by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Building a championship program involves looking to always do things better than you have been. It also means looking to doing things better than the teams you compete against. If you want more of an edge in recruiting, try doing more of these two …
Why Can’t They See How Great We Are?
by Paul Nemetz-Carlson, Tudor Collegiate Strategies It’s inevitable, you’ll lose prospects in the recruiting process. That doesn’t mean it won’t hurt. Especially when you believed your program was the perfect fit for them. You had everything they claimed to care about - school size, location, …
Lessons the Astros Scandal Should Teach College Coaches
My beloved Houston Astros cheated, and they're paying the price.The leaders of the organization have been fired, they've incurred the maximum fine Major League Baseball can impose, and lost their first and second round draft picks for the next two years. And there could be further repercussions, …
How to Steal the Attention of Your Competitor’s Recruit
Don't worry, we're not talking about anything unethical here.But the fact of the matter is, some of your competition is in the process of losing recruits they are assuming will be coming to their campus after they graduate. What they don't know is that right now, those same recruits are …
Top 5 Mistakes Coaches Make in Early Recruiting Communication
Scouting enough prospects? Check.Got your first message out to your top targets? Check.Approached them with the right message at the right time to maximize your chances of actually moving them from "mildly interested" to "engaged and communicating with you"?Uh, maybe not so much.The …