by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesThe Times They Are a-Changin'. Bob Dylan's legendary song would be an appropriate description if you were asked to summarize the makeup of today's college student body.Colleges and Universities still enroll plenty of high school graduates. …
5 Steps To Take When You Want To Give Up Coaching
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comCoaching can be an emotional roller-coaster, full of surprising highs and terrifying lows. When things go wrong and you hit one of the lows, especially the low-of-lows, a normal reaction can be “I give up.”I have uttered those words more than …
Herb Brooks: The “ULTIMATE” Recruiting Job
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comHerb Brooks did the ultimate recruiting when he brought together the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. All of the players were either college players, or had played college fairly recently.As I have written about here before, Mike Eruzione was a pivotal part of …
How to Effectively Handle Objections
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesEarlier this year my wife went through the process of buying a new car. Like most, she was somewhat apprehensive of the various sales people and their pitches. After all, buying a car is a big purchase. In the end it was a salesman who listened, …
Why Prospects Might Not Care About Your Version of “Better”
The college coach that can prove their business degree is more highly rated than a competitor's business degree is often bewildered when their prospect chooses the other school.The same holds true for the coach who wins their conference championship, only to lose a kid to a program with a new …