Recruiting-101

The goal of any coach at any level is to win games. No matter how much they want to develop the athletes and help them grow as people, the bottom line is that they...

At the Division I level, nearly all basketball programs throughout the country offer full ride scholarship offers.  Per NCAA rules, these Division I schools have to extend scholarship that meet full tuition.  But one...

When looking at Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, it was a breeze finding contact information and the email addresses needed to contact recruiting experts and get yourself listed in their database of top players. But it...

As the largest website that covers prep athletics, Rivals.com has a database that includes some of the best athletes throughout the country in a number of different sports. And while it is not the...

Over the past decade, I have interviewed thousands of athletes and spoken to hundreds of parents during that time as well.  I believe this interaction gives me an excellent feel for what is going...

One of the most stressful times in the lives of parents and their children is if they go through the athletic recruiting process. It doesn’t matter if you are a Division I recruit or...

Over the past decade, I have spoken with hundreds of high school athletes and written thousands of articles on these standouts. The subject of the interviews usually depends on the time of year. If...

One of the things that I have said when talking about the recruiting process is that it should be taken very seriously and considered almost as an early job interview. For both, you need...

As I have mentioned here in just about every article written, it is essential in the recruiting process to consider all of your options.  And while you may have grown up with Division I...

Teenagers change high schools all the time in every part of the country. It is something that basically happens everyday because of a job change by the parents. And while most schools won’t raise...