{"id":2956,"date":"2026-07-28T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/education\/?post_type=person&#038;p=2956"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:40:18","slug":"tim-bott","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/education\/faculty-staff\/tim-bott\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Tim Bott"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 id=\"h-physical-education-program-coordinator\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical Education Program Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim Bott, Ph.D. is a professor and the Physical Education Program Coordinator for the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel. Dr. Bott teaches a wide array of physical education pedagogy courses as well as motor development and motor learning at the graduate level. His research interest is focused on understanding the relationship between skillfulness and the motivation to be physically active and achieving valued health outcomes such as healthy weight status. He has been involved in a variety of physical education advocacy efforts and previously served as the President of the South Carolina Association for Physical Education and Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-degrees\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> (University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>M.A.<\/strong> (University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B.A. <\/strong>(University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motor Skill Competence, Physical Activity, and Assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical Education Program Coordinator Tim Bott, Ph.D. is a professor and the Physical Education Program Coordinator for the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel. 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