If you've somehow managed to tear yourself away from tuning-up the fax machine and making sure it's loaded with paper, and you're reading this article, I want to warn you about something as you prepare for signing-day frenzy...There are a couple of disturbing trends that a lot of coaches - as …
The Delegation Dilemma for College Coaches
by Mandy Green, Selling for Coaches"If it's to be, it's up to me."This seems to be the favorite saying of a lot of the coaches that I am working with these days. To me, it says a great deal about their willingness to delegate. These coaches work non-stop morning to night, and still do …
Prospects, Coaches and Making Final Decisions
If you're a fan of college football, you spend your New Year's weekend of 2010 following the drama around two high-level college coaches, Florida's Urban Meyer and Texas Tech's Mike Leach.And in the midst of heart palpitations, storage sheds and round-the-clock ESPN coverage, there were …
Getting Your Athletic Website Ready for Prime Time
by Sean Devlin, Front RushThe recruiting process is about engaging recruits and getting across the university's and coach's message, goals, and - ultimately - the brand. This engagement comes in a variety of flavors including email, phone calls, face-to-face, and more recently Facebook and …
What Coaches Say They Want
by Sean Devlin, Front RushDay-to-day, we spend a large portion of our time communicating with college coaches in an effort to understand their goals and initiatives.Specifically, we want to understand what each coach is trying to accomplish and translate that into our recruiting application …