This section provides information for
student-athletes and coaches on recruiting rules and regulations. It
includes links to convenient sport-specific calendars, as well as
definitions of key recruiting-related terminology.
Women's
Basketball
Men's
Basketball
Men's/Women's
CC
- June 1-5, 11-30 Contact Period
- June 6-10 Dead Period
Men's/Women's Golf
Men's/Women's Nordic Skiing
Men's/Women's Soccer
Women's
Softball
- June 1-6 Dead Period
- June 7-30 Contact Period
Men's/Women's Swim & Dive
Men's/Women's Tennis
Women's
Volleyball
*Please note that this table has dates that run
until June 30. Many of the periods
run past June 30. Visit the NCAA Recruiting Calendars website for full recruiting calendars.
Recruiting Definitions
Contact
A contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with you or your
parents off the college's campus and says more than hello. A contact also
occurs if a coach has any contact with you or your parents at your high school
or any location where you are competing or practicing.
Contact Period
During this time, a college coach may have in-person contact with you and/or
your parents on or off the college's campus. The coach may also watch you play
or visit your high school. You and your parents may visit a college campus and
the coach may write and telephone you during this period.
Dead Period
The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents at
any time in the dead period. The coach may write and telephone you or your
parents during this time.
Evaluation
An evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate your academic or athletics
ability. This would include visiting your high school or watching you practice
or compete.
Evaluation Period
The college coach may watch you play or visit your high school, but cannot have
any in-person conversations with you or your parents off the college's campus.
You and your parents can visit a college campus during this period. A coach may
write and telephone you or your parents during this time.
Official Visit
Any visit to a college campus by you and your parents paid for by the college.
The college may pay the following expenses:
- Your transportation to and from the college;
- Room and meals (three per day) while you are visiting the college; and
Reasonable entertainment expenses, including three complimentary admissions
to a home athletics contest.
Before a college may invite you on an official visit, you will have to provide
the college with a copy of your high school transcript (Division I only) and
SAT, ACT or PLAN score and register with the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Prospective Student-Athlete
A person becomes a "prospective student-athlete" when:
- One starts ninth-grade classes; or
- Before one's ninth-grade year, a college gives the person, the person's relatives or the person's friends any financial aid or other benefit that the college does not provide to students generally.
Quiet Period
The college coach may not have any in-person contact with you or your parents
off the college's campus. The coach may not watch you play or visit your high
school during this period. You and your parents may visit a college campus
during this time. A coach may write or telephone you or your parents during
this time.
Unofficial Visit
Any visit by you and your parents to a college campus paid for by you or your
parents. The only expense you may receive from the college is three
complimentary admissions to a home athletics contest. You may make as many
unofficial visits as you like and may take those visits at any time. The only
time you cannot talk with a coach during an unofficial visit is during a dead
period.
Verbal Commitment
This phrase is used to describe a college-bound student-athlete's commitment to
a school before he or she signs (or is able to sign) a National Letter of
Intent. A college-bound student-athlete can announce a verbal commitment at any
time. While verbal commitments have become very popular for both college-bound
student-athletes and coaches, this "commitment" is NOT binding on
either the college-bound student-athlete or the school. Only the signing of the
National Letter of Intent accompanied by a financial aid agreement is binding
on both parties.
