E-mail communication between college coaches and the athletes they recruit is at an all-time high, according to the NCAA, and it's quickly becoming the preferred method of communication between coaches and the prospects they are recruiting (in addition to instant messaging and text …
What To Do When You Can’t Offer a Full Scholarship
Marcie, one of our SFC Premium Members, was on the phone with me the other day asking for some advice that is a frequent theme this time of year. She doesn't have any more full scholarships to give, and is having trouble convincing some of the prospects that she's been talking to that her program …
How One Coach Connects With Prospects
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 …
Two Fantastic Questions to Ask Your Prospects
College football's national signing day is becoming something of a national recruiting event. Not just for football programs, either. It really is becoming a day that can send ripples through an entire campus and an entire athletic department. As one Associate Athletic Director recently told me, …
How to Know If Your Prospect Is Ready to Commit
One of our Premium Members had a quandry: They were pretty sure that a soccer recruit she had been recruiting for several months had finally made up her mind to sign with our Member's school. But she didn't want to "push" the athlete. She didn't want to make her prospect think she was "desperate" …