Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year recognises a business owner who creates measurable client progress through coaching, consulting or mentoring. It celebrates a clear methodology, strong client accountability, professional leadership and evidence that the work produces meaningful and sustained results.
Is this your category?
A quick read on the businesses this title is written for.
Operates a coaching, consulting or mentoring business with a clear client focus and methodology.
Can demonstrate measurable client outcomes or transformation.
Uses structured delivery, accountability and professional practice to support results.
Shows leadership and continued development within their field.
What judges need to see.
The five areas your answers are assessed against.
Foundation
Foundation: Coaching or mentoring model, client group, methodology and the outcomes the business is designed to create.
Results
Results: Measurable client progress and commercial performance of the business.
Decisions
Decisions: Program design, delivery systems or changes that improved client outcomes.
Leadership
Leadership: Accountability, client empowerment, professional development and influence.
Impact
Impact: Sustained client results, contribution to the field and a credible direction for future growth.
Evidence to start gathering
Start collecting these now so the writing is quick later.
Read the Evidence Pack guideBefore-and-after client outcome data.
Revenue, performance or business improvements for clients where relevant.
Client retention or completion rates.
Program completion and outcome data.
Testimonials containing specific measurable results.
Methodology or professional credentials.
Case studies with clear starting point, intervention and result.
Evidence of sustained outcomes after the coaching or mentoring engagement.
Entry details and eligibility
The format, the dates and the conditions that apply to this title.
- Assessment period
- 2024–27.
- Minimum business age
- 12 months.
- Written responses
- 5.
- Evidence Pack
- 5 pages.
1 January 2024 to 28 February 2027
Minimum 12 months in business as at 4 October 2026.
5 written responses, up to 400 words each.
One PDF, up to 5 pages and 10 MB.
Resources
Before you enter
Five short reads that answer almost everything. Each one opens the Entry Guide at the right place.
Evidence Pack guide
What counts as evidence, what does not, and how to lay the PDF out.
Full eligibility
The rules that apply to every title, including trading dates and locations.
How judging works
Who reads your entry, how it is scored and how finalists are chosen.
Build a strong entry
How to answer the five questions with specifics instead of adjectives.
Frequently asked questions
Costs, deadlines, multiple entries and everything else people ask first.
RAYE Awards 2027
Coach of the Year
Entries are written and submitted in the RAYE Awards portal, a separate system to RAYE Haus. Read the criteria, gather your evidence, then head across.