College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

In our previous episode #38, we talked to former basketball coach Mike Lightfoot on his work with Nations of Coaches, an organization that helps college coaches find balance in their work-life relationships. Today, Jim Harshaw talks about his unique, proven goal setting system that will not only help college coaches achieve their coaching and recruiting goals, but will help ensure that there is an element of balance that gets planned into your weekly schedule. Jim Harshaw hosts the popular "Success Through Failure" podcast, is a key member of the athletic administration at the University of Virginia, and works with clients around the country to help improve their efficiency, organization, and overall results. You can contact him at jimharshawjr@gmail.com. Here's the goal setting template Jim talked about in this episode: http://jimharshawjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Goal-Setting-Worksheet.pdf And here's the Goals Compass that Jim referenced: http://jimharshawjr.com/welcome/ For more information on Tudor Collegiate Strategies, visit our website at dan@dantudor.com and subscribe to our College Recruiting Weekly podcast on iTunes, Google and Stitcher!

College coaching is extremely demanding, and it regularly takes it's toll on relationships. Your spouse, family, and close friends often are the ones around you who suffer when the demands of your job take priority over your personal life. The result? No balance, and relationships that suffer. And many times, coaches are forced to choose between the job they love, and the people they love. In this episode, we introduce you to a resource that is helping coaches become better husbands, wives, and friends. Mike Lightfoot, legendary NAIA basketball coach, is part of an organization called Nations of Coaches. For more information on the organization, go to www.NationsOfCoaches.com To talk to Coach Lightfoot confidentially to help you with any issues you would like help with, email him at mlightfoot@nationsofcoaches.com. For help with recruiting, visit www.dantudor.com. Contact Dan at dan@dantudor.com Thanks for listening, Coach! Make sure to tell your fellow college coaches to listen and subscribe!

How do you know if your recruiting efforts are paying off? It starts with a strategy, and ends with consistent measurement throughout the process. On today's episode of the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast, you'll join host Dan Tudor on his drive home as he takes you through the process of setting goals, measuring results, and assessing the outcome of your recruiting efforts. For more information on any of the programs and services referenced in today's podcast episode, visit www.dantudor.com. Thank you for listening, Coach!

On this Halloween 2017 edition of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to filmmaker Drew Gabreski about fear...why does our society like it so much, how does it motivate us, and what are the ways coaches can ethically and professionally use fear in recruiting. Gabreski runs his own production companies, Speedwell Productions and Darkshed. He released his first suspense-thriller feature film, "Be Afraid", in 2017 and is in the process of writing an upcoming horror film. Along with his growing expertise in the suspense thriller genre, he is also one of the leading producers of video for the athletes and stars of mixed martial arts, and has done work on several network and studio productions. Gabreski offers his insights on fear, with nationally recognized recruiting expert Dan Tudor offering his insights on how coaches can apply the observations and lessons outlined in this episode to their recruiting efforts. To get to know Drew Gabreski: http://drewgabreski.com/bio/ For information on his production company: http://darkshed.com/DARKSHED/The_Shed.html To see the trailer for his new movie, Be Afraid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22FovwnDM0 Visit our website at www.dantudor.com for more information and free resources to help in your recruiting efforts, and keep listening to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast! (And tell your fellow coaches to listen, too!)

Many college coaches from rural or suburban campuses, with a largely white population, hesitate to try and recruit inner-city student-athletes to their programs. "Why would they want to come here? It's so different from where they grew up." "There's nothing to do here compared to the city they're from." "They probably don't have the grades to be admitted here, because their high school isn't in a very good area." Sound familiar? In this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to Miles Smith, the head men's basketball coach at Johnson State College in northern Vermont. He coaches at a small, liberal arts school in a small, mostly white college town up in the mountains a little more than an hour outside of Burlington. And all Coach Smith does is consistently recruit inner-city kids to come to his little school in Vermont and play basketball for him. So what's his secret? That's what today's show is all about. Prepare to have an honest, creative conversation about recruiting, race, and college athletics. We don't solve all of the country's problems in this episode, but we'll give you some new approaches and fresh thinking on an often difficult-to-navigate topic we all seem to be hearing a lot about these days. To contact Coach Miles Smith, you can email him at Miles.Smith@jsc.edu Follow him on Twitter at @coachsmith_24 Thanks for listening! Make sure to tell your fellow coaches to subscribe to the podcast, and make sure to leave us a nice rating with feedback wherever you listen to it.

