If you can't recruit good athletes to your school, you don't have a prayer for having a long coaching career. Plain and simple.Just like any business, your primary concern has to be making "sales". When I conduct one of our SFC On-Campus Workshops, I try to make the point that 80% of a coach's …
3 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Recruiting Environment
by Rodger Motiska, Winning Recruits We hear a lot these days about creating halls of fame and transforming athletic facilities into “recruiting facilities,” after all it is the business we’re all in. With all this talk though, what we typically see are facilities that may look great after their …
Virginia Tech Basketball’s Recruiting “Secret Weapon”
In fall 2004, Virginia Tech had a new women's basketball coaching staff and an outdated women's basketball lounge and locker room. This space, which is adjacent to the basketball court at Cassells Coliseum, plays a key role in the life of the team during basketball season.New Head Coach Beth …
How to Supercharge Your Recruiting Questionnaire
Last week's article on more organized recruiting got a lot of good feedback from our readers, and even got some additional tips out of a leading college sports communications expert Leidy Smith, founder of Front Rush.In addition to keeping the paper questionnaire form brief, as we recommended in …
Turning Recruiting Obstacles Into Selling Points
A resort owner named Butch Stewart is about to teach you how to turn an obstacle into a selling point. And you should listen to him, because he's an expert on the subject.You probably don't know Stewart, but you've heard of his business. He's the guy who has spent the last thirty years …