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Dr Reece Chapman

Lecturer

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Reece is an academic member of staff who teaches primarily on the BSc Sports Coaching programme. Reece’s academic qualifications include; a BSc Sports Coaching Degree and MSc Professional Practice in Sports Coaching Degree, a PGCE, and is nearing the completion of his PhD.

Reece has experience of working as a coach and performance analyst in various grassroots and professional football clubs. Reece has also worked alongside large National Governing Bodies and taught in primary, secondary, further education, and higher education institutions.

Reece Chapman

Reece is in the final stages of completing his PhD. As part of his PhD Reece has worked alongside The FA to gain an understanding of the development of coach education since 1967. This work has tracked the socio-pedagogical development of FA coach education overtime. Reece has also explored present day coaches' experiences of current FA coach education provision to explore how courses meet the needs of the learners today.

Reece’s research interests include; Sport Pedagogy, Sport Sociology, Coach Education, Sports Coaching, Football and Performance Analysis 

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • How did we get here; a historical and social exploration of the construction of English FA coach education, Chapman, R., Cope, E., Richardson, D., Littlewood, M., Cronin, C. 22 Sep 2023, In: Sport, Education and Society
  • Learning from the past; a Freirean analysis of FA coach education since 1967, Chapman, R., Richardson, D., Cope, E., Cronin, C. 23 Jul 2020, In: Sport, Education and Society

  • PGCE July 01 2017
  • MSc July 01 2015
  • BSc (Hons) July 01 2013
  • Associate Fellowship to Higher Education Academy AFHEA
  • UEFA B


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