Dr Kerry Harris
Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Kerry Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She also serves as Sports Coaching Hub Lead, playing a central role in driving innovation, collaboration, and applied practice within the field. Kerry has extensive experience teaching and supervising research across undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Kerry’s research focuses on coach development and enhancing inclusion for women and marginalised groups in sport. She has developed a growing profile in this area, leading to impactful collaborations with a range of national governing bodies and contributing to sector-wide change.
Kerry is an experienced coach holding an FAW/UEFA A Licence and is a Level 4 Coach Developer with the Welsh Rugby Union. Kerry has coached across youth and senior club and international levels, gaining experience in a wide range of competitive environments, including the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
Kerry has worked across a variety of performance and development settings, supporting coaches and athletes at multiple levels of the sport system. She also brings significant experience as a mentor, playing a key role in developing the coaching workforce across the sector.
Research Publications
Putting social theory to work: Developing agents-for-change in sport coaching
Lane, A., Spencer, D., Stembridge, A. & Harris, K., 26 May 2026, Sport, Higher Education and Critical Pedagogies. Pielichaty, H., Velija, P., Phipps, C. & Dickerson, N. (eds.). Routledge, p. 255-266 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Developing a hooks-informed feminist coaching pedagogy
Larrick, J. A., Harris, K., Morgan, K. & Castro, J., 8 May 2026, In: Sports Coaching Review. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experiences as a young action researcher: Developing a contemporary sports coaching curriculum
Godman, E. M. A., Santos, S. & Harris, K., 2026, Sport, Higher Education and Critical Pedagogies. Pielichaty, H., Velija, P., Phipps, C. & Dickerson, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Oxon: Routledge, 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Action Research
Morgan, K., Harris, K. & Castro, J., 23 Jan 2025, Research Methods in Sport Coaching. Nelson, L., Groom, R. & Potrac, P. (eds.). 2nd ed. Routledge, p. 170-178 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The opportunities and challenges of utilising collaborative action research for coaching within Hong Kong China rugby sevens
Groves, J., Morgan, K. & Harris, K., 15 Oct 2024, In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Alienation, Othering and Reconstituting: An Alternative Future for Women’s Coach Education
Harris, K., Jones, R. & Santos, S., 8 Jan 2024, In: Quest. 76, 2, p. 154-168 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A critical feminist coaching pedagogy: actualizing bell hooks’ learning community within a football team
Larrick, J. A., Harris, K. & Castro, J., 2024, Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Sport : Student Engagement and Critical Pedagogies. Pielichaty, H., Velija, P., Phipps, C. & Dickerson, N. (eds.). Critical Pedagogies in Sport , p. 7-10 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Developing the use of explicitation techniques in team games as a pedagogical tool for coaching practice
Hunter, A. R., Morgan, K., Harris, K., Santos, S. & Mouchet, A., 6 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 18, 4, p. 1025-1035 11 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigating the use of Appreciative Inquiry as a process for coach development within a National Governing Body talent development programme
Clements, D., Morgan, K. & Harris, K., 20 Jun 2022, In: Sport, Education and Society. 28, 8, p. 972-989 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adopting an Appreciative Inquiry approach to propose change within a national talent development system
Clements, D., Morgan, K. & Harris, K., 27 Sept 2020, In: Sport, Education and Society. 27, 3, p. 286-299 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review