by Mandy Green, Busy CoachHey Coach,I remember when I first started recruiting. I thought the only way to build a winning team was to outwork everyone—sending more emails, making more calls, grinding harder than the competition.The problem?Even when I wasn’t actively recruiting, my …
A Simple Social Media Recruiting Strategy to Weed Out Those Who Are Not a Good Fit
by Mandy Green, Busy CoachThere was nothing I hated more than putting in a ton of work beforehand to get a recruit to campus, and then taking a good chunk of the day while they were on campus, only to find out that they weren’t going to be a good fit.I felt it was such a waste of …
Getting Familiar and Real with the 2 “Abilities” In Recruiting
by Grant Mollring, Tudor Collegiate StrategiesHow many of you have gotten through an entire recruiting cycle and have lamented on the overall quality of your recruiting class? How much time and energy did you spend on the big fish and what was your return on investment? It could be that you …
Why Recruiting Out of State Prospects Seems to Be Getting Easier
Years ago, a basketball coach at a college I was doing one of our recruiting workshops at told me about his frustrations with the seemingly constant losing streak he was having against other schools in his general region who would come in and offer recruits larger scholarships, nicer facilities, or …
The Emerging Transfer Portal Recruiting Timeline
The subtext of the impressive turnaround Coach Kim Mulkey executed at LSU, culminating in a 2023 women's basketball national championship, should serve notice to coaches. It should be telling them that no matter what level they coach at, and regardless of their sport, the transfer portal is here to …