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Christine Nash holds a Personal Chair in Sport Coaching at the University of Edinburgh. She has a background in Physical Education and emigrated from the United States after graduation. Nash concentrated on sport coaching during her MSc studies, applying theory as a university swim team coach. Her career has followed a traditional route in higher education, and she has served as a National Coach across various contexts. Christine has also been a Visiting Professor at Technische Universität München in Germany. Her academic work is deeply immersed in applied research aimed at enhancing coaching practices, with significant involvement in research committees like ICCE and USCCE. Nash has considerable experience in guiding sport coaches and has developed substantial expertise in the coaching process through various methods. She supervises several PhD students and her research focuses on developing sport coaches and evaluating Coach Developer Framework for ICCE, striving to create developmental pathways for sport coaches and coach developers. Her previous research interests include roles of sport coaching role models and the impact of educational theory in sports coaching.
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