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College Recruiting Weekly Podcast — 226 episodes
Episode 228: Ascending Recruiting Levels by Managing Momentum
Episode 227: The Financial Future of College Athletics
Episode 226: The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Ask a Prospect to Commit
Episode 225: Developing a Win Deep Culture in Your Program
Episode 224: What's the Right Ongoing Message to Our Committed Prospects?
Episode 223: What's the Future of NIL?
Episode 222: Asking Your Prospect the Right Questions, and Giving Them the Right Answers
Episode 221: The Case for Cultures Created by Coaches
Episode 220: Rebuilding Your Program
Episode 219: Understanding the Mindset of the Parent of a Rising Athlete Prospect
Episode 218: The Challenges of Recruiting and Roster Management
Episode 217: Lessons From an Athletic Director Who Also Advises Rising Prospects
Episode 216: Understanding the Blueprint to This Generation of Athletic Prospect
Episode 215: The Cheat Sheet for Landing Your Next Coaching Job
Episode 214: Influencing the Influencers in Your Prospect's Recruiting Decision
Episode 213: Recruiting's Early Stage Priority: Feelings Over Facts
Episode 212: Lessons in Leadership and Program Building from Lance Von Vogt
Episode 211: The Art of Telling Your Prospect "No"
Episode 210: Better Strategies for Integrating Your New Athletes Into Your Program
Episode 209: Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger on the Big Changes Coming to College Sports
Episode 208: Two NIL Experts Speak - What ADs & Coaches Need to Know
Episode 207: Six Key Recruiting Questions Answered
Episode 206: Gaining Efficiency and Effectiveness in Your Recruiting
Episode 205: Accurately Evaluating Your Own Recruiting Strengths and Weaknesses
Episode 204: Misconceptions, Myths and Worries of Your Next Prospect Class
Episode 203: The Effective Recruiting Approach for Your Big Prospects
Episode 202: Former Auburn AD Jay Jacobs on 'The Portal Pushdown'
Episode 201: Is It Time to Reset Your Staff Focus?
Episode 200: Coach to Coach with Matt Doherty
Episode 199: Developing Your System for the Recruiting Marathon
Episode 198: What Future Coaches Are Asking About When It Comes to Recruiting
Episode 197: Why Coaches Should Develop an Elite Mental Mindset - and How to Do It
Episode 196: Helping Your First Generation Inner City Prospect in the Recruiting Process
Episode 195: 4 Foundations for First Contacts in Recruiting
Episode 194: From Rising Coach to Head Coach to Fired Coach to Championship Coach
Episode 193: Team of Experts Q&A - Building a Cohesive Recruiting Strategy
Episode 192: Inner Excellence for College Coaches with Best Selling Author, Jim Murphy
Episode 191: What's the #1 Way Prospects Are Deciding? The Data Gives Us the Answer
Episode 190: The Coming AI Revolution in College Coaching
Episode 189: How to Help Your Athletic Director - and How They Can Help You
Episode 188: Can Coaches Develop Winners With a High Roster Turnover?
Episode 187: Managing the Changing Landscape of Division I Recruiting
Episode 186: How to Change Your Prospect's Mind
Episode 185: How to Start Recruiting International Prospects - and Why You Should Want To
Episode 184: FAFSA, Financial Packages & Guiding Your Prospect Towards a Decision
Episode 183: How NOT To Get Fooled by Your Prospects
Episode 182: How to Jump Start Recruiting Communication With Fading Prospects
Episode 181: The Role of a Strength & Conditioning Coach in Recruiting
Episode 180: What Kind of Details Matter to Gen Z Recruits?
Episode 179: Legendary Women's Basketball Coach Sue Semrau on Building a Legendary Coaching & Recruiting Career
Episode 178: The Unique Needs of Gen Z Prospects
Episode 177: A Tech Entrepreneur Didn't Like the Way His Son Was Evaluated by College Coaches. Here's What He Did About It.
Episode 176: What the House Settlement Details Might Mean for College Athletic Departments
Episode 175: What in the World Are Your Prospects Thinking??? with Dr Pamela Ellis
Episode 174: What the House Settlement Ruling Means for Coaches & Athletic Directors
Episode 173: 7 Summer Priorities for College Recruiters
Episode 172: NIL Money in College Athletics - Is Everything Adding Up?
