so you want to be a college athlete....

In my time as both an NCAA Division I and III head coach, as well as a college athletics director, I am constantly amazed at the lack of good information that is out there for high school student athletes to base their decisions on. I read every article on "how to be noticed/recruited by a college coach" I can get my hands on, and they seem to fall into three categories:

1. Written by scouting services who have never been responsible for evaluating talent and molding it into a cohesive program; or
2. Written by members of the news media who interview one or two head football coaches, then attempt to write authoritatively on the subject; or
3. Written by a parent who went through the process with their son/daughter and now believes themselves to be a recruiting "expert".

It's one of the reasons I started this blog, as there seems to be no one speaking to the "Olympic Sport" athletes (read: non-football or basketball) about how to find their way in the recruiting world. So that's the mission of this portion of the blog--to help you find your way...and to make this blog even better, please feel free to ask questions about the recruiting process, particularly if you don't know what to do...if we share the information with everyone, we'll all get smarter...