Michael V Mendez Consulting — People, Strategy, Results

For collegiate coaches & programs

Find the right talent. Build your program.

Identify the talent your program needs and build a recruiting process your staff can sustain.

Experience behind the coaching

Seven years leading collegiate runners.

Division II head coach · Men’s & women’s cross country and track & field

7
years as head coach
30+
All-Americans
140
All-Conference athletes
9
Conference Athletes of the Year

How do you find the right prospects—and turn research into a repeatable process?

I understand recruiting from the perspective of someone who spent seven years leading a Division II program. We look at what your team needs, where to look for talent, how to assess fit, and how to keep promising conversations from getting lost. The work can include recruiting-market research methods, a staff workflow, and an organized way to use the information you are authorized to hold. Your institution retains its recruiting decisions and compliance responsibilities.

What we work toward

  • A prospect profile connected to roster needs and program identity
  • A research strategy across public results, meets, clubs, and coach relationships
  • A consistent evaluation rubric and prioritized prospect workflow
  • Clearer outreach, follow-up, staff responsibilities, and progress measures

Find talent. Build a system around the search.

We can map relevant meets and public results, identify relationship-building channels, define evaluation criteria, and organize your authorized prospect information into a useful staff workflow. Custom dashboards or AI-assisted workflow tools can be scoped separately.

Your program. Your compliance process.

Your staff and compliance office approve recruiting calendars, contact practices, data use, and implementation. This service does not contact athletes on your behalf, certify eligibility, represent recruits, or promise commitments.

Program consulting and family coaching are separate engagements. I do not use private family information as a recruiting list or privately represent both sides of the same recruiting decision. Any potential conflict is discussed before an engagement.

A defined place to start

Recruiting Strategy Sprint

4 weeks · 3 working sessions. A repeatable way to identify promising prospects, prioritize effort, and move the right conversations forward.

The package defines the calls, reviews, and deliverables included. We agree on your goal, participation, and schedule before enrollment.

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4 weeks · 3 working sessions

Recruiting Strategy Sprint

For collegiate coaches building a stronger recruiting process.

$1,500USD · starting project fee

Turn your program’s needs into a focused prospecting, evaluation, and outreach strategy.

  • Program goals, roster needs, and recruiting-process review
  • Ideal-prospect criteria and a talent-source research map
  • Evaluation rubric, outreach sequence, and follow-up workflow
  • 90-day recruiting action plan with owners and measures

You leave with: A repeatable way to identify promising prospects, prioritize effort, and move the right conversations forward.

Your Recruiting Strategy PlaybookYour prospect criteria, talent-source map, evaluation workflow, and 90-day recruiting plan.

One collegiate program and one recruiting cycle. No purchased prospect list, guaranteed signings, athlete representation, or outreach on your behalf. Staff and compliance approval are required before implementation; custom tools and ongoing research are separate.

Discuss this package

From idea to action

Know what comes next.

  1. 01 / CONNECT

    Start with the real question.

    A short fit conversation helps us understand your goal, the constraints, and what useful progress would look like.

  2. 02 / DEFINE

    Agree on the work.

    You receive a clear scope, deliverables, timeline, and investment. We decide who owns what before we begin.

  3. 03 / BUILD

    Turn the plan into progress.

    Work through decisions, review tangible deliverables, and leave with the tools and next steps to keep moving.

Your next chapter starts with a conversation

Something good is taking shape.
Let’s build it.

Talk with Michael