🏆 Recruiting Roadmap: the Perfect Opener to Email Coaches

Reaching out to college coaches is the most effective way to get recruited—but only if you do it right. Here’s a simple template you can use:

Subject: Interest in [School Name] [Sport] Program

Hi Coach [Last Name],

My name is [Your Name], and I’m a [freshman/sophomore/junior/senior] [Your Position] from [Your High School/Club Team]. I’m very interested in your program and would love to learn more about what you look for in recruits.

Here’s my highlight video: [Insert Link]

This season, I’ve been working on [mention a key skill or improvement]. I’d love to hear your thoughts on how I might fit into your program and if you have any upcoming camps or games where I could connect with your staff.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

[Your full name]

[School Name]

Class of [graduation year]

Why does this work?

Coaches are inundated with emails from high school athletes. They don’t have time to read an essay about your sports career. They just need to know that you A. exist and B. are interested in their team.

Want to send this email template to thousands of coaches?
Our friends over at CCN Scout are offering a free trial for their recruiting email system. We’d love for you to test it out. They have thousands of coaches in their database that you can bulk email today.

Now that coaches know you exist. What’s next? Next week we will cover the art of the follow-up email. When to send, what to send and how often.