The type of degree is not as important as the resume you compile. Coaches will have degrees that run the range of what universities offer including English, Business Management, Poly Sci. Most coaches will either play football at the next level (NFL or CFL) or become Graduate assistants and work their way up from there. After working a GA or returning from the NFL most will become a special teams coach, then move to a position coach, (running back coach linebackers coach etc) prior to moving up to a coordinator. Which is one of the last stop on the way to being a Head guy.
No
you can get a degree in sports management
Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year was created in 1963.
Notre Dame has the most with 96 Hall of Famers, seven of them being Heisman winners.
Brian Kelly attended Assumption College in Massachusetts where he played as a linebacker while working on a political science degree.
bachelors degree
Nick Saban
none
Couldn't hurt
Bobby Bowden from Florida State, was the first college football coach to earn $1 million for a season in 2001.
Bob Stoops of OU football team
what college did Jim and John Harbaugh play football? Jim played at Michigan and John played at Miami. Jack did not coach his sons in college.