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The period stretching from mid-December to early January is usually rather slow for changes within our databases of college coaches’ contact information, as there isn’t a ton of movement over the holidays. Football is the exception. There were 894 changes made in the January update of the Contact College Coaches Read more

One of my favorite stories I’ve read in the last few weeks was ESPN’s article about Washington football coach Kalen DeBoer and his trajectory in going from building an NAIA powerhouse at Sioux Falls to the becoming the head coach of a team about to play Michigan for the National Read more

The October 2023 update was relatively well balanced, without a single sport or handful of sports making up the majority of changes. But there was still a significant amount of movement, with 5,923 total changes made. That equates to a 6.24% rate-of-change across all of the Contact College Coaches databases Read more

The September 2023 update was the busiest on record, with 15,543 total changes made across every sport that we offer. There was a whopping 16.14 percent rate-of-change. In total, 4,414 people were removed from our databases — and 11,129 people were either added or had at least one piece of Read more

Sometimes, when an update is underway, I think, “Wow, this is flying. We’re going so fast.” July was not one of those months. Like June, there were a ton of updates in July. No wonder it felt like it was taking ages to complete. Here is the breakdown. Total changes made, across all Read more

One of the primary questions I receive from prospective customers is about our updating process: how we update our data, how we make sure it’s accurate and how often we update it. We update it once-per-month, and send those updates to our customers via email. They usually land in their Read more

When I reach out to new customers, I’ll often receive a common set of questions. Two of them are this: How can I trust that your data is accurate? Without giving too much away, what can you tell me about the process you all use to maintain the quality of Read more

March is traditionally one of the busiest months for coaching changes across several sports. Baseball and softball staffs are finalized as the season gets underway. Football staffs come together at this time of the year, with many coaches changing schools — and many others changing positions after their colleagues depart. Read more

With the college baseball season underway, I thought it would be interesting to look at how many changes there were to our database of college baseball coaches’ contact information during an offseason that stretched from June 2022 to February 2023. Here’s what I found. There were a total of 4,247 Read more