College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

On today's episode, we'll talk with consultant, author and workshop leader about her new book, 'Managing Your Culture', and how intentionally creating your team's culture will help you perform - and recruit - more effectively. If you're trying to build a specific culture within your program, this episode will help you understand this generation much better, and let you develop a plan that works. Beeckman is the founder of Tree Roots Culture Consulting, and has worked with programs around the country to help their coaches and teams build a positive culture that leads to wins. To get Coach Beeckman's popular workbook, click here: https://truenorthsports.net/product/managing-your-culture/ To read a free chapter from the book, click here: https://truenorthsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3_tns_workbook3_contents_chapter1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR07RdCpYw-LSbfvRtUG6yhemelvfMNYl0t0FVEXyp5aHX-BHeA1ONcA8Vk Questions about how she can help you and your program? Email her at tbeeckman@gmail.com. Thanks for listening, Coach! Subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and tell the other coaches in your department about the show.

Frank Sinatra sang it loudly: "I did it my way!" And just like Frank, there are college coaches out there who get creative, buck the trends, and build their programs using their instincts and experience as a guide. Coach Gabe Bolton is one of those coaches. He is the longtime women's soccer head coach at California State University, Stanislaus, a successful Division II program in central California. Over the years, he's used some unorthodox methods to build a winner, and create a life for himself and his family that might just be the envy of a lot of coaches who listen to this episode. He'll share what he's done, how he's done it, and offer ideas that you can use to build your own program. You can email Coach Bolton at gbolton@csustan.edu with questions. And, you can contact Dan Tudor at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening, Coach! Make sure you tell others in your department to subscribe to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast!

Coach, how do you take your college program - and your coaching career - "beyond stadium status"? And, what does that even mean? Former college coach and current author, speaker and consultant talks about his latest book, "Beyond Stadium Status", and the lessons it has for coaches who want to creatively and consistently build their program and their career into something worth remembering. Coach Bru takes lessons from the world of business, music and more to get college recruiters to think differently about how they're creating something unique. His book is a great addition for your coaching library, and can be ordered at https://beyondstadiumstatus.com. For other resources for college recruiting and building your program on campus, visit www.dantudor.com or email the host, Dan Tudor, at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening and subscribing to the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast!

In this episode, we talk with journalist Andy Wittry, creator of the popular Out of Bounds online column focusing on issues surrounding college athletics, about the upcoming Name/Image/Likeness (NIL) initiative that will allow student-athletes to profit commercially during their time as a college athlete. The question we ask Wittry, who has done extensive research on the topic and how different athletic departments are preparing to handle it, to try and answer the question, "are college athletic departments ready for NIL?" We focus on an investigative article by Wittry which explored that question. His findings, and our podcast discussion, can help athletic departments and coaches learn from some early mistakes colleges have made to ensure they move forward as strongly and confidently as possible. To read his article which this podcast episode is based on, click the link below: https://andywittry.substack.com/p/heres-what-team-social-media-policies To get on his mailing list, and read his ongoing looks into college athletics, go here: https://andywittry.substack.com/about Make sure to subscribe to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform! We appreciate you listening - tell other coaches in your department to subscribe, too!

Talk about a good problem to have! On today's episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, Dan Tudor talks with a coach who has implemented what she has learned by reading and listening to the resources provided by Tudor Collegiate Strategies. The result? She has too many responses, and not enough time to handle all of them. What should she do? How does she make sure she doesn't overlook great prospects? And, how can she create an efficient system for handling it all? Those are the questions we answer for her (and you) in today's podcast episode. To ask follow-up questions, email Dan Tudor at dan@dantudor.com. Visit the dantudor.com website, too - there are lots of free resources we give coaches there! Thanks to our show sponsor, Legend Rings, for their support. Make sure to visit www.LegendRings.com to see how you and your program could give amazing looking high qualify award rings to your team for their accomplishments. Make sure to mention the podcast to get your free gift as a coach.

In part two of this two part series on effective messaging, Dan Tudor continues his "Driving with Dan" conversation - building on the previous episode's focus on the right way to email with recruits - by talking about letters: How to use them, what should be said in them, and why they're more effective than ever. Questions? Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com. And visit our sponsor, LegendRings.com! They offer amazing deals for college coaches and athletic departments around the country.

Buckle up, Coach: It's a return edition of "Driving with Dan"! On his way to work at a college campus with a group of clients, recruiting expert Dan Tudor talks about what the latest research shows when it comes to what prospects want in the recruiting emails you send them, and how to make the language you use more effective and engaging. It's part one of a two part series on better messaging we're putting together for you in an effort to make sure every coach who listens to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast is on target with how they communicate with recruits. Questions? Email Dan directly at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Make sure to tell the other coaches in your athletic department about the show!

We've got a little insider info for you on today's episode. Coach Justin Wickard is a former Division I track and field coach, with successful stops at Louisiana Tech, Texas Christian University and the Air Force Academy. He's recruited at a high level, and knows what you go through. Recently, he made the switch and left college athletics for a chance to form his own training company that works with younger athletes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who have the goal of someday competing at the college level. We became aware of Coach Wickard when he posted this insightful video on Twitter, with lots of observations about prospects and the recruiting process: https://twitter.com/tier1athlete/status/1329975668516466691?s=21 We had him on the show to get more of his observations about this generation of college prospect, and what he advises college coaches to do now as a part of successful recruiting. Follow Coach Wickard at @Tier1athlete on Twitter. For more information about Tudor Collegiate Strategies, and our work with college coaching staffs and athletic departments, follow Dan Tudor on Twitter @dantudor, visit dantudor.com or email him at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening to the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast!

Coach, Happy New Year! What needs to change in your recruiting plan as we get into 2021? That was the subject of a recent webinar we did for about 300 coaches from around the country, and because they said it made a huge impact in the way that they'll approach this current recruiting class, we wanted to share it with our College Recruiting Weekly podcast listeners. It features six major areas of focus for coaches, as well as two big things to rethink as we head into another challenging year of communicating and recruiting with another class of prospects. To contact Dan, email him at dan@dantudor.com. And, visit the website for links and information on many of the things that we mentioned in this episode. Thank you for listening, Coach!

Do you know how the Class of 2021 - and many future classes you're recruiting - will be making their final decision? On today's episode, we're joined by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services for Tudor Collegiate Strategies, and Will Patch, Enrollment Marketing Expert from Niche.com. The two organizations teamed up on a groundbreaking study into how the class of 2021 is going through their decision making process in the middle of the pandemic. The findings are fascinating, and the discussion on this episode will help any college recruiter - in athletics or admissions - be better at what they do. To view the full survey report, click here: https://www.niche.com/about/enrollment-insights/unprecedented-college-search-the-class-of-2021-fall-survey/ To find out more about Tudor Collegiate Strategies and our work with admissions departments around the country, lead by Jeremy Tiers, click here: https://admissions.dantudor.com/who-we-are/ Follow Will Patch on Twitter at @will_patch, and follow Jeremy Tiers on Twitter @CoachTiers. To contact Dan Tudor, follow him on Twitter at @dantudor or email him, dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Make sure you subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform, and tell your fellow coaches on campus (as well as your school's admissions staff!) about the podcast.