In today’s episode, we talk to Marty Sutherland. Marty is currently the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Iowa. He gives some great insight and great tips to those who are going through the recruiting process right now. He also talks about what he's looking for and how they do things at Iowa from a development standpoint. He mentions some of the things that are important to them at Iowa. Marty takes us behind the scenes and talks about some of the things that they are implementing this fall with their players that they haven't done necessarily in the past.

[4:26] What is your story on having to stop coaching, selling insurance, and then getting back into coaching?

[10:19] How many texts and emails would you say you get a day about recruiting?

[12:29] Why do you not go after and offer tons of kids then sit back and see how they perform?

[16:29] Would there be smaller classes because of the transfer portal?

[19:32] What does a high quality high school kid look like for you?

[22:56] What's something that turns you off when you are watching high school kids?

[27:51] Make sure you're working on your defense too. Because even if you're a good hitter, if you cannot defend or you’re a liability, you're not going to play.

[28:04] Are you looking for players who play solely up the middle?

[29:50] From a projectability standpoint, would you take into account where a kid is at right now versus where you project him to be down the road in a couple of years?

[32:25] Knowing what you know now, what piece of advice would you tell yourself from the first day you started recruiting out on the road several years ago?

[32:41] Trust what you see.

[35:19] Where did you learn how to recruit from?

[37:41] Is there anything that you feel like you want to really get better at from a recruiting or scouting standpoint?

[41:45] How did Iowa become known for this development program?

[45:14] Could you elaborate on the manager program?

[49:02] What would a position player who comes to campus in the fall at Iowa typically look like from a development standpoint throughout the fall into the winter?

[51:32] How do you help those players understand their swing?

[54:09] How important is helping players with feel?

[57:00] How do you help players with the mental side of the game?

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