Questions Recruiters Ask High School Coaches

While you will only interact with your high school coach for maybe four years, college recruiters have a bond with them that goes beyond that. As part of that relationship, they will look to the high school coach for honest evaluations of their players.

Think About How Your High School Coach Would Answer These Questions About You!

Don't think about how you want him to answer, or how you think he should answer, but what you honestly think he would say when a college coach is asking him these important questions.

Questions Recruiters Ask High School Coaches

• What kind of work ethic does he have?
  • Are you the player your high school coach has to beg to come in the weight room in the summer?
  • Are you the player a coach has to assign somebody else to make sure you are going to make it to practice?
  • Or are you Mr. Reliable?
  • Do you show up every day ready to work?
  • Are you the guy who practices hard, runs hard, lifts hard, and plays hard?

  College coaches don't want to recruit players with questionable work ethics. And coaches will have little patience for guys they have to push to work hard. Remember, this is a competition for a scholarship. Make sure you have proven yourself by your actions and your work ethic is second to none.

• What are his strengths and weaknesses?
  • Every player is good at some things and bad at others. The key is to maximize your strengths and negate your weak areas.
  • The first step is understanding what areas you need to improve.
  • What are the things you are not good at?
  • You must be honest with yourself.
  • Take an inventory - write it down and make a list. By writing it down, it'll make it more real. From there, create a plan and take action to improve your weaknesses.
  • Need to get faster? Find drills on YouTube that can help. Find somebody in your area that specializes in speed and agility.
• Need to improve your football IQ?
  • Talk with your position coach.
  • Watch more film and then watch some more.
  • Watch college and pro players at your position.
  • Remember, nobody is good at everything, and identifying what you need to work on while you're in high school is an important first step to eliminating them.
• How tough is he?
  • Are you the guy who needs to miss practice and weights on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday but is available for the walkthrough and then the game on Friday?
  • Football is a physical game, and you're going to have to deal with aches and pains. That is only going to increase when you get into college and face bigger, stronger, and faster players.
  • You must be a tough guy to play football, and recruiters are looking for tough guys. They want guys who will battle, players that will suck it up and play through pain or even enjoy the pain.
  • Are you a tough guy? Or, more importantly, does your high school coach say you are?
• How does he get along with his teammates?
  • Recruiters are looking for players who will fit in with the players they already have. Coaches can't go out and recruit an entirely new roster, so he is looking for guys who will help him make the team better on the field and in the locker room.
  • He wants players who will make the players he already has - better.
  • That's what a good teammate does. He makes the other guys around him better.
• What type of teammate are you?
  • Do you make others better?
  • If you're a skill guy, and another guy scores a touchdown, do you celebrate with them, or are you mad you didn't get the ball?
  • If you're a defensive player and another defender makes a big play, do you congratulate him, or do you just go back to the huddle?
  • A bad teammate asks what others can do for him, what coaches can do for him, what parents can do for him - he never looks to serve.
  • A good teammate asks what he can do to help his teammates, coaches, and parents. He understands that teamwork is about service and not being served.
  • So, what type of teammate are you? How well do you understand what it means to be a good teammate? What would your high school coach say?
• What kind of leader is he?
  • College coaches are looking for leaders - somebody who leads by his actions and/or somebody who is vocal and pushes his teammates to success.
  • Players who were leaders on their high school team will find it easier to follow when they are freshmen on their college team.
  • They will know from the previous year the frustrations they had with players to get them to do the right thing, and they will be self-motivated when they get to the next level.
  • Recruiters want players who lead their teams. If you lead your team in practice, and help your team win games, you will have a greater chance of being recruited.
  • What kind of leader are you? And what would your high school coach say?