January 17, 2009

Outsourcing recruiting in the Athletic Department

A story about belt-tightening in athletic recruiting in Tuesday’s New York Times included a few paragraphs on the College. The new policies favoring e-mail messages over postal mail and phone calls seem hardly worth mentioning in light of the significant departmental budget-cutting we reported in November, but we’re intrigued by the suggestion that the department is “mobilizing its alumni” to help identify potential recruits.

Parker Morse '96 | January 17, 2009 12:09 PM | Alumni | Athletics

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Jeff | January 17, 2009 07:54 PM:

"Amherst, a Division III college in Massachusetts, is mobilizing its alumni in an effort to have select graduates monitor their local newspapers and academic honor roll announcements to identify potential recruits. The college’s athletic director, Suzanne R. Coffey, said the alumni recruiters might meet on conference calls with coaches to discuss their findings."

First word I've heard of this great idea. Anyone more familiar with the program?

John | January 20, 2009 02:01 PM:

This is no new idea. They used to do a lot of it back in the 50s and 60s.

Parker Morse '96 | January 20, 2009 02:25 PM:

John, wasn't that how the College did *all* its recruiting (not just athletic) back in the 50s and 60s?

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