College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

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...

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 tal...

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 outl...

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 c...

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 ident...

In this episode, we listen in to part of Dan Tudor's two hour keynote talk at the USA Triathlon coaches convention, where he lays out the building blocks for constructing an effective recruiting message that tells the 'story' of your program. This generation of teenage prospects buy into marketing messages IF they buy into the story, and how they identify with it. The same process holds true when...

The transfer portal has shaken up the college recruiting world, and the coaches who are trying to manage the process. So, how should coaches approach successfully implementing the transfer portal into their recruiting plan on a year to year basis? As a follow-up to Episode 139, where we listened into Dan Tudor's speech to coaches at a convention on the topic of "Maximizing Your Transfer Portal Rec...

Want to get a peek inside what many college athletic directors are facing as we embark on a new athletic and recruiting year? On today's episode, we sit down with Jim Abbott, former athletic director at Oklahoma City University and the founder of "The Business of Small College Athletics" (BOSCA). Jim is passionate about helping athletic directors understand their role in helping to build programs,...

A coach contacted us with a question: How should I approach specific recruits deep into the process with a specific message and approach? And when should that happen? On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, Dan Tudor walks a coach through different unique steps any program can take to determine what the right message might be for a recruit who is serious about them, as well as so...

Happy New Year, Coach! As we start 2023, I thought it'd be good to talk about two things with you on this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast: Gaining a better outlook on your job as a college coach and recruiter, and developing a better personal brand that can help propel you through your career...and, help your recruits understand who you are in a more complete, more personal way. T...

As a follow-up to Episode 138, Dan Tudor continues his series of recruiting talks at the 2022 U.S. Track and Field Coaches convention by giving an interesting and timely overview of how programs are using the NCAA Transfer Portal to build their programs. In addition, Dan outlines ways to prevent your own athletes from entering the portal through ongoing recruiting, communication and connection. Li...

In this episode, we'll listen live to Dan Tudor as he presents his "5 Post-COVID Recruiting Trends" talk at the 2022 U.S. Track and Field Coaches convention. Coming out of the pandemic, coaches have noticed something is different about the way prospects are going through the process, and making decisions. Why? And what do coaches need to do differently to account for the shift in perspectives and...

What's the right way to approach building something from scratch? That's something that a lot of coaches who get the chance to do just that wonder about. And in this episode, we'll talk to one of those coaches. We let you in on a conversation Dan Tudor had with a coach who gets to start from scratch: What are the challenges? What are the typical mistakes they make? And, how should recruiters work...

Are you a program that recruits international student-athletes? If you are, you're going to like this episode, featuring Dan Tudor talking about what he and Tudor Collegiate Strategies has learned about what works, and what doesn't, when it comes to international recruiting. Most importantly, Dan goes over the mindset of most international athletes that makes them different than their U.S. prospec...

In this episode, we try to answer three key questions asked to us by one of our clients: How do we separate ourselves from other schools in a prospect's Top 3 when they've already visited each campus? How do we not get dropped after just one phone call with a new prospect? How do we better control the timeline for the prospect? We answer those questions, and also talk to author, entrepreneur, form...

You want to establish effective timelines and deadlines in your recruiting efforts, but what if you're also operating in less than idea circumstances? Like multiple prospects that you become aware of all during the year? Or needing to meet a certain roster number? Or being a coach that's new, or one that is still in the rebuilding process? On this episode, listen in live as Dan Tudor walks through...

On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to a very special guest, Celeste Headlee, on the topic of how to talk and have a conversation with the teenagers you are recruiting. (Turns out, a lot of us struggle with it!) Celeste Headlee made headlines when her TedTalk, "Ten Ways to Have Better Conversations", went viral and has been seen nearly 30 million times online. CNBC vo...

In this episode, Dan catches up with a previous guest, Jim Holvay, who uses his four decades of sales experience to answer four (and a half) common sales-related hurdles coaches tell us they regularly face. In this episode, Jim outlines why your personality doesn't have to dictate the sales and recruiting approach you take, why it's critical to be yourself in sales situations, how the Happy Birthd...

Do you ever feel like your life as a college coach is filled with non-stop adversity and challenge? And more importantly, are you feeling like it's starting to affect your personal and professional life in the form of negativity or even depression? On today's episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to former Division I football player Darryll Stinson. He overcame a career-ending...

In this episode, Dan Tudor spends time on a drive talking about a question he got from a Division I coach who is a part of our text messaging group (sign-up for free at 661-218-2166!). The coach outlined some of their unique challenges, and then asks, "So how would you sell our program to Recruits?" Dan outlines a series of strategies that he feels would work well for them, and explains why the ap...

In this episode, we take you inside a conversation we had with an athletic department we work with and one coach who asked about how to effectively establish timelines and set deadlines with prospects. Plus, we tie that back into what we feel is your most important job as a recruiter (do you know what it is?) To contact the host, email dan@dantudor.com Leave us a review, give us a bunch of stars,...

In our Season 7 premier episode, we talk to Jayson Schmidt, former coach and co-founder of the college program branding specialty firm, Preseason. Jayson goes in-depth on what's changing in social media, what he sees teams doing to stand out and differentiate themselves moving into the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes, and the simple things coaches probably don't know they can do to begin to build...

On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to Loras College sports management professor Matt Garrett. He recently authored an extensive study on different aspects of NCAA Division III recruiting, specifically the messaging to prospects not identified as top recruits. He identifies problems in admissions and athletic departments, how coaches can play a larger role in better c...

What roles do walk-on student-athletes play in your program? And, are you maximizing their potential? On today's episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to author and former walk-0n college athlete John Willkom. He wrote "Walk-On Warrior", the story of his experience as a Division I basketball walk-0n at Marquette University, and how he used that opportunity to build a college sp...

More and more, college coaches and recruiters are trying to uncover the mental state of their current student-athletes, as well as the prospects they are looking to bring into their programs. On this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, Dan Tudor talks with former D1 athlete and consultant to athletes Lauren Ammon. Lauren works with this generation of student-athletes to help them max...