UL course aims to take Irish coaching to the next level

At first glance, there seems little to connect Irish third-level academics with our sporting success on the international stage. Coaches are coaches, academics are academics, and while the two cross paths here and there, they’re usually like ships passing in the night.

But a new Masters degree at the University of Limerick, the first of its kind, is looking to change that. The idea behind the MSc in Applied Sports Coaching is to cross-fertilise knowledge between the two realms, to weave various strands of sporting expertise together with the goal of making Irish coaching — and Irish sport — stronger than ever.