Setanta College

15/09/2026

Build the skills to coach, train and prepare people for better fitness and performance.

The Diploma in Personal Training and Strength & Conditioning combines practical coaching, personal training and S&C knowledge to help you take the next step in your career.

📅 Still to Enrol for the September 2026 intake
Applications are now open.

🔗 https://loom.ly/204HCTA

14/09/2026

"Networking is key. Contact other coaches with experience and ask questions. Start coaching right away, as there are many skills you won't be able to get good at unless you gain in-person experience.

Continue to study and don't allow ego to be the enemy. The field of research in S&C is ever-changing, so remain keen to learn and challenge your own thought processes."

Eamonn Cox discusses his coaching journey and his experience of studying the BSc in Strength & Conditioning with Setanta.

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10/09/2026

Our September Postgrad intake is approaching!

If you’re ready to take the next step in sport, coaching or performance, now is the time to apply.

💻 Flexible online study
🏋️ Applied, industry-focused learning

Applications are open now.

Explore our postgraduate programmes at www.setantacollege.com

09/09/2026

WEBINAR | Off-Season to Championship: S&C Planning and Periodisation in Gaelic Games

How should S&C planning evolve across a full Gaelic Games season?

Join PJ Wilson, Academic Director at Setanta College, and Conor Finn, Head of Performance with the Mayo Senior Footballers, for a practical discussion on structuring strength and conditioning from the off-season through to championship.

The session will explore how coaches can approach training load, periodisation, physical preparation and performance planning across the different phases of the season.

📅 Thursday, September 17th
⏰ 7pm (Ireland)

Register here: https://loom.ly/KLRMlgE

07/09/2026

"Setanta's flexible, applied model meant I could study properly while still running these practices full-time, which was essential. I needed a programme that fit around my work rather than the other way around. Most importantly, balancing that with my family made flexibility non-negotiable, and Setanta's model let me study properly without taking time away from my daughter."

Taygan Robson, founder and director of 1INC Consulting, discusses building a multi-disciplinary performance practice and his experience of the MSc in Sports Injuries & Return to Performance Management with Setanta.

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Taygan Robson is the founder and director of 1INC Consulting, a multi-disciplinary online performance practice. A semi-professional racer across mountain biking, Xterra off-road and adventure racing in South Africa for nearly two decades, he has built his career around the interplay of performance,....

04/09/2026

The MSc in Advanced Sports Coaching & Leadership is built for coaches and performance practitioners who want to sharpen how they plan, lead and adapt within demanding sporting environments. The curriculum links contemporary coaching research with applied decision-making, supporting coaches working across development, performance and high-performance settings.

Learning is delivered through a blended model of online study and residential weeks, allowing ideas explored in theory to be tested, challenged and refined through real coaching contexts.

Across modules such as:
🔹 Performance Analysis & Data-Informed Coaching
🔹 Coaching Process
🔹 Coaching Management & Leadership
🔹 Applied Sports Psychology

The course develops advanced coaching insight alongside leadership capability, communication skill and reflective practice.

Apply now at www.setantacollege.com

02/09/2026

❗EARLY BIRD RATE EXTENDED❗
The final speaker for our upcoming Coaching Conference ‘Developing Players, Teams and Coaches’ is Cathal Sheridan!

Cathal is Head of Sport & Performance Psychology with Munster Rugby, with extensive experience across professional and Olympic sport. He was Psychology Lead with Rowing Ireland through the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where the team recorded its most successful Olympics to date.

In 2025, Cathal worked as Performance Coach with both the Tipperary senior hurlers and Kerry senior footballers as they went on to win All-Ireland titles.

A former professional rugby player with Munster, Cathal’s work focuses on the mental skills, behaviours and environments that help players and teams build high-performance habits.

Early bird rate to secure your place extended until Sunday, September 6th!

📆 Date: Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 Venue: GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Early Bird Tickets: www.setantacollege.com/events

01/09/2026

"Stay open to new knowledge and keep integrating it, because professional development depends on being willing to keep learning and applying what we learn. But just as important is paying attention to your own personal experiences, because they hold information that can be transformed into meaningful work too.

My experience immigrating to a new country, combined with my clinical background and my growing knowledge of sport psychology, has created my own lens that lets me uniquely shape my practice."

Yulia Tsarenko Carey, Licensed Professional Counselor and founder of Oris Counseling, discusses her path into sport psychology and her experience of the MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology with Setanta.

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Yulia Tsarenko Carey is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in the Portland, Oregon area, and the founder of Oris Counseling, LLC. She is a graduate of the MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology with Setanta College. Below, Yulia discusses her path into sport psychology, the practice she h...

31/08/2026

🏋️ September Intake Starts Tomorrow

A new intake of Setanta College Strength & Conditioning students begins their studies tomorrow.

Whether you are looking to build a career in S&C, develop your coaching knowledge or strengthen your understanding of athletic performance, there are a number of study pathways available:

🎓 BSc in Strength & Conditioning
📘 Certificate in Strength & Conditioning
🏋️ Certificate in Fitness & Conditioning
⚡ Certificate in Youth Athletic Development
💪 Diploma in Personal Training and Strength & Conditioning

Study with Setanta and develop the knowledge and practical skills to support performance across sport, fitness and coaching environments.

Find out more about our Strength & Conditioning courses at www.setantacollege.com

29/08/2026

For November's 'Developing Players, Teams and Coaches' conference, we are delighted to welcome Ger McTavish to the line-up for the event.

Currently working as Disability in Sport Lead at Sport Ireland and formerly the first Diversity & Inclusion Officer of the GAA, Ger has been a long-standing voice for accessibility, transparency and community engagement in sports leadership.

A sports scientist, Ger was honoured as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Irish Sport in 2022. Her expertise lies in team management, athlete performance, and club development and her research focuses on physical literacy, performance development, and community development in sport.

Working closely with groups that might once have seen themselves as ‘outside’ the world of sport and Gaelic Games, in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability and more, she has created and delivered programmes on leadership, engagement and stakeholder awareness that are having a real positive impact across a significant portion of Irish sport and society.

📆 Date: Saturday, 14th November 2026
📍 Venue: GAA National Games Development Centre, Abbotstown, Dublin
🎟️ Early Bird Tickets: www.setantacollege.com/events