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Mr Stephen Macdonald

Senior Lecturer

Sport J2A, Pathfoot Building, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, Â鶹´«Ã½AV, FK9 4LA

Mr Stephen Macdonald

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About me

I am an experienced and active coach, coach educator and mentor with over 30 years of practical experience, coaching in Adventure Sports Coaching and Performance Coaching domains. Before my appointment at Â鶹´«Ã½AV in December 2017, I had spent the previous ten years coaching the dynamic sport of canoe slalom at both club and national level.

I am currently Programme Director for:

  • MSc Sport Performance Coaching
  • PG Diploma Sport Performance Coaching (Paddlesport) - UKCC Level 4.

In addition to teaching at Â鶹´«Ã½AV, I coach canoe slalom as a volunteer with my local club, work as a coach educator for British Canoeing and mentor several performance coaches.

As a coaching practitioner, I seek to bring a ¡®what could really works¡¯ focus to my academic work. My specific areas of interest are: coaching effectiveness, coach development and education, pedagogy, talent development from a holistic perspective, and coaches decision making.

Professional qualification

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy

Outputs (10)

Article

'You Know, Coaching, It Feels Like a Bit of a Magpie Game': A Qualitative Investigation into Sources of Teacher-Coach Knowledge and the Subsequent Impact on Espoused Teacher-Coach Pedagogy

Emmerson J & Macdonald S (2025) 'You Know, Coaching, It Feels Like a Bit of a Magpie Game': A Qualitative Investigation into Sources of Teacher-Coach Knowledge and the Subsequent Impact on Espoused Teacher-Coach Pedagogy. Education Sciences, 15 (1), Art. No.: 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15010109

Book Chapter

Questioning

Macdonald S (2022) Questioning. In: Coaching Adventure Sports. Dursley: Adventure Sports Media House, pp. 223-232. https://adventure-sports-media-house-ltd.square.site/product/coachingadventuresports/1

Teaching

Currently, I am primarily deployed on the MSc. Sport Performance Coaching programme.

Module Coordinator for:

Coaching Concepts,
Coaching as Learning,

Module Contributions

Understanding Performance
Independent Study
Applied Coaching Project.

On the BA (Hons) Sports Studies programme I am

Module Coordinator for:
Coaching Sport,

Module Contributions
Major Project in Sports Studies
Developing Excellence in Sport

Research centres/groups