Abstract: The paper reviewed some basic and applied research progress for coal geophysical prospecting methods during 2011-2015, such as seismic AVO analysis used in CBM enrichment region and TEM data processed by pseudo-seismic software. There are some great development for ground and underground geophysical methods, including full digital high density 3D seismic exploration, the underground transient electromagnetic method, in-seam seismic detection method and monitoring and warning technology for mining dynamic disasters during mining, et al. The development trend of coal geophysics may be focused on intelligent monitoring and early warning in 2016-2020.