Coach U is an IFC accredited school so right of the bat you know we are dealing with a quality life coaching training program. This is one of the primary coaching schools, it was founded in 1988. This establishment has trained a lot of coaches.  Many current and future coaches are interested in CoachU reviews, so let’s discuss them.

Coach U was founded by long time coach Thomas Leonard. Honestly I’m not familiar with Thomas Leonard but he is apparently known as the father of life coaching. In 1996 Thomas sold Coach U to Sandy Vilas and proceeded to found and develop another school. Now even his second school is we respected and a well known in the community. If this guy founded two successful schools, he must be doing something right when it comes to developing a life coach.

Coach U will provide comprehensive training. Completing their program should take about two years. Expect to put in about two hundred hours into the program. If you are the kind of person that appreciates an indepth, complete program this may be for you. This is a lot of time to put into life coach training. Some people may not be ready for this kind of commitment. Make sure you know what you are getting into. There are many Coach U courses you will be expected to complete.  If you have some experience as a coach, this may be overkill. If you are looking for quick accreditation go elsewhere.

The type of training Coach U offers is teleclasses. Again this is not for everyone. You are also expected to work independently on workbooks, online material, CDROM etc. The telephone classes are usually provided on a weekly basis and consist of one 4 hour class session with 20-26 participants. (No it is not one on one.) A separate life coach mentor is suggested at an extra cost. The course cost is just over $5700 and around $220 for books. If a long term, comprehensive program is what you are looking for, Coach U may be the life coaching school for you.  if you have your own reviews of coach U please post it as a comment – the more Coach U reviews the better.  Education about education is necessary especially when significant costs are involved.  Good luck!