Are you a sports fanatic who has a STEM degree? Then you’re in luck. Not all sports jobs take place on the field, there’s many areas for career growth with a STEM background and  sports lovers have options.

If you want to combine your love for spots with your career, look into these top STEM jobs in the sports industry.

Physical Therapist: This is a great area to explore if you have a medical interest. As a physical therapist you get the chance work with athletes while doing what you love. If you don’t want to get so deep into medical, becoming a personal trainer is another option for this field.

Materials Scientist: This is a great field to get into if you want to be in STEM but just don’t know which area to pursue. As a material scientist, you get to study materials and learn how things are made, which can lead to many sports job opportunities including the design of equipment and sustainability of materials.

Sports Statistician: If you love crunching numbers & reading sports stats, you should look into becoming a sports statistician. There are three crucial skills for this career move: quantitative reasoning, technical skills, and domain knowledge. There are two areas of sports statisticians, academic and recorder.

Sports Psychologist: Just like any psychologist, a sports psychologist deals with the mind and focuses on helping athletes stay mentally healthy. Similar to a sports therapist, sports psychologists help overcome disabilities while ensuring a healthy mindset. In this filed, there’s counseling, team training, behavior monitoring and research that is done to properly understand athletes.

Nutritionist: Nutritionists are a big part of athletes sporting careers, they need to stay healthy and fit to thrive in their careers. If you have a passion for healthy eating and nutrition, this would be a great career field to get into.

 Sports Engineer:  A career in sports engineering is a great way to combine your love of sports with a passion for technology. This is a pretty broad area but consists of research and development of technologies for the sports industry. If you like to build things and love sports this might be this right fit for you.