In France you get a strange sort of coaches (6)
I believe the answer is:
tutors
'coaches' is the definition.
(I know this)
'in france you get a strange sort' is the wordplay.
'in france you' becomes 'tu' ('you' in French).
'get' is an insertion indicator.
'a strange' indicates an anagram.
'sort' is an anagram of 'tors'.
'tu' placed into 'tors' is 'TUTORS'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tutors that I've seen before include "Private teachers for students" , "Private instructors" , "Coaches" , "Mentors" , "Teaches" .)