College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

Ever feel like it's harder than ever to close your top prospects? You're not alone! The competition for the best talent has never been more intense, which is why we're letting you listen in on a recent conversation Dan Tudor had with one of our clients at Tudor Collegiate Strategies. This coach was getting his numbers, and attracting way more attention than ever before, but was still struggling to close most of his top tier recruits. Listen in on our advice, which also covers what happens before and after asking for the commitment: Assessing their true interest level, executing the right kind of campus visit experience, and more...it's a multi-pronged approach to getting top recruits in the position to want to say yes to you and your program. Questions? Contact the host, Dan Tudor, at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening!

If you coach college sports, you've probably noticed that this generation you're recruiting and coaching is much, much different than the generations before it. They tend to need more direction. They are much more focused on their mental health. And, for many of them, their anxiety is off the charts. So, how should coaches approach these young student-athletes in a way that brings them into the program, meshes them with your culture, and is still sensitive to their unique needs when they get to campus? Today's guest helps programs, coaches, organizations and businesses do just that. His name is Brian Brown, and he leads the 127 Group, a consulting company that helps athletes discover their weaknesses, and what they can do to overcome them. I happened to overlap Brian's work at a D1 campus who is a client, and wanted to get him on the show to talk about his observations about this generation of student-athletes. You can (and should!) reach out to Brian by visiting his company's website, www.the127group.com, or email him directly at brian@the127group.com. His work is thorough, and many top programs and campuses trust his leadership and successful results with their teams. You can also contact the host of the show by emailing us at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Make sure to subscribe, give us a 5-star rating, and share it with your fellow coaches in your department.

On this episode, we'll take you inside a conversation Dan Tudor had with Joanna Lane from "The Dirt Podcast", the podcast from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, which serves college softball coaches around the country. Dan talks about campus visits, how to approach the rising transfer culture in college athletics, effective messaging, and more. If you're a softball coach, you need to listen to The Dirt Podcast! Find it here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ccxFnbbC1FdCCOFbOm6md And if you're a serious recruiter, and want to understand recruiting inside and out as a way to advance your career and build your program, subscribe and like our College Recruiting Weekly podcast! Questions? Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com and tell 4,000 of your closest coaching friends about the podcast today.

Welcome to the Season 8 premier of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast! On this show, we talk about three things that coaches need to remember to focus on as they start the recruiting process for this current class of prospects, and discuss "the theatre of status in recruiting" - what your athlete perceives, and believes, about you. And, how to better manage and define that for them. Join Dan Tudor as he discusses this next level idea with you, and make sure to subscribe to get all of this season's new episodes ready to play right away when they're released! Thanks for listening, Coach.

Coach, how's your summer recruiting going? More importantly: How is your summer planning going as you look ahead to the start of the fall? Both of those topics were brought up by the coach who is the guest on this podcast - he's a basketball coach who called and had questions about the summer, what or what not to do with visits, and planning for the new recruiting class as it relates to handling the volume of recruits that some programs deal with at the start of the process. If you need help with other questions YOU have this summer - or want to access any of the resources we talk about on the podcast - visit dantudor.com or email the host at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening, Coach!

On this episode, Dan Tudor talks in detail about the right kind of structure to build your June 15th or first contact calls and messages to new prospects around. June 15th, for many coaches and programs, has become the most important initial date of new contact with the next recruiting class, and because it's such a competitive start to the cycle, it's important coaches approach it correctly. This episode is a must-listen for coaches preparing to contact their next class of recruits. Questions? Contact Dan at dan@dantudor.com for your program-specific answers! Thanks for listening, and make sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave a 5-star review.

What an incredible conversation we're bringing you on this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast! We talked to Coach Dan Buehring, Head Men's Volleyball Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology who - at the time of our conversation that you'll be listening to - had just won the Division III national title less than 48 hours earlier. With everything fresh on his mind, we sat down and talked with Coach Buehring about everything: How he was feeling, was it what he imagined it to be, how he overcame obstacles during the season, how he managed his team and individual stars...top to bottom, you'll get an inside look of what one coach's experience was like. And, what his season can teach you about winning with your program. We hope you enjoy this special conversation! Questions? Email us at dan@dantudor.com Make sure to subscribe, tell other coaches about the podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

On this episode we bring back a popular expert and former college wrestling champion, Jim Harshaw, the host of the popular "Success Through Failure" podcast. Jim was a guest way back in 2017 on Episode 18 of our podcast, and we brought him back to talk about what he's learned from 400 conversations about the topic on his podcast featuring athletes, coaches, executives and celebrities. He will outline key principles any coach can use to achieve through learning from failure, and will give you seven people who exemplify that strategy. It's an amazingly insightful conversation, and we think you'll take away a lot from it! To contact Jim and find out more about how he can help you, visit his website at www.jimharshawjr.com. His "Success Through Failure" podcast is highly recommended listening, and can be found on every major podcast platform. Questions for the host? Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening!

On this week's episode, Dan Tudor outlines his thoughts on what makes effective recruiting messaging work, and how important it is for college coaches to understand how the medium you deliver the message through is vital to whether or not it's effective. Join Dan in his car right after he talked with two coaches on this topic, and learn what he told them, what mistakes they were making that many coaches also make, and how to supercharge your written communication plan with your recruits. Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com if you have any questions, and tell your staff to subscribe to the podcast!

Have you ever had prospects you were really interested in, and previously communicating with, just drop off the face of the Earth? Stop replying to texts? Won't answer their phone? Of course you have. The big question to this all-to-common recruiting hurdle is, "how do you reinitiate contact and get things going again?" In this episode, Dan Tudor explains why this is likely happening, how to identify the right strategy moving forward, and how to execute that strategy. This could be a game changer for some of you - we hope you enjoy it!