One of the most striking findings in our exclusive survey of top college prospects back in 2008 was how much they rely upon their parents to help them make their final college decision. It surprises a lot of coaches when they read about it in our report. Parents have always been thought of as a …
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Four Ways You Should Be Recruiting the Parents
Year after year, we add to our library of recruiting focus group studies that help us advise our coaching clients on the right recruiting strategies to implement with their prospects. And, year after year, we are reminded how important parents are to the process. In our latest set of research …
What Your Recruit’s Parents Are Looking for From You
by Greg Carroll, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Before I spent the last 18 years of my career as a DIII athletic director I spent 12 years as a high school athletic director. What made me think I wanted to work at the collegiate level? One word - Parents! It was hard enough being a one man …
The Undervalued Way Parents of Recruits Can Help In the Recruiting Process
For years, college coaches have voiced frustrations over the parent involvement in recruiting. Primarily, the fact that parents want to take over the process, run the process, communicate during the process, and then possibly interfere with coaching once they arrive on your campus as a new …
The Latest News on Parents (And What They REALLY Want)
Parents are increasingly becoming a major force in college recruiting. It's true at the biggest of the big-time Division I programs, and it's true in the small private school tucked away in a small town in middle-America. Because parents play such a pivitol role in the process, I wanted to …