Are you a college coach who has a topic they want to present to their peers at the 2015 National Collegiate Recruiting Conference in Nashville this coming June 5-7, 2015?Great! We're looking for coaches who want to contribute ideas related to recruiting, scouting, organization and developing a …
How Collaboration Can Increase Efficiency and Enrollment
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesLast year a good friend of mine became a college head coach for the first time. My initial words of wisdom for him were simple. Immediately get to know your athletic secretary, and make sure you find at least two good team managers. Creating a …
Featured Series: The ‘Miracle’ Behind Herb Brooks’s Miracle On Ice
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comHaving studied college sports for many years, I feel strongly that multi sport athletes make up the most competitive college athletes. However, we are in the day of 'specialization' and although most college coaches want multi sport players, they are …
The Secret Sauce Of Stealing From A Coach
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comCoaches do it all the time. We see something successful and we steal it. Well … more like copy it.That coach won — so I’ll do what she did. He got the big recruit — so I’ll use his system. That team got to go to Disney — so we’ll be doing what they …
Making Sure the Admissions Travel Season Doesn’t Turn Into Groundhog Day
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesMy first introduction to life on the road occurred as a 22 year-old Recruiting Analyst working for a basketball scouting service.Over a four-month span known as the "AAU season," I traveled from state to state attending events where I would …