Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise is your guide to landing your dream job in one of today’s most exciting, popular, and fastest-growing industries!
Produced by the American Kinesiology Association, this hands-on guide includes detailed job descriptions, information on working conditions, salary ranges, responsibilities, key skills, and required certifications for 36 careers in sport and fitness:
• Aquatic therapist
• Athletic trainer (college or university sport team)
• Athletic trainer (high school sport team)
• Athletic trainer (as physician extender)
• Athletic trainer (clinical)
• Personal trainer
• Group exercise instructor
• Strength and conditioning coach
• Fitness center owner or manager
• Fitness leader in gerontology settings
• Health promotion specialist
• Fitness specialist
• Physical education teacher
• Sport instructor
• Coach
• Sport official
• Sport psychologist
• Sport administrator
• Sport marketer
• Media and public relations specialist
• Professional scout
• Sport event manager
• Sport journalist
• Sport facility operations manager
• Clinical exercise physiologist
• Certified clinical exercise specialist
• Sport dietitian
• Sports medicine clinic director
• Physical therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Medical and osteopathic physicians
• Chiropractor
• Physician assistant
• Kinesiology professor
• Kinesiology researcher
• Kinesiology department administrator
If you are ready to pursue a job in the sport, fitness, or exercise industry, Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise is one resource you can’t be without.
