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Holding students with bad grades out of practice to get grades up vs. letting them practice to keep motivation up to improve grades

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Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald outlines four aspects he looks at when recruiting athletes. He lists them as:

Be a person of character

Conduct yourself, especially in the age of social media, in a way that is respectful that won't negatively impact your athletic or professional future.

Strive to be great academically

Just qualifying for a scholarship isn't good enough, and more opportunities open to you when you keep academics as a priority.

Great effort on the field of play

Coach Fitzgerald and many other coaches will speak with your high school coach to gauge the effort you put into improving yourself athletically.

Be a great teammate

Coaches will look past your talents to see if the way you interact with your team is compatible with the culture around the program that is recruiting you.
Positive Coaching Alliance is dedicated to building Better Athletes, Better People and is a proud contributor to STACK.

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4 Recruiting Strategies Commonly Used by College Coaches

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Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald outlines four aspects he looks at when recruiting athletes. He lists them as: Be a person of character Conduct yourself, especially in the age of social media, in a way that is respectful that won't negatively impact your athletic or professional future.

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What are the basic components of Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory?

Another important contribution to our understanding of individual motivation came from Frederick Herzberg's studies, which addressed the question, "What do people really want from their work experience?" In the late 1950s, Herzberg surveyed numerous employees to find out what particular work elements made them feel exceptionally good or bad about their jobs. The results indicated that certain job factors are consistently related to employee job satisfaction, while others can create job dissatisfaction. According to Herzberg, motivating factors (also called job satisfiers) are primarily intrinsic job elements that lead to satisfaction. Hygiene factors (also called job dissatisfiers) are extrinsic elements of the work environment. A summary of motivating and hygiene factors appears in (Figure).

One of the most interesting results of Herzberg's studies was the implication that the opposite of satisfaction is not dissatisfaction. Herzberg believed that proper management of hygiene factors could prevent employee dissatisfaction, but that these factors could not serve as a source of satisfaction or motivation. Good working conditions, for instance, will keep employees at a job but won't make them work harder. But poor working conditions, which are job dissatisfiers, may make employees quit. According to Herzberg, a manager who wants to increase employee satisfaction needs to focus on the motivating factors, or satisfiers. A job with many satisfiers will usually motivate workers, provide job satisfaction, and prompt effective performance. But a lack of job satisfiers doesn't always lead to dissatisfaction and poor performance; instead, a lack of job satisfiers may merely lead to workers doing an adequate job, rather than their best.

Although Herzberg's ideas have been widely read and his recommendations implemented at numerous companies over the years, there are some very legitimate concerns about Herzberg's work. Although his findings have been used to explain employee motivation, in fact his studies focused on job satisfaction, a different (though related) concept from motivation. Other criticisms focus on the unreliability of Herzberg's methodology, the fact that the theory ignores the impact of situational variables, and the assumed relationship between satisfaction and productivity. Nevertheless, the questions raised by Herzberg about the nature of job satisfaction and the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on employee behavior have proved a valuable contribution to the evolution of theories of motivation and job satisfaction.

Herzberg's Motivating and Hygiene Factors

Motivating Factors

Hygiene Factors

Achievement

Company policy

Recognition

Supervision

Work itself

Working conditions

Responsibility

Interpersonal relationships at work

Advancement

Salary and benefits

Growth

Job security

1. What is Herzberg's theory, and how does it relate to an understanding of motivation?

2. How can a manager use an understanding of Herzberg's theory to motivate employees?

3. What are the limitations of Herzberg's theory?

Summary of Learning Outcomes

What are the basic components of Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory?

Frederick Herzberg's studies indicated that certain job factors are consistently related to employee job satisfaction whereas others can create job dissatisfaction. According to Herzberg, motivating factors (also called satisfiers) are primarily intrinsic job elements that lead to satisfaction, such as achievement, recognition, the (nature of) work itself, responsibility, advancement, and growth. What Herzberg termed hygiene factors (also called dissatisfiers) are extrinsic elements of the work environment such as company policy, relationships with supervisors, working conditions, relationships with peers and subordinates, salary and benefits, and job security. These are factors that can result in job dissatisfaction if not well managed. One of the most interesting results of Herzberg's studies was the implication that the opposite of satisfaction is not dissatisfaction. Herzberg believed that proper management of hygiene factors could prevent employee dissatisfaction, but that these factors could not serve as a source of satisfaction or motivation.

