“…Based on foundational work on expertise (Ericsson & Charness, 1994) and literature specific to the expertise of high-level coaches (Côté, Salmela, Trudel, Baria, & Russell, 1995;), a first model for identifying high-level coaches is proposed, with "contextual" and "expert" criteria. The relevance of these criteria is validated by research conducted with ten coaches, with a discussion and the proposal of a second model guide, with regard to (a) the status of the coach and his career evolution and results (b) the recognition of four training context, recreation, development, high performance and high performance settings (Onesta, Gilot, Henard, Le Fur, Normand, & Ourahmoune, 2018 ; and cthe continuum of experience (Durand, Goudeaux, Horcik, Salini, Danielian, & Frobert, 2013) (d) and "ten years/10,000 hours", a quantitative criteria in the literature on expertise (Ericsson, Charness, Feltovich, & Hoffman, 2006;Lemyre, Trudel, & Durand-Bush, 2007). In conclusion, areas of research around the careers of coaches and the capitalization of knowledge from experience are identified.…”