgeting and revenue generation through sport camps, and ethics. Offered occasionally. Two semester hours.
COAC 491Coaching Internship – This internship provides students
experiential learning within the coaching industry. This can be completed on- or off-campus, but students are encouraged to complete this seminal internship off-campus. Credit hours are based on work hours during the semester with one credit hour assigned for each 25 work hours. Students may not accumulate more than 6 hours of coaching internship without approval from the Chair of EXSC. Offered every term. One to six semester hours.
COAC 495Special Topics – These courses explore other topics in the
coaching industry that do not currently exist as defined courses in the program. As such, the topic of such a course is chosen by the Coaching Faculty. A specific name and course description will be provided at the time of the special topics course offering. Offered occasionally. Two or three semester hours.
