College Football Coaches Are Out Recruiting In Full Swing!
College football coaches are out in full swing on the sports recruiting
trail. Many coaches are doing all they can to secure verbal offers
from high school athletes and junior college athletes to solidify
their 2010 recruiting class.
With all the challenges college coaches face in a given year, the one
challenge that never ends is recruiting. Dirk Facer at the Deseret
News in Salt Lake City, Utah interviewed Utah Football coach Kyle
Whittingham about his team’s upcoming bowl bid. Coach Whittingham
informed Dirk that he would not be watching the bowl selection show
from the comforts of his own coach; rather Coach Wittingham would be
out on the recruiting trail. Coach Whittingham said “Recruiting never stops.
It’s the most important aspect of your job. So you’ve got to make sure
you get it taken care of.” (Deseret News, Sat, Dec 5,2009. By Dirk
Facer dirk@desnews.com)
Yes you read that quote right. Recruiting is the “most important
aspect” of a college coach’s job.
Make sure you’re on college coaches radars by letting them know you’re
interested in their programs and that you want an athletic
scholarship. You cannot sit back and think that you’ll get all of the
looks and offers you could have during the high school recruiting
process. Remember, if college coaches don’t know you exist, they can’t
and won’t recruit you!
The key to succeeding in the recruiting process is to get “in the
game.” Start today by contacting coaches. Be persistent and make it
easy for college coaches to recruit you. Do you have a game plan for
how you’ll effectively contact coaches? Do you know what you should
say? Do what it takes to BE SEEN!