ICF Mentor Coaching Requirements: Everything You Need to Know (2026 Update)

ICF mentor coaching requires 10 hours of competency-focused mentorship from an experienced, credentialed coach, completed over a minimum of three months. At least 3 of those hours must be in individual (one-on-one) sessions. The remaining hours can come from group sessions. Mentor coaching applies at every credential level — ACC, PCC, and MCC — and has just become significantly more important with the ICF's April 2026 announcement replacing performance evaluations with enhanced mentor coaching requirements beginning in 2027.