Organizing their daily recruiting efforts is not nearly the challenge it used to be for one savvy lacrosse coach.
“Front Rush is making recruiting easier and better,” says Muffie Bliss, head lacrosse coach at McDaniel College outside of Baltimore, Maryland. On the field, Coach Bliss is an impressive leader: In her first season as a 24-year old coach, she turned-in the best finish in the program’s three decade history! Off the field, she wanted to show she could turn things around as well. The web-based recruiting database has helped her program keep track of their current roster, recruits, and even alumni. She has used all three aspects of Front Rush on a regular basis to improve communications with all of those groups important to her program’s long term success.
Bliss likes the fact she “can track recruits and share their information with the other coaches, athletic department, and even with admissions”. That added communication with the school’s admissions department is critical, since McDaniel College is a private school that lives or dies based on smooth communication with the admissions department. “Everything is in one place and can be used in all of our recruiting efforts”, says Bliss.
The aspect of the program that has made the biggest impact keeping their recruiting organized: Coaches at McDaniel can track all communication – every telephone call, every email, and every letter – that either she or her staff has had with each recruit. If a member of their staff speaks with a recruit, they will know exactly what was said as soon as the coach makes the updated entry in the Front Rush system.
There is also no need for any of the coaches to have a flash drive with them all of the time to access the system. With Front Rush, the coaching staff can access everything on the internet and can see everything that is going on with a particular recruit.
“Front Rush makes me feel like I’ve done my job better and more efficiently,” says Bliss, “and I have definitely seen the difference it has made in my recruiting efforts.”