The recruiting scandal that broke in late September of 2017 rocked the college sports world. News that the FBI had indicted a number of coaches who engaged in illegal recruiting activities tied to payments made to prospects' families by shoe companies in exchange for playing for those coaches' schools. For insights on the origins of this scandal, and how it affects the future of college athletics, we turned to Dan Wolken of the USA Today. Dan is a favorite of Tudor Collegiate Strategies, a former NCRC speaker, and a leading college sports reporter and columnist. Every college coach should follow Dan Wolken on Twitter at @danwolken for his ongoing reporting and insights. Enjoy the show!

That's the question one Division I coach asked when he heard us outline a research-based alternative during one of our workshops at his former college. Could something drastically better result just by making a few simple changes? Yes. In this episode, Dan Tudor bumps into a coach who had heard us describe that scenario, took the leap, made those changes, and then saw the results. He'll outline those for you in today's show. For more information on improving your campus visits, go to www.dantudor.com/blog

In this episode, I introduce you to two men near and dear to my heart: Uncle Jack, and Uncle Max. Everybody should have uncles like them. But aside from the family ties, these two men have about 160 years of life and professional experience to share. From leadership, to marketing, to staff development, to relating to customers, you can learn a few things from Jack and Max. This episode will teach coaches how to create better programs and recruiting strategies using the wisdom and experience of these two successful professionals, who both started their careers back in the 1950's. Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast, and tell your fellow coaches in your athletic department to listen, as well. For more information on how we can help you be more effective, smarter recruiters, visit www.dantudor.com for free resources and more. All the music you're hearing during Season 2 of our podcast is from The Mob, featuring our Episode 23 guest, Jim Holvay. Thanks, Coach!

Well, do they? Yes. In this episode, we bring an actual conversation to you between Dan Tudor and a coach who called in asking questions about how to handle email correspondence with their top recruits. Dan paused the phone call, switched everything over to the podcast, and what followed was nearly an hour of fascinating information and insights on what happens when you do email the right way with your recruits, how to use it to guide your top recruits towards your program, and other interesting Q&A. If you're wondering how to use email to recruit your prospects, this show with an anonymous college coach is going to be something you'll learn from. For more information on how to email effectively, go to dantudor.com/blog and simply type in "email" to the search box and read the articles that it puts in front of you. The music for the show is courtesy of The Mob and our Episode 23 guest, Jim Holvay. Thanks for listening, Coach! Make sure you subscribe and tell your fellow coaches at your school about the College Recruiting Weekly podcast.

At the core of every good recruiting campaign is a story. If we've worked with you as a coach, or done a workshop at your athletic department, you know the emphasis we put on telling a great story to your recruits. It's what gets them to make a decision to choose you over their other options. On today's episode, we talk to internationally respected story-telling coach Joe Collins. He works with companies to help them develop their stories and brands, creating more effective sales campaigns for the clients that rely upon him. Today, he applies those secrets to the challenging world of college sports recruiting. Download this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher...AND, tell your fellow coaches to listen to the show and subscribe! Thanks, Coach. Oh and by the way, a coach asked me recently who the band is that we use for all of our music on the show. The band is called The Mob, and they were featured on Episode 23 (one of our most popular) when we talked to a rock-n-roll musician who had to leave the world of Top 40 hits and dive into a sales career. If you haven't listened to that one, go back and listen now. It's great! (And, enjoy the music...classic 1970's stuff!) www.dantudor.com P.S. Do you ever listen all the way to the very very very end of the podcast, after the music fades out?....