Episode 171: How the NIL Marketplace Continues to Creatively Evolve
Episode 170: The First 5 Things You Should Do to Improve Your Campus Recruiting Visits
Episode 169: How to Maximize Your Athlete's Mental Performance
Episode 168: 7 Big Mistakes Coaches Make on Zoom and Phone Recruiting Calls
Episode 167: NIL - Is It Working, and What Does the Future Look Like?
Episode 166: Pushing Back on Your Prospect's Push Back
Episode 165: What You Should Do After You Hear a Prospect Say "No"
Episode 164: What Is Your Mid-Year Recruiting Focus?
Episode 163: Hitting Your Personal, Professional & Recruiting Bullseye
Episode 162: The Need for Physical Mail in Recruiting
Episode 161: Halftime Check In - What's Going Right & What's Going Wrong in Your Recruiting?
Episode 160: How Successful Coaches Approach Recruiting This Generation of Prospects
Episode 159: Coaching & Recruiting Lessons From Ted Lasso
Episode 158: The Four Biggest Recruiting Frustrations for College Coaches (and How to Overcome Them)
Episode 157: Moving Your Prospect Through Your Process
Episode 156: Molly Grisham on Developing Your Student-Athletes AFTER You Recruit Them
Episode 155: Why Are My Prospects Taking So Long to Commit?
Episode 154: The Secret to Closing Top Prospects
Episode 153: Inside the Mind of Today's Teenage Prospect
Episode 152: Campus Visits, Transfer Culture & More
Episode 151: Season 8 Premier - The Theatre of Status in Recruiting
Episode 150: Summer Recruiting & Planning for College Coaches
Episode 149: Your (Mostly) Complete Guide to June 15th First Contact Calls & Messages
Episode 148: How I Won My First National Championship: A Coach's Inside Look
Episode 147: Jim Harshaw on How Coaches Can Achieve Success Through Failure
Episode 146: What Some Coaches May Not Know About Effective Recruiting Messaging
Episode 145: Reinitiating Contact with Your Recruits
Episode 144: Telling Your Recruiting Story to the Prospects You Really, Really Want
Episode 143: Digging Into the Details of Effective Transfer Portal Recruiting
Episode 142: The New Challenges for College Athletic Directors and the Programs They Lead
Episode 141: Developing a Specific Recruiting Approach for Specific Recruits
Episode 140: A Better Outlook and a Better Brand to Start 2023
Episode 139: Maximizing Your Transfer Portal Recruiting
Episode 138: 5 Post-COVID Recruiting Trends in College Athletics
Episode 137: Building a Program (or a Roster) From Scratch
Episode 136: The In's and Out's of International Recruiting in College Athletics
Episode 135: How to Overcome These Three Common Recruiting Hurdles
Episode 134: Establishing Recruiting Timelines and Deadlines in Less Than Ideal Circumstances
Episode 133: Celeste Headlee on How to Have Conversations with Your Recruits
Episode 132: 4.5 Recruiting Sales Questions Answered
Episode 131: Overcoming Adversity and Rejection in Recruiting and Your Life as a Coach
Episode 130: One Coach Asks, "How Would You Sell Our Program to Recruits?"
Episode 129: Timelines, Deadlines and Your Most Important Job as a Recruiter
Episode 128: Season 7 Premier - Branding & Social Media Expert Jayson Schmidt on Differentiating Your College Program
Episode 127: How Athletics & Admissions Can Message Effectively to Second-Tier Prospects
Episode 126: The Walk-On Experience in College Athletics
Episode 125: Assessing the Mental State of Today's Athletes and Prospects
Episode 124: Coach Evan Burk on Finding Intangibles
Episode 123: How is NIL Affecting Recruiting at All Levels?
