Recruiting Etiquette: return ALL emails/telephone calls?

takeitallin
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:08:24 +0000

When my son was going through this process, he received two different types of e-mails: 1) just a general mass email from “Staff” inviting him to upcoming camps- he was obviously on some mailing lists or 2)personal e-mails from coaches interested in him for their teams. He did not necessarily reply to the first type as it was apparent that those e-mails had gone out to hundreds of players.He did always respond to the personal e-mails, even if he was not interested in the school. His responses were short and sweet- thank you for your interest…while your program is very successful, I’m interested in attending a very large school (or whatever reason works for you). It was of interest to me that he received several responses back from those coaches thanking him for replying and for his honesty. Now that he is playing for a D2 program, he has run into some of the coaches that he turned down and a couple have remembered him. I think it is a good idea to stay on the best of terms with any coach that has interest. The college sports scene is very small, coaches switch schools all the time, and you just never know who you may run into in the future.