Introduction

Presenting an overview of coaching and coach education research as well as suggestions for future study is a tremendous challenge considering the amount of coaching literature. A recent analysis of the scientific articles published between 1970 and 2001 revealed over 600 publications just in English (Gilbert and Trudel, 2004a). To make sense of this amount of information in a limited number of pages we experimented with different ways to classify, regroup, and present the research. Careful attention to the work of key authors helped us to develop a structure that, we hope, will give credit to many of the authors who have contributed to this research field. We have sought to provide a new perspective on that literature ...