Marketing, Other, Social Networks
Jun 28, 2006
Todd Zeigler
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Football Recruiters Invade MySpace?

College football recruiting is followed obsessively by lots of folks and the recruits a school pulls in each year often make or break a coach. Entire businesses, like Rivals.com and Scout.com, have been built around keeping track of the decisions made by 17 year old kids around the country. And coaches that can connect with kids during the recruiting process are just as valuable as coaches who, can, well, actually coach.

So it should come as no surprise that coaches are using MySpace as a recruiting tool (or at least appear to be). I give you the MySpace profile of Texas A&M assistant football coach Van Malone.

I really don’t know if this is real or not. If it is, it seems like a great move by Coach Malone. It’s another way for recruiters to connect with high school recruits. Oh, and, Hook Em’ Horns.

  • http://www.goteamsgo.com/forum/college-football-forum/8630-recruiting-practices-on-myspace.html#post39244 Recruiting Practices on MySpace-College Football Forum-GoTeamsGo Sports Fan Forum

    [...] Recruiting Practices on MySpace Recently, MySpace has made it pretty big in the news. From the school shootings that were averted when officials found a post about planning it on MySpace to what now appears to be college coaches recruiting through MySpace. In The Bivings Report, a report was posted about Texas A & M football coach, Coach Malone, having a profile to improve upon the recruiting in the program. Now my question is this: is this an invasion of everyone’s right to talk to their friends online? Is this taking recruiting too far or is it completely justified and within the coaches’ rights to do the best job recruiting no matter what? [...]

  • Bret Leader

    Mr. Malone,
    I think we see eye to eye when it comes to Football. My name is Bret Leader, I’m 16 years old and I play highschool football. Football is my life and my dream is to play in the NFL and hopefully become a coach after i retire. The most important thing to me is that right now I focus my goals on getting in to collage. I was hoping you could give me some tips in doing so.
    Thanks a millions sincerely Bret Leader

  • http://none Bret Leader

    Mr. Malone,
    I think we see eye to eye when it comes to Football. My name is Bret Leader, I’m 16 years old and I play highschool football. Football is my life and my dream is to play in the NFL and hopefully become a coach after i retire. The most important thing to me is that right now I focus my goals on getting in to collage. I was hoping you could give me some tips in doing so.
    Thanks a millions sincerely Bret Leader

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