Welcome to Season 9 of our College Recruiting Weekly podcast!

We have a lot of great topics and information lined up for you this season, but to kick off the Fall of '24, we're going to focus on the landmark news over the summer involving compensation for college athletes, and the House settlement of the issue that puts initial rules in place for college athletic departments around the country.

To bring us his insights on all the details, and what they will mean for coaches and athletic directors everywhere, we're joined by Matt Brown, the journalist behind the popular Extra Points online publication. We'll get his thoughts on his latest reporting on the issue, what it means for Division I college recruiting, and what the trickle-down effect will be for the rest of the college athletics landscape. This is information you may have not yet heard about, so listen in - especially if you're confused about the whole topic, and what it may mean for you and your athletic department.

To read the fantastic article Matt wrote on the topic, which we reference in the show, click here:

https://www.extrapointsmb.com/p/ohio-states-potential-budget-cuts-canary-coal-mine

To ask Matt questions, email him at [email protected]

Visit his website and subscribe to his regular publications at www.ExtraPointsMB.com

And, keep up with him on X at @MattBrownEP.

Remember to leave us a 5-star review if you like the podcast, and tell your fellow coaches in your department about the show!

Email questions to us at [email protected]

Thanks for listening, Coach! Have a great start to the fall recruiting year, too.

As we wrap-up Season 8 of the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast, Dan Tudor grabs the microphone and rambles about seven priorities he sees college coaches needing to have as we head into summer, and prepare for the start of one of the most challenging recruiting periods on the history of college athletics.

What are those seven priorities?

Listen to this special episode and find out. And, if you have questions, email us at [email protected].

The Season 9 premier is coming up soon, so keep listening!

As we enter a new phase of NIL money in college sports, and athletes receiving more and more share of the revenue, we wanted to ask an important question:

Is all of this going to add up?

In other words, will college athletic departments be able to make the necessary budgetary adjustments to make it all work? And, what will be the effect on coaches and their programs?

In this episode, we talk to Katie Davis, a CPA with James Moore, an accounting firm specializing in advising college athletic departments and campuses on their financial strategies related to NIL, readiness assessments, and other consulting related to financial stability within a department.

Katie talks about where we are now, and what's likely to be facing athletic departments in the future.

You can contact her with questions at [email protected] and follow her on X at @katiedaviscpa

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It's vital that college coaches at all levels continue to understand how the Name/Image/Likeness landscape is changing on an ongoing basis.

Today's show is an example of that evolution and change.

Mike Ross is the founder of ConNEXTions, a non-profit that helps high level athletes maneuver the in's and out's of NIL in college, as well as maximizing their earning abilities while they are still in high school. He's a businessman that sees a need outside of the traditional NIL collectives that emerged immediately after the landmark shift in college athletics, and is using his business experience to build another platform to offer athletes.

Is this one of the future emerging paths for athletes? And, what does it mean for college coaching, college athletics, and the athletes going through the process? Those the questions we're exploring in this episode.

To learn more about Mike Ross and his non-profit organization, go here:

https://www.connextions.pro/

Questions about the show? Email us at [email protected].

Thanks for listening, Coach!

On this episode, we're helping you get ready to revamp your upcoming year of on-campus recruiting visits with a Top 5 primer on what matters first as you redesign your approach.

We cover just a few of the things we wrote about in our popular recruiting guide for coaches, "Freaking Awesome Campus Recruiting Visits". Don't have the book? Invest a few bucks and get it in your coaching library!

Get it here:

https://dantudor.com/product/freaking-awesome-campus-recruiting-visits/

Oh by the way, we've put this same podcast talk up on our special Honey Badger Recruiting site, so if you want to watch the whole thing on video, go here:

https://dantudor.substack.com/p/the-first-5-things-you-should-do?initial_medium=video

Questions? Let us know! Email [email protected] and we'll get back to you right away.

Ceci Clark is the Director of Mental Performance & Life Skills Education for the Philadelphia Phillies, helping their major league players and rising prospects increase their ability to maximize their mental performance just as they would their physical performance.

In this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we'll talk with Ceci about:

- Why pro teams are focusing more on the mental preparation their players take.

- How they scout for the right mental strengths as they evaluate and scout prospects.

- What college coaches can do to apply the same principles to their programs, improving how they help their athletes perform, and how they uncover mentally strong prospects for their teams.

To contact Ceci with questions, or how she can work with your program, email her at [email protected] and follow her on X at @EdgeMentality. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn.

Questions for the show? Email [email protected].

Thanks for listening, Coach!

On this episode, listen in as Dan Tudor delivers a featured presentation for women's college basketball coaches at their 2024 Final Four convention in Cleveland.

So many coaches are relying on Zoom and traditional phone calls to connect with prospects, and sell their program. But many are making some critical errors in their approach. In this session, Dan outlines several of the most common errors, and what coaches should be doing to correct them.

If you're a women's basketball coach, you can find more additional resources that go along with this presentation at dantudor.com/wbca.

Questions? Follow-up with an email to [email protected].

Thanks for subscribing, and make sure to tell your fellow coaches to listen AND leave us a 5-star review!

In this episode, we talk with Greg Dooley, a professor at the University of Michigan who is quickly becoming regarded as one of the leading thinkers when it comes to Name, Image and Likeness, the future of the NCAA, and how all of it is affecting coaching, recruiting and college athletic departments.

In this fascinating discussion, Dan hears from Greg on what's currently happening around NIL, and some of the lessons we're learning through the ups and downs of this groundbreaking shift in college sports.

Whether you're a Division I coach, or someone building a program or leading a department at a D2 or D3 college, this is going to be a great show to devote some time to.

To reach our guest, Greg Dooley, you can email him [email protected], read his blog at mvictors.com, or connect with him on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mvictors

To talk to Dan, email him at [email protected]

There are several common instances that college recruiters at all level face some very common, very challenging 'push back' questions from their prospects.

You know the ones: Things are going nicely, everything's on schedule, and then your prospects pushes back on what you want, when you want it, and how you want the process to go. Which is fine, because they're going through their difficult decision process, and they need some room to think, right?

O.K., maybe a little. But we still want coaches to be in control.

On this episode, we talk about some common push back coaches are getting, and how to respond to it all in a better way. We hope it helps!

Questions? Email us at [email protected].

Interested in the branding strategy that got mentioned in the episode? Visit HelloPreseason.com for ideas and details.

Thanks for listening, Coach!

Think hearing a 'no' from a prospect at the end of the process is the end of the game?

Wrong.

In the age of the decommitments and the transfer portal, the game never ends. That prospect might be back in play in a few weeks, in a year, or in three years.

Your job: Create a path for them to come back to you.

In this episode, Dan Tudor explains a proven strategy used for the last two decades by select coaches around the country to build a bank of prospects that they can re-recruit. Listen and learn, Coach!

Questoins? Email us at [email protected].