Alex Swenson explains what happens when college coaches call a reference about a player: coaches typically have already seen the player and ask about consistency versus good competition, coachability, how the player handles failure, relationships with coaches/teammates, and parental influence. Positive answers usually lead to a campus visit and potentially an offer.
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When college coaches call about a player, what happens? What questions are they going to be asking? What do they want? This can make or break your recruiting process with that particular school. Typically, when a college coach calls one of your references, they have already seen you play, and what they are going to start off with one how consistent is this play? They want to see how consistent is your playing against good competition. And then what kind of kid are you on and off the field? Are you coachable? How is your relationship with this athlete? How do you deal with failure or the greats? How are the parents? How does the player and their relationship with the parents, Is it good or is it bad? Because we're trying to get as much information about the type of player you are. And again, we're going to take a look at the athletic side of things and kind of make that judgment for ourselves. So then once they're done with that, you're in a good spot there, they're going to bring you on campus. We're ready to move to that stage. We will offer and hopefully you accept.