College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

Fascinating, in-depth discussion on this episode! Dan Tudor joins Kebba Tolbert, Assistant Track and Field Coach at Harvard University and a group of coaches he leads regularly in coaching and program development conversations. The topic? Recruiting, and how successful coaches and programs go about recruiting and communicating (and, yes, 'selling') this generation of college student-athlete prospect. It's about an hour in length, and covers several topics, so we hope you enjoy it! To contact Coach Tolbert, or to follow his very informative, helpful X (Twitter) account, connect with him at @kebbat Questions about recruiting, and how Tudor Collegiate Strategies helps coaches win and build their programs more quickly and effectively? Contact Dan Tudor at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Make sure to share it with your staff, and please rate and review our podcast if you have a minute.

If you've watched it, and you're a college coach, you probably love Ted Lasso. The AppleTV series was a huge hit, mainly because of its cast of characters lead by actor Jason Sudekis' portrayal of an American football coach being hired by an English soccer team to be their new leader. Hilarity - along with some drama, self-discovery, and plenty of mishaps - ensues. But for college coaches, are there lessons to be learned? Former college coach and current author and speaker John "Coach Bru" Brubaker returns to talk about what those lessons are following the release of his new book, "The Lasso Way" (which belongs in every college coach's library, in our opinion). To order the book, visit https://coachbru.com/product/the-lasso-way/ Or, buy it on Amazon or at your favorite bookseller. Thanks for listening, Coach! Remember to tell 50 fellow coaches about the podcast, and rate and review our show.

On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, three of our resident experts here at Tudor Collegiate Strategies team up to talk about a recent coaches' poll that revealed their four biggest frustrations, and which ones presented the biggest obstacles as they try to build their programs. Our guest hosts include: Dan Christensen Director of Marketing & Media danchristensen@dantudor.com Paul Nemetz-Carlson Director of Client Success pnc@dantudor.com Mike Divilbiss Western Region Recruiting Coordinator mike@dantudor.com Feel free to follow-up with them on any questions or additional needs from today's show, and make sure to share it with your staff and athletic department. That's an order. Thanks for listening!

It's that time of year - you're trying to close out one recruiting class, and ramp-up activity with another one. The challenge: How to keep the forward progress going with a variety of prospects. In this episode, listen in as Dan Tudor talks with a client coach who is experiencing some exciting movement in her class with a lot of recruits, while others seem like they are a ways out from making the final decision. So, what does a coach do to keep moving things in a positive direction? Find out in today's episode. Interested in becoming a client and having the experts at Tudor Collegiate Strategies work with you and your program? Email us at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to rate the podcast and leave a review, Coach!

Do you have a plan to develop your recruited student-athletes into not only better competitors, but better people? If the answer is no, Molly Grisham wants to help you. She works with athletes, coaches and programs around the country at all levels, helping guide them into how to perform better, get along more cohesively, and teaching coaches how to lead that process. Getting in touch with Molly is easy: FREE Resource! To download The Road to Excellence, please visit https://go.mollygrisham.com/the-road-to-excellence Check out Coach Ready: To learn more, please visit www.mollygrisham.com/store. You can connect with Molly in the following places: Subscribe to her mailing list called Lightbulb Moments: https://go.mollygrisham.com/lbm Website: www.mollygrisham.com Instagram: @ molly.grisham Twitter: @ mollygrisham Youtube: @ mollygrisham Question about the podcast? Email us at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening, Coach!

"Why are my prospects taking so long to commit???" What college coach hasn't said that at least once every recruiting year? And yet, without an answer to that question - and a plan to overcome the problem - your program development (and job) might be in jeopardy. So in this episode, Dan Tudor explains why delays are a natural part of their process, and offers some proven strategies on how to overcome it and re-direct their process back towards a decision. Questions? Email Dan at dan@dantudor.com. Thanks for listening, Coach!

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.