Salary Range
Below $25,000 to $100,000+Overview
Sports instructors demonstrate and explain the skills and rules of particular sports, like golf or tennis, to individuals or groups. They help beginners learn basic rules, stances, grips, movements, and techniques of a game. Sports instructors often help experienced athletes to sharpen their skills.
Coaches work with a single, organized team or individual, teaching the skills associated with that sport. A head coach, or manager, prepares her or his team for competition. During the competition, he or she continues to give instruction from a vantage point near the court or playing field.
Approximately 241,390 coaches and scouts are employed in the United States.
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's DegreeCertification/License
RequiredOutlook
Faster than the AveragePersonality Traits
Athletic
Helpful
Outgoing
Career Ladder
Head Coach or Athletic Director
Instructor or Coach
Assistant Coach
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