That's the theme this week among sports media gurus when they talk about Joe Paterno, the 78-year old coach at Penn State University. A win against #6 Ohio State was enough to warrant a bevy of stories heralding the return of the Joe Paterno.And a lot of people would probably agree with the …
Use Your Selling Resources
How many outside sales resources do you use?Resources like old friends who coach high school ball. Old coaches. Contacts with local media. Recruiting services. Or guys like Rolando Garcia.Garcia is a high school coach in the San Diego, California area who does what he can to help area …
Love Him or Hate Him
Gary Barnett's tenure at Colorado has been marked both by success and by controversy. There's no question he's a great coach on the field. His teams at Northwestern, and now at Colorado, thrive under his direction.The controversy is the problem. Controversy has dogged Barnett for years, first …
Personal Connections Key in Selling and Recruiting
Sometimes, college recruiting turns into a non-stop whirlwind of phone calls, letters and fighting to get commitments from recruits. That's true in D1 football or NAIA soccer.Likewise, a lot of coaches get bogged down in the details of recruiting. Those phone calls, letters and fighting to get …
Coach Pulls Double-Duty as Prep and College Coach
One of Ann Arbor, Michigan's most successful high school soccer coaches has taken a new job that has made his life busier than ever.Adil Salmoni, in his sixth season as Greenhills High School boys coach and his upcoming 11th season as girls coach, is in his first fall as head coach of Concordia …