Episode 122: Why Money-Based Recruiting Decisions Are Trending Up (and What to Do About It)
Episode 121: BLM, Vaccines and Creating a Unique Team Story
Episode 120: The Captain - Recruiting and Developing Team Leaders
Episode 119: Six Coaches, Six Questions
Episode 118: Assessing Your Prospect's Physical and Mental Health During Recruiting
Episode 117: 6.5 Recruiting Priorities for Coaches | Fall 2021
Episode 116: Defining You and Your Program to Achieve Excellence
Episode 115: Assessing & Developing Your College Program the Right Way
Episode 114: Program Building Lessons From a Former Cold War Nuclear Submariner
Episode 113: 3 Additional Recruiting Strategies for After Your First Contact
Episode 112: The Experts Recruiting Roundtable
Episode 111: Coach Theresa Beeckman on Managing Your Culture
Coach Gabe Bolton on Building a Successful Program Your Own Way
Episode 109: John Brubaker On How College Coaches Can Go Beyond Stadium Status
Episode 108: Are College Athletic Departments Ready for NIL?
Episode 107: What Should Coaches Do When They Get Too Many Responses?
Episode 106: Effective Messaging - How to Make Recruiting Letters Work
Episode 105: Effective Messaging - How to Make Recruiting Emails Work
Episode 104: Coach Justin Wickard on Recruiting This Generation of Student-Athlete
Episode 103: What to Change for Your 2021 Recruiting Plan
Episode 102: Jeremy Tiers & Will Patch on the Class of 2021 College Search Process Study
Episode 101: The Successful Evolution of a Program's Recruiting Approach
Episode 100: Should Coaches Adjust Timelines & Deadlines During the Pandemic?
Episode 99: Body Language Expert Mark Bowden on Reading Your Prospect’s Recruiting Cues
Episode 98: How Coaches in New Programs Can Rise to the Challenge
Episode 97: What Coaches Can Teach Their Team by Reading "The Bus Trip"
Episode 96: Agent Brian Stanchak on Managing Your College Coaching Career During a Crisis
Episode 95: Making the Economic Case for Greater Investment in College Athletics
Episode 94: Two Coaches Ask How to Design an Effective Recruiting Message
Episode 93: A Comprehensive Look at the Name, Image & Likeness Debate
Episode 92: Advice for Coaches Juggling Two Top Recruits Down the Stretch
Episode 91: Tamy Matheny on Creating Confident Athletes During a Crisis
Episode 90: Greg Earhart on the New Big Picture for College Sports
Episode 89: The Parent and Club Coach Perspective on the Covid-19 Crisis
Episode 88: When Is It Smart to Stop Recruiting a Prospect?
Episode 87: John Brubaker on Business Approaches to the Current Crisis for Coaches
Episode 86: Tim Selgo on Leadership During a Crisis and Beyond
Episode 85: How College Coaches Are Handling the Crisis
Episode 84: 5 Coronavirus Recruiting Priorities for College Coaches
Episode 83: Coaching & Recruiting Lessons From the Miracle on Ice with Charlie Adams
Episode 82: Being One Team with Your Admissions Department
Episode 81: Effectively Branding Your Program for Recruits
Episode 80: Making Sure You Don't Recruit the Wrong Prospect
Episode 79: Breaking the Tie
Episode 78: Developing Your Core Recruiting Philosophy
Episode 77: Coach Terry Harrison on Recruiting, Coaching Football, and Balancing Family Life
EPISODE 76: Dr. Keith Adams on Understanding What Motivates Today's Student-Athlete
EPISODE 75: Developing a Winning Recruiting Strategy From the Ground Up
Episode 74: 'Survivor' Finalist Lauren O'Connell On Strategy, Perseverance and Recruiting
Episode 73: Coach Thom Park on Staging a Program Turnaround
EPISODE 72: Winning the Home Visit
EPISODE 71: Who Is On Your Personal Mt. Rushmore?
Episode 70: How College Coaches Are Using Recruiting Services
Episode 69: The Missing 20% Your Recruits Are Looking For
Episode 68: Four Recruiting Scenarios Explained
Episode 67: When Is the Right Time to Leave College Coaching?
Episode 66: Branding Lessons for Coaches From Zion Williamson's Exploding Shoe
Episode 65: Talking About Money with Your Recruits
Episode 64: How to Recruit at Tournaments
Episode 63: Coach Molly Grisham on Recruiting and Developing Leaders
Episode 62: Recruiting Strategies for a New Coach at a New College
Episode 61: Hall of Fame Coach Sue Enquist on Fixing a Broken System
Episode 60: Are Coaches Responsible for the Happiness of Their Prospects and Players?
