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There are an estimated 40,000 coaches practicing in 70 countries worldwide
The four leading countries in the coaching profession are: United States, England, Japan and Australia
In the UK the Coaching Profession is growing at a rate of 20% per year
70% of coaches work primarily by telephone, with a national or international client base
10% of coaching falls into the realm of executive coaching
Over 70% of coaches world-wide are female
51% of those hiring coaches are women
The average age of coaches range between 40 and 55
Origin of the Term 'Coach'
The village of Kocs, Hungary, was the birthplace, probably in the 14th century, of a unique design of horse-drawn carriage, it's name deriving from the Hungarian kocsi szeker , 'a carriage of Kocs'. How it differed from existing carriages is unknown, but it became popular enough to eventually spread across all of Europe, taking its Hungarian name with it.
When railways replaced horse-drawn road transport in the 1830's & 1840's they adopted the old road terminology just as steamships had done from the days of sail. Carriage, coach, driver, guard were all reminiscent of former horse-drawn transport days. So, to travel or move fast in the 19th century you took a coach.
University students in 19th century England likened their instructors to railway carriages 'conveying' students through their classes and exams. It is from this association that a private tutor came to be called a coach, first appearing in written records in 1848, for it is their job to train pupils, help them get ahead, as fast as possible. The same usage developed a little later with sports trainers.
