Contacting XC/Track Coaches

beenthere2
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:30:00 +0000

What experience does the coach have with recruiting, specifically with the schools your daughter is interested in? How well-known is s/he, and do the college coaches really want to hear from he HS coach?
If the coach is getting involved, make sure s/he is on the same page as you and your daughter. Also, there should be one contact person with the colleges, your daughter. Once things get going, you don’t want to get too many people involved who may send out conflicting information (e.g. high school counselor, athletic director, coach on your end; admissions, coach, AD, on the other end — and you and your daughter in between). Honestly, with a time-measured event and individual race results, I don’t see why the HS coach should get that involved. Your daughter is obviously already on the radar of the college coaches. She should contact the coaches of the colleges she’s interested in. She could ask her coach to follow up with an email that endorses her.