Recruiting research
Data-driven recruiting research
Long-form research articles sourced from NCAA, NCES, and recruiting industry data, with sources listed for every claim.
Recruiting Operations
Measuring Questionnaire Response Rates Without Overclaiming
A measurement note on recruiting questionnaire responses: denominators, nonresponse, timing, and the difference between a form submission and coach interest.
Recruiting Rules
Reading the NCAA Recruiting Calendar Without Guessing
A methods note for interpreting contact, evaluation, quiet, and dead periods in the NCAA recruiting calendar, with a local planning routine and explicit limits.
Scholarship Planning
What Scholarship Limits Do and Do Not Tell a Recruiting Family
A planning note on NCAA scholarship limits, equivalency versus head-count sports, and why a program's limit is not a promise of funding for any athlete.
Campus Visits
Reconstructing the Official Visit Decision Timeline
A method for mapping what a family knew, when they knew it, and which questions remained open at each stage of an official visit decision.
College Research
A Method for Reading Roster Turnover Before Choosing a Program
How to measure roster turnover from public team rosters, what the numbers can and cannot tell a family, and the sampling discipline that keeps the comparison honest.
recruiting evidence quality
Analyze Source Decay in Athlete Profiles
A source-linked research protocol for analyze source decay in athlete profiles, with explicit measures, quality controls, limitations, and operational boundaries.
recruiting evidence quality
Study Aging in Recruiting Camp Exception Queues
A source-linked research protocol for study aging in recruiting camp exception queues, with explicit measures, quality controls, limitations, and operational boundaries.
recruiting evidence quality
Measure Reviewer Agreement on Coach Directory Changes
A source-linked research protocol for measure reviewer agreement on coach directory changes, with explicit measures, quality controls, limitations, and operational boundaries.
recruiting evidence quality
Review Missing Evidence in Recruiting Handoffs
A source-linked research protocol for review missing evidence in recruiting handoffs, with explicit measures, quality controls, limitations, and operational boundaries.
recruiting evidence quality
Study Response-Latency Denominators in Recruiting Outreach
A source-linked research protocol for study response-latency denominators in recruiting outreach, with explicit measures, quality controls, limitations, and operational boundaries.
recruiting evidence quality
Athletics Staff Directory Volatility Study
A source-linked observational protocol examining how often public athletics staff directory roles and contact paths change during an observation window, with defined measures, limitations, and operational implications.
recruiting evidence quality
Campus Accessibility Contact Path Reliability Study
A source-linked observational protocol examining whether public campus pages lead a prospective student-athlete to the responsible accessibility office without relying on a coach, with defined measures, limitations, and operational implications.
recruiting evidence quality
Official Roster Page Change-Lag Study
A source-linked observational protocol examining the interval between a documented team change and its appearance on an official public roster, with defined measures, limitations, and operational implications.
recruiting evidence quality
Public Competition Result Source Concordance Study
A source-linked observational protocol examining agreement among official school, conference, and governing-body result records for the same competition, with defined measures, limitations, and operational implications.
recruiting evidence quality
Recruiting Questionnaire Data-Minimization Review
A source-linked observational protocol examining the categories of information requested by public college recruiting questionnaires and the safest source for each response, with defined measures, limitations, and operational implications.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
SportsRecruiterSupport Control Change Traceability Research
A source-backed college sports recruiting support study of whether rule changes remain attributable, dated, and reversible.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
SportsRecruiterSupport Handoff Completeness Observation
A source-backed college sports recruiting support study of whether receiving teams can continue work without private clarification.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
SportsRecruiterSupport Minimum Access Effectiveness Study
A source-backed college sports recruiting support study of whether permissions support required work without unnecessary exposure.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
SportsRecruiterSupport Queue Wait-State Evidence Study
A source-backed college sports recruiting support study of whether waiting reasons and owner acceptance explain queue age.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
SportsRecruiterSupport Reviewer Agreement Reliability Study
A source-backed college sports recruiting support study of whether two reviewers reach reproducible conclusions from the same evidence.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
Academic Fit Data Provenance in Recruiting Research
How families can separate institutional facts, team statements, admissions estimates, and athlete specific decisions.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
Athletic Scholarship Equivalency Evidence Review
A bounded method for distinguishing association limits, school budgets, written offers, and family net cost.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
College Roster Turnover Measurement for Recruiting Research
A reproducible framework for comparing public roster snapshots without treating absence as a verified cause.
Recruiting Evidence and Decisions
How to Record NCAA Recruiting Calendar Evidence
A source led method for recording sport, division, period, date range, action, and interpretation boundaries.