Glossary

hygiene factors

Extrinsic elements of the work environment that do not serve as a source of employee satisfaction or motivation.

motivating factors

Intrinsic job elements that lead to worker satisfaction.

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What are the basic components of Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory? Another important contribution to our understanding of individual motivation came from Frederick Herzberg's studies, which addressed the question, "What do people really want from their work experience?" In the late 1950s, Herzberg surveyed numerous employees to find out what particular work elements made them feel exceptionally good or bad about their jobs.

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Frederick Herzberg's Motivation Hygiene (two factor) Theory

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Measure the job satisfaction of the GA that is leaving, the one that is staying, and others who have recently left their coaching job

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Measure the job satisfaction of the GA that is leaving, the one that is staying, and others who have recently left their coaching job

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What It's Like Being a Recruiter ? Your 6 first months plan as a Recruitment Consultant

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Five Recruiting Tips for College Coaches

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With the recent changes in the NCAA Division I recruiting legislation, we all could use a little recruiting advice to get us going in the right direction.

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When to Start the Recruiting Process in Baseball

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USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you'll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities to play at the college level. Kyle Winters was a standout high school pitcher who tossed seven scoreless innings in a major tournament during his senior year. That performance against some heavy-hitting future MLB draft picks helped Kyle earn a full-ride scholarship to the University of New Mexico. However, Kyle opted to play professional baseball and was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the fifth round and played seven seasons for various minor league teams. Kyle is just one of many former college and professional players, college coaches, and parents who are part of the Next College Student Athlete team. Their knowledge, experience, and dedication along with NCSA's history of digital innovation, and long-standing relationship with the college coaching community have made NCSA the largest and most successful athletic recruiting network in the country.
Each year, college coaches are tasked with building a list of prospective student-athletes and, through the evaluation process, identifying who will be the right fit for their program. One of the most basic steps in that process is getting the contact information and pertinent details for each prospective student-athlete. That is where recruiting questionnaires come in. These online forms allow coaches to quickly and easily build databases of recruits. In this article, we break down how you should be using recruiting questionnaires as part of a well-rounded recruiting effort.

What are college recruiting questionnaires?

Most college teams have online forms where a prospective student-athlete can fill in the requested information, which then gets sent to the college coach. These questionnaires can usually be found under the recruiting section of a school athletics website or within the individual team's section.

Insider Tip: Oftentimes, if you do a Google search for the phrase "recruiting questionnaire" plus the school name and sport, you will find the page directly in the search result. Note: Not all teams have questionnaires.
MORE: How college coaches use recruiting questionnaires
As we've explained before, the recruiting process is like a funnel. College coaches need to begin each recruiting class with hundreds or thousands of prospective athletes and, through the evaluation process, they identify the recruits they will offer and sign. Recruiting questionnaires allow coaches to get all of the important details like contact information, links to online profiles, NCAA ID numbers and more from the student-athlete without having to track all of that info down and enter it themselves. They allow coaches to spend more time evaluating athletes and less time entering information into a computer.

Use questionnaires as one of many ways to communicate with coaches

Because recruiting questionnaires are an easy way for coaches to get your information, you might think that all you need to do is simply fill them out. However, college coaches might receive hundreds or even thousands of submissions a year. So, recruiting questionnaires are not the magic bullet for getting a coach's attention. Instead, think of them as one of several steps you should take when reaching out to a college you are interested in.

Insider Tip: Just because you can complete a questionnaire doesn't mean you should. All of the recruiting best practices apply, such as doing your research on a team, making sure the school is a good fit, and writing personalized emails. Most college programs will send you something if you complete a questionnaire, and it is best to save yours and the coaches' time if you were never that interested to begin with.

Make sure you have the following information before filling out questionnaires

Your basic contact information - This includes an email address, phone number and social media handles. We strongly suggest you create a new professional-sounding email address and clean up your social media accounts before sharing them with coaches.

Parent/guardian contact information - This is their basic phone number and email address.

High school and club coach contact information - Many athletes won't have this information readily available but almost all questionnaires ask for it.

NCAA ID Number - For NCAA DI and DII schools this ID number is how coaches track your eligibility with the NCAA. If you don't have an NCAA ID number, read this first and determine what kind of account is right for you.

SAT/ACT scores - For the middle tier and top academic schools, your test scores are as important as your sports stats.

Links to online video - Whether you are posting video on YouTube or have a complete online profile, college coaches aren't watching film from DVD's anymore and expect you to have high-quality game film and highlight films available online.

