Contacting Coaches

CONTACTING COACHES

A QUICK HOW-TO

Contacting College Coaches via Email, Texting and Phone Calls.

Start connecting with college coaches. The best way to ensure a coach knows about you is to contact them yourself with repeated emails with constant updates (earlier the better). Email, SMS, phone calls, and even social media messages are all acceptable ways for student-athletes to contact collegiate coaches. Coaches are different and like different ways of communicating but email proves to be the best. Learn more about when and how to reach college coaches using these methods.

Send an introductory email to the coach.

The first step and best way to contact college coaches is through email, using our program you’ll send an introductory email with your profile to college coaches you want to play for. I’ve heard time and time again from the coaches that our athletes contact. They always know when and where our athletes are playing and their overall schedule which is very important for them to see and meet you.

Follow up with a phone call.

If the official contact period has started for your sport, a subsequent call to the coach is an important step to show them you are serious.

Respond to College Coaches’ Recruitment Emails, Text, or DMs.

Whenever a coach reaches out by any method, recruits should respond in a professional manner. We tell all our athletes any time you are talking with a coach this is an interview, be respectful and professional.

Using our program, we will help keep in touch with coaches with updates.

Like everyone, coaches have busy schedules sometimes the hardest part of the recruiting process is keeping lines of communication open and in contact. Some good reasons to contact a coach are: if you had a winning hit, a big tournament coming up, or academic stats, are planning to visit their school and set up a meeting, or if you want to invite them to an upcoming tournament you will be attending.

College Coaches will want you to stay in touch.

College coaches want to know about you and will rely on you to contact them with phone calls, text messages, emails, and social media. Sometimes it can be difficult to determine what a particular type of coach communication really means. Coaches have told us that they want to know that the recruit wants to play at their college. If you want to be there make it known, something as simple as “Coach I wanted to tell you your college is first on my list”

Using our program, we will help keep in touch with coaches with updates.

Like everyone, coaches have busy schedules sometimes the hardest part of the recruiting process is keeping lines of communication open and in contact. Some good reasons to contact a coach are: if you had a winning hit, a big tournament coming up, or academic stats, are planning to visit their school and set up a meeting, or if you want to invite them to an upcoming tournament you will be attending.

Calling or responding to a Phone call with College Coaches.

When emailing College coaches if they are interested, they will want to set up a phone call. We encourage our recruits to arrange as many phone calls like these as possible. You may not be perfect on your first call but with practice this becomes easy. This is where you can ask specific questions about the program and build a relationship with the coach.

Note: When talking to a college coach, if they ask you what you like to do in your spare time don’t say “I love video games”. If you like a different sport or outdoors say that. Several coaches have said they don’t want to hear about video games.

Arriving at the Park for games or showcases with College Coaches are Watching.

We were told this story from a D1 coach this summer when she went to see two athletes play, she was interested in. They were about the same athletically and they played the same positions. After watching the weekend games, she noticed one girl showed up first from the parking lot, first out of the dugout and one of first to finish her pregame drills. Can you guess which girl he gave a full ride offer to? We have dozens of examples of things like this. Just remember a coach can always be watching.

Talking with College Coaches after a game.

If you know a coach is coming to watch you play it’s likely they will want to talk after the game or showcase, be respectful, put your phone away and look them in the eye. Think about this as a job interview you wouldn’t have your phone out in an interview.

Examples of things to prepare and know before talking or visiting with a College Coach.

  • Do they have your Major

  • Location of school

  • How long the coach has been there.

  • Are they interested in an Official Visit? What do they pay for, hotel, air?

  • What year players graduate playing her position

  • Conference they are in

  • Know the roster size

  • Where is the program heading?

  • Where does the coach see You in the program

  • What academic support would you receive?

  • What is class size, teacher student ratio?

  • Nearest Airport you would fly into and how far is it from the school.

  • Are seniors coming back, other classes RedShirting

  • How many players are from out of state