by Carrie Bigbie, Selling for Coaches 

The number one headache for most college coaches these days?  Keeping good compliance records for all of their recruiting contacts.   

In response, recruiting technology leader Front Rush have launched a new release that contains improvements in its functionality, and have added some amazing new features (even for the headache of keeping all of your compliance records straight!).   How did all this come about?  By getting insight from coaches actually using the product.

“The end users (coaches) are getting more technological and are reaching out beyond the scope of the original design of Front Rush,” says Sean Devlin, V.P of Product Development for Front Rush.  “They are calling and letting us know what they are needing the product to do for them to make it more efficient.”

One of the main features of the new release is to help college coaches with reporting for compliance.  Some of the added features are:

• Outgoing Call - Coaches can add start and end time, total time, phone number called, phone number called from.  Once its in the system, it can be accessed from anywhere a coach has an Internet connection.
• Official and Unofficial On-campus visits – Coaches can add the start and end date, start and end time, how long the visit lasted.
• Off Campus Contact - Recruiters can add start and end time of any off campus contacts with prospects.
• Reporting – Produce a full report on each of the items above for their college's athletic department.

According to Devlin, the coaches were getting asked by the compliance officers to be more clear on reporting their recruiting activities on and off campus.  Using this feedback, Front Rush began making improvements on the functionality their product but also made it more user-friendly as well. 

“When Front Rush was developed, we wanted the product to be cost-effective so coaches from Division I, II or III could have access to the same technology,” says Devlin. “As we continue to improve our product, we will keep a running dialogue with coaches from all divisions to keep enhancing it to meet their needs – big or small.”

And, the best is yet to come when it comes to recruiting technology tools.  Front Rush is in the process of coming out with a major release in the near future with the focus being on increased speed and usability for coaches using the system. 

Want a free demo of Front Rush from the comfort of your college office?  For that, or to get other questions answered, contact Sean Devlin personally at sdevlin@frontrush.com or call 866.634.1186 x105.