Marcel Benetti de Lima
Clinical Instructor Kinesiology and Health- Biography
Dr. Marcel Benetti de Lima is the program director for the Sport Coaching track in the Health & Physical Education undergraduate program. He started his journey with Georgia State as a doctoral student in 2016 and earned his Ph.D. in 2023. He is passionate about sports, physical activity, and overall wellness and his line of research has followed such passion. Once he joined the Department of Kinesiology and Health as a faculty member, Dr. Lima has been working on raising the Sport Coaching program to the national spotlight. The strategy has been implemented and it started by aligning the Sport Coaching curriculum with the National Standards for Sport Coaches in hopes of obtaining accreditation from the National Committee for Accreditation of Coaching Education (NCACE). Dr. Lima also teaches courses in the Teacher Certification track for both undergraduate and graduate programs.