Recruiting Liaison / Coordinator at HS level

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I actually have seen it at the high school level in Michigan, Ohio and California, it seems like most high school 'Recruiting Coordinators" are doing the following:
- Obtaining transcripts and ACT/SAT score copies to keep a file on each student-athlete
- Creating a recruiting resume that includes all the background information on said student-athlete plus stats, and links to film
- Attends area recruiting nights if the Head Coach is unavailable
- Gives tours and sets up 1-on-1 time with student-athletes if the Head Coach is not available or in the building
- Researches the best camps for prospects to attend
- Helps student-athletes in creating highlight films on Hudl, "encouraging" them in what clips to include and what to not include
- Does the student-athlete need film of them in the weight room performing core lifts such as bench, squat, power clean, and dead lift
- WORKING WITH WINTER/SPRING SPORT COACHES so the student-athlete can visit schools. Just really keeping an open line of cmmunication i.e. "Hey Coach Smith, Joey was invited to Junior Day at University of Awesomeness on April 23. I see the Athletic Calendar that you only have practice on that date. Would it be possible for Joey to go on the college visit? I will also be attending with him to gather my own information on his potential post secondary destination and network regarding any of our future studetn-athletes with extraordinary talent" 
- One impressive "Recruiting Liasion" I saw had put together a separate website for all of the program's college-ability (whether that student athlete expressed interest themselves or colleges inquired) that included a separate page including film, password protected files such as official transcripts, ACT and/or SAT scores, letters of recommendations from coaches regarding athletic abilities and letters of recommendations from teachers/administration regarding academics. This was in addition to being an assistant coach, just like there is an Offensive , Defensive, and Special Teams Coordinator, they may also have had a (Position Group Coach) / College Recruiting Coordinator (or Director, playing semantics).

Early in my career like (2007-2010), I was coaching at a small, rural high school that aside for a decade in the 80s under a legendary coach named Dave Hansbarger (may he rest in peace), the football program has always been TERRIBLE.. At the time, our Head coach was teaching in the middle school while I was in the high school. Whenever a college coach stopped in, I was responsible for greeting him, taking him to meet the prospect and also making sure I had copies of transcripts and scores, letters of recommendation when possible, made sure to give him a business card of the Head Coach and obtain his, and provide a DVD highlight film before he left. Even though it was my 4th season at the time, I was still a kid and little did I know how many networks I developed from this time. in those 4 years, we were never more than 3-7 each year but as a young coach in hindsight, I was able to develop relationships with coaches who now are Head Coaches in D2, D3, coordinators in all levels of college football, and a couple of coaches who are quality control type assistants in the NFL.


I know from my time as a Head Coach, I enjoyed this part of the gig, especially with Hudl making life so much easier in terms of highlight films and sending film out. However it became tedious when we had kids who maybe were a rotational player at best, or were the split end in the Wing-T as a senior Regardless, I did enjoy networking with college coaches, developing relationships with them, etc. I know alot of college assistants who will only talk to the Head coach as well but I have seen those dynamics change over the last few years as social media has become more prevalent. 

Even though I still see it today, I would imagine it was probaly more prevalent in the days of having to manually cut up film for a DVD-R or VHS tape. 

At the end of the day, I see this kind of gig going to a guy who can take away some of the headaches from the Head Football Coach that come with helping kids get recruited i.e. transcripts, finding camps for current student-athletes, setting up the 1-on-1 meetings with the student-athlete and/or Head Coach if schedule allows, etc.

My hope for this post is to learn more about those staffs that do have someone like this, explore all that they do and see how we can best adapt it to our situation at my current gig. 

God Bless- Kyle

Yes coach. The coaches I have seen who have someone in this role are position coaches as well but do not coordinator a particular phase of the game

I created a prospect list on Google Docs and share that with college coaches. It has my players graduating year, first and last name, height, weight, offensive and defensive positions, e-mail address, Twitter handle, GPA, and I’m going to add a column to link their Hudl highlights.

It’s worked well for me this far. Now I’m only putting college bound players on the list, not every Jimmy or Joe.

We are a rural school in the heart of West Virginia, so I try to make it easy to recruit our guys. Granted, we only have a couple of guys that can play college football, but I try and get them as much exposure as possible. I have a spreadsheet that I email to colleges and I text with a lot of colleges coaches in the state of West Virginia.