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What questions should I ask college football or basketball coaches on phone calls?

Posted by admin | October 17, 2009 .

I recently wrote an article on the site related to how to act when college coaches call.  With this being busy such a time for seniors who have college potential in their chosen sport, there is no doubt that if you have the skills and have taken the steps to market yourself these coaches should [...]

What type of background check will a college coach do for an athletic recruit?

Posted by admin | September 28, 2009 .

College coaches in all sports earn thousands and even millions of dollars to bring in the best athletes to help them win games, contests, or matches.  Because you are not going to win a national title without top notch recruits, these coaches understand that they must find the best athletes who have enough character and [...]

Should you let a college coach handle you broadcasting of recruiting attention

Posted by admin | September 17, 2009 .

It doesn’t matter where the college is located, but if they are a school that can hand out scholarship offers, they are likely going to leak to the media who has accepted a scholarship to their program.  The bigger the school, the more prevalent that they are going to push this information out to their [...]

Breaking down an athletic recruiting letter from a college coach

Posted by admin | August 5, 2009 .

One of the most interesting parts of running this site is that I get all kinds of interesting emails that help give me a better perspective of the overall athletic recruiting process.  And when I get that information, I try to share it will as many readers as possible on Recruiting-101. I recently had an [...]

2009 Football Recruiting Checklist for athletes with recruiting interest

Posted by admin | August 3, 2009 .

Where has the time gone?  It is now already August and football players throughout the country are in the midst of getting the season underway shortly.  Some states will be starting games sooner than others but the main theme here is the football season is FINALLY here. My hope is that the off-season has been [...]

Levels of Athletic Recruiting Interest

Posted by admin | July 16, 2009 .

I wrote sometime ago about the different levels of recruiting interest. This is a piece that continues to need updating because of the changes that are going throughout the athletic recruiting process.  With scholarship being the goal, it is always interest for athletes to see where the interest that they have been getting ranks.  In [...]

The importance of communication with your high school coach regarding the college athletic recruiting process

Posted by admin | June 30, 2009 .

I have talked before how there are a variety of different kinds of high school coaches that you will be dealing without throughout the athletic recruiting process.  Some are extremely helpful, others push your name when it is convenient, and some unfortunately don’t do anything. And while the type of high school coach that you [...]

The lines you should expect to hear from college coaches throughout the athletic recruiting process

Posted by admin | June 29, 2009 .

If a college coach is recruiting you regardless of the sport, there are three options that they can basically do throughout the athletic recruiting process.  The first (and the best) is they can offer you a scholarship.  The second is that they will continue evaluating and recruiting you while the third is they are moving [...]

Former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborn on the football recruiting process and how it has changed

Posted by admin | June 25, 2009 .

The Nebraska Rivals website, HuskerIllustrated.com, caught up with former Cornerhusker coach Tom Osborn.  This legendary coach is now the Athletic Director in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Osborn has spent most of his life coaching and found a great deal of success winning ball games with Nebraska.  One of their writers, John Talman, caught up with Osborn and [...]

Should I cross Division I schools off my list if I didn’t get any calls or high school visits during the spring evaluation period?

Posted by admin | May 25, 2009 .

If you have been a faithful reader of this site, you may be getting sick of me talking about the importance of the spring evaluation period for football recruits.  It finally gives those junior athletes a chance to get a real feel for the amount of recruiting attention you are getting.  And unless you had [...]

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