Why Less is More in Recruiting
Episode 58: How to Overcome the School Size Objection
Episode 57: Why College Coaches Should Be Losing Sleep Over Losing Sleep
Episode 56: How Can Coaches Differentiate Their Brand Message From Their Competition?
Episode 55: Your First Contact with New Recruits
Episode 54: Doubleheader - Developing a Recruiting Philosophy That Works
Episode 53: Doubleheader - How Can Coaches Battle Prospect Objections Effectively?
Episode 52: Dr. Amber Selking on Your Athletes' Mental Performance
EPISODE 51: Driving with Dan - 4 Proven Early Recruiting Strategies
Episode 50: Celia Slater on Building All Aspects of Your Coaching Leadership Resume
EPISODE 47: Coach Yolett McCuin on Finding Joy in Your Coaching Career
EPISODE 46: Jeff Janssen on Developing and Recruiting Leaders
Episode 45: Developing the Right Culture in Small College Athletic Departments
Episode 44: Initial Contact Strategy Q & A
Episode 43: Driving with Dan - Structuring Your Messages for Immediate Responses
Episode 42: Leading Your Prospects Out of Their Decision Paralysis
Episode 41: Four New Strategies to Win Your Recruiting Battles
Episode 40: Driving with Dan - Establishing Timelines & Setting Deadlines
Episode 39: Jim Harshaw on Setting Goals to Achieve Balance as a College Coach
Episode 38: Coach Mike Lightfoot on Saving Relationships and Finding Balance
Episode 37: Dan Tudor on Evaluating Your Recruiting
Episode 36: Filmmaker Drew Gabreski on Fear and Recruiting
Episode 35: Recruiting Inner-City Prospects to Small, Rural Campuses
Episode 34: USA Today's Dan Wolken on the Unfolding Recruiting Scandal
Episode 33: What Happens When You Change Your Campus Recruiting Visits?
Episode 32: The Wisdom of Jack and Max
Episode 31: Do Your Recruits Still Care About Email?
Episode 30: Joe Collins on How Coaches Can Tell Better Stories
Episode 29: Coach Mandy Green on How to Get Organized
Episode 28: Jason Oates & The Recruiting Clipboard
Episode 27: Legendary Athletic Director Tim Selgo On His New Book "Anchor Up"
Episode 26: Coach Matt Derosiers on Building a Championship Program Against the Odds
Episode 25: Author John Brubaker on Earning 'Stadium Status'
Episode 24: Coach Rob Harris on Early Recruiting
Episode 23: Rock-n-Roll Star Jim Holvay on Learning How to Sell
Episode 22: What Do Coaches Do When The College Cuts Their Program?
Episode 21: Coach Morgan Randall on Becoming a College Coaching Legend
Episode 20: Dr. Mike Davenport on College Coaching Life Philosophies
Episode 19: Dan Tudor & Jeremy Tiers On The Problem With Most Campus Tours
Episode 18: Jim Harshaw on College Coaching Success Through Failure
Episode 17: Larita Wilcher On Whether the Grass Is Really Greener on the Other Side of the Coaching Career Fence
Episode 16 - Jamy Bechler on How Coaches Become Great Leaders
Episode 15: Mark Tewart on Recruiting Like a Car Sales Superstar
Episode 14: SPECIAL - Jason Oates & The Recruiting Clipboard
Episode 13: Michael Cross on Transparency Being the Key to Recruiting Reforms
Episode 12: Mark Giganti on Pushing Your Prospect's Psychological Pause Button
Episode 11: Tom Koller on Becoming a Great Recruiting Communicator
Episode 10: 3-for-3 - Coaches Ask the Questions
Episode 9: Michael Cross On Asking the Right Prospect Questions
Episode 8: Creating a Balanced Recruiting Message
Episode 7: Kevin Richardson on Athletes Now vs. Athletes Then
Episode 6: Coach Erika Brennan on Turning Your Program Around
Episode 5: Price and the Risky Work of Earning Your Prospect's Attention
EPISODE 4: THERESA BEECKMAN ON BUILDING A WINNING TEAM CULTURE
EPISODE 3: RECRUITING LESSONS FROM THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Episode 2: Coach Jeff Osterman on Effective Branding
Episode 1: Coach Greg Earhart on Being First in Recruiting