Abstract
Recently, there has been a growing interest in sport coach＇s competency to measure his/her behavior. Although over the past ten years a large number of studies have been performed on
the competency of sport coach, no studies have ever tried to systematically review and evaluate
the literature on the competency of coach. The purpose of this study was to systematically review
and examine the current status and research issues relating to sport coach＇s competency. Twenty
five published studies were selected for the systematic review through electronic searches of several computer databases (SPORT Discus with Full Text, CiNii, J-STAGE, and Google Scholar). Findings comprised three sections: Construct of a sport coach＇s competency, relationship
between a sport coach＇s competency and various factors, and competency-based coach education
programs. The main conclusions of this study were as follows: 1) The studies concerning the construct of a sport coach＇s competency were differentiated between the studies that focused on a particular sport, and the studies that focused on generalizable competency that could be adapted
to many types of sports. 2) The number of studies that use multilevel analysis, with discussion
from both the athletes＇ point of view and also the teams＇ point of view, has been increasing. 3) Most previous research for competency-based coach education programs was conducted based on the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) in Canada. This research suggested practical
implications and future research directions for development of quality coach in Japan.
