Every college football coach

Who to e-mail. The head coach is the last person to write at any program bigger than Division III. At FBS and most FCS schools the recruiting board is run by a director of player personnel or recruiting coordinator, and the first evaluation is done by the position coach for your position — the list carries both, with the title spelled out so you can sort by role_group. Many staffs also split the country by region; a coach whose title names your state is your second To line. At D2, NAIA and junior college the head coach often is the recruiting department, so include him there and keep the e-mail short.

When. Interest from staffs runs in two waves: December through February (early signing period, National Signing Day, then the scramble to fill the class) and May through July (spring evaluation, summer camps, the first wave of offers for the next class). E-mail in the quiet weeks between, when a coach is reading rather than travelling. Coaches at Division I programs are limited in when they may reply, so silence before September 1 of your junior year usually means "not allowed yet", not "not interested".

Which pack. Families targeting one league buy the conference pack — every coach and recruiting staffer at 8 to 18 schools. Athletes choosing a level buy the division pack (FBS, FCS, D2, D3, NAIA or JUCO). Club and high-school coaches placing several players a year buy the whole sport and filter by level and state. Every pack is the same spreadsheet, cut differently, and re-downloads are free for a year.