Dream1O4

It was just released today on Harvard's website that MIT's recruiting coach switched over to Harvard staff. There are a few uncertainties that I have regarding this situation, the primary one being my current status with MIT. I talked to the coach this past summer, before he transferred to Harvard or before I was even aware he would transfer and he told me that I was a player he was interested in (I didn't think he could say more because of my current lack of concrete SAT/ACT scores; I'm a '11 grad). Does the fact that he's gone mean that MIT's new recruiting coach will not really have a strong idea of whom to go for in the recruiting process? Moreover, will this make it more difficult for me to get recruited by MIT?

Another somewhat related question - Since a coach that was previously interested me has gone to Harvard, do I stand perhaps an edge at Harvard since the guy already knows some background stuff about my baseball ability? I'm aware that MIT and Harvard are on quite different competitive levels but my goal is to play at a top academic school with a solid baseball program; I'm not necessarily looking at high-scale D1 bb programs.

Thanks for taking the time to read this post and feel free to recommend any actions I might want to take, if any.

zeinX

Hm, I'd wait a little while and see if you hear anything from the new recruiting coach at MIT- if you don't, feel free to shoot the new guy an email explaining the situation and introduce yourself. I'm sure some of your info. is still there along with other recruits.

As for Harvard, I'm not sure. The coach will have to look at what type of players Harvard is recruiting, and if you fit that criteria, he'll probably re-contact you, except for Harvard this time in place of MIT. Of course, it wouldn't hurt to fill out a recruiting questionnaire for them as well, to indicate your interest.

MaineLonghorn

We've also found that it doesn't hurt to call a coach if he/she doesn't reply to your e-mail. We didn't think that Rice was interested at all in our son because of the lack of e-mail replies, but when DS called, the coach right-off-the-bat knew DS's times and where he was from! He wants DS to come down for a visit and even mentioned he could get a small scholarship.

The Muhlenberg coach told us he gets 700-800 online questionnaires filled out every year. There's no way he can contact too many of those.

Good luck!

pacheight

Dream, I wouldn't wait. Email and or call the coach, let him know your interested in both H and MIT. The coach will help you, that's their job! The recruiting season is way down the path by mid September, I would recommend contacting them asap.

arabrab

If you don't graduate until '11 can the coach contact you if you don't contact him first?

Also, are there restrictions on the coach about him contacting players with whom he'd had recruiting discussions at the coach's former school?

You might want to find out the answers just so you don't misunderstand any contact or lack of contact.

bessie

Call the coach. There are NCAA rules about how often they can contact you. You can call them any time you like. Call the MIT coach as well and ask him what direction they are heading in after the recent coaching change. The assistant coach was recruiting you with the full knowledge of the head coach so MIT is probably still interested. The coach may not have contacted you, even if it doesn't violate NCAA rules, because he does not want to poach players from his ex-boss. Coaches have standards of ethical behavior within their ranks and he may not want to alienate his ex-boss or make himself look bad to his colleagues. However, you have every right to call him and ask what you can expect now that he has changed schools. Coaches really do like hearing from their recruits.
I hope all athletes reading this take note: coaches come and go all of the time. Choose the school- not the coach- when you commit. Sure, find a coach you think you can live with, but find a school you love even if you end up never playing a minute of your sport.

monstor344

I doubt this will hinder MIT's interest in you. I'm sure the old coach passed on any info to the new coach regarding prospective athletes.

I'm not sure if this will help you at all with H though. They are quite different schools athletically and the same coach who thought you were at a high enough level for MIT athletics might not think the same for H athletics.

fauve

Very true, monster344. MIT is Division III which is much less competitive than Harvard's D-I level.

fogfog

MITs crew is Div 1 even though other programs are Div 3

fauve

Crew is not an NCAA sport, thus there are not any of the normal I,II, III divisions. While a varsity sport, it has it's own funding and recruiting methods, entirely outside of the NCAA parameters.