It was a revolutionary idea back in 1909.Harry Selfridge, an American entrepreneur who began Selfridge's Department Store in London at the turn of the century, coined the phrase - and the philosophy - that "the customer is always right." It was meant to reassure retail shoppers at the time that …
How College Coaches Control The Future Of Specialization
by Wayne Mazzoni, Pitching Coach, Sacred Heart UniversityI hope all college coaches reading this agree with this statement: The specialization of young athletes is an epidemic we must take part in changing.To do this, let’s look at the facts and trends. Over the past 15 years there has been …
Confirming Your New Prospect’s Interest: How Do You Know If They’re Serious?
Earlier this week, two clients (different division levels, different sports) posed the same question that is probably on the mind of a lot of college coaches putting together a new recruiting class:"How do I find out if they're serious about us or not?"That's a legitimate question, …
What’s On Their Minds?
by Ingrid Rockovich, NCSA Athletic RecruitingIt’s one thing to find all of your potential recruits in one place. But learning how to make your program seem more viable to talented recruits that would be great fits academically and socially?Between other coaches providing advice, consultants …
Is Your Program the $2 Bill of College Recruiting?
That's a picture of a $2 bill sitting our counter at home.In and off itself, that's not unusual except for the fact that I have teenagers in the house, and loose cash never sits unaccompanied for very long.But we're going on three weeks of this $2 bill just lying around, in a place that gets …