Which Schools to Email (Recruiting)

Recruiting advice #3

This is the third chapter in a series on college recruiting. You can find the first two chapters HERE (#1 - The introductory email) and HERE (#2 - How to get a coach’s attention).

Here are the upcoming chapters in the series. All of these posts will be available to paid subscribers.

1. The introductory email

2. How to get a coach’s attention

3. → Which schools to email ←

4. Social media

5. Coaches evaluations and perception of skills

6. Parents’ involvement / help with recruiting

7. What is the number one red flag in a recruit?

8. What is the number one mistake recruits make when choosing a school?

9. Open-ended recruiting advice from coaches

10. Timing

11. Summary

So far in this series, we've explored insights from over 50 college coaches about what to include in an introductory email, and how to best get their attention. As a former college coach myself, I’ve added my two cents along the way, as well as boiled the coaches’ sentiments down to actionable items for your recruiting process.

Now you’re ready to send out some communication to coaches!

That begs the question: Which schools should you email?

In order to answer that question, let’s reverse engineer this a little bit. The 50+ coaches that have informed us so far in this series also answered another telling question:

What’s the number one mistake recruits make when choosing a school?

I’ve pasted all of the comments further down in the chapter so that you can read all 50+ answers to this question. However, when we summarize the sentiments of all the coaches’ comments, we get:

1. Prioritizing Facilities and Prestige Over Fit: Many recruits focus too much on flashy facilities, prestigious names, and cool reputations rather than finding a school that fits their personal and athletic needs.

2. Ignoring Personal Development and Playing Time: Recruits often overlook the