Insider Tip: You can save yourself a lot of time completing questionnaires by using the website Recruit Spot. This is a tool built by Front Rush, a company that makes recruiting software used by college coaches for managing their teams. The software allows athletes to enter all of the info needed in recruiting questionnaires, and then it fills out any of the 8,000+ questionnaires integrated with recruit spot with a single button click.

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How to use recruiting questionnaires in the recruiting process

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USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you'll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities to play at the college level. Kyle Winters was a standout high school pitcher who tossed seven scoreless innings in a major tournament during his senior year.

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Last week, Rice University picked up a valuable commitment from high school quarterback JT Granato by sending a letter... to his cat. The letter, sent to Kitty Granato, read "As you know we're trying to convince J.T. Rice is the place for him. I know you'd like to keep him close so he can feed you and change the litter box."

Ridiculous? Yes. Absurd? Undoubtedly. Is it the boldest tactic we've ever seen? Well, I don't know about that.

Below is a brief collection of some of the most absurd college football recruiting tactics that coaches have recently attempted. As you'll see, they range from the lavish, to the bizarre, to the downright Pelini.

Mike London's Stalker-ish Recruiting Letter

While Mike London's Virginia teams haven't found much success on the field, the coach has proven to be a solid competitor on the recruiting trail. London's secret may very well be confusing the hell out high schoolers, if this letter he sent 3-star commit Jeffrey Farrar last December is any indication:

Screenshot via SB Nation

If I got a letter like this, I would probably be inclined to file a restraining order. But to London's credit, Farrar did sign a letter of intent with UVA in February.

It should be noted that London's nonsensical letter was only slightly more absurd than the note that current Michigan player Michael Ferns got from Mississippi State in 2013:

Kevin Sumlin's Swagcopter

Kevin Sumlin didn't take much time at all to turn the Aggies into the top recruiting power in Texas, in no small part because of this "swagcopter" that he's shown off at high schools around the state to woo potential players.

I can't decide whether this helicopter looks like a zebra, a newspaper or another surefire top 10 recruiting class.

Although the image in the tweet above is a photoshop, the Swagcopter is all too real, as evidenced by the video below:

Joker Phillips Made the Connection Between His Name and Batman, So He Decided to Beat That Horse To Death

Florida wide receivers coach Joker Phillips has been using his name and photoshop in order to entice (and likely creep the hell out of a few) recruits:

I don't even know.

Former N.C. State Coach Chuck Amato Called a Recruit That Committed to Another School and Sung to Him

In 2002, top North Carolina cornerback recruit A.J. Davis committed to UNC a week before signing day. The news prompted then-North Carolina State coach Chuck Amato to call Davis and start singing Dean Martin's "Return to Me":

The best part? It worked. Davis ultimately signed with the Wolfpack, where he started 23 games.

Lane Kiffin and Co. Get Primal

While it may have gotten lost amongst all of the other shenanigans that have been associated with Lane Kiffin in the past five years, his recruiting tactics at Tennessee were quite unorthodox to say the least. Before he even coached a game, Kiffin openly called out then-Florida coach Urban Meyer for alleged recruiting violations and it was also revealed that he encouraged two of the school's hostesses to visit recruits at a high school in South Carolina. But the story below, as detailed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, may very well be the most bizarre strategy Kiffin utilized in order to lure talent to Knoxville:

Douglass defensive lineman Garrison Smith said the lights in the room dimmed. "This one coach stayed behind and walked to the side of the room. Then he kept slamming the [side] doors, as if the other assistant coaches were trying to break it down. It was like an angry dog or some wild animals were on the other side."

After a few moments, Smith said the doors swung open and the Tennessee assistants ran into the room. "By now, three or four coaches had their shirts ripped off." Smith said around 10 Tennessee players, including All-America defensive back Eric Berry of Atlanta and quarterback Jonathan Crompton, ran down from behind the recruits to meet the coaches on the floor. "Eric and the rest of the players were chanting 'U-T, wild boys ... U-T, wild boys ... U-T wild boys.'" This time, prospects left their seats and joined the celebration. "We were all jumping up and down together, it was cool," McCoy said.

After things appeared to calm down, Tennessee recruiting coordinator Ed Orgeron gave a rousing pep talk, which caused the whole scene to repeat itself, only more intense. "The last time, everybody was hyped up and feeling it," Loganville tailback Storm Johnson said. "People were jumping all over the place. It was rocking. You should've seen it. Even the podium got knocked over."

All four of the players said they never saw Lane Kiffin lose his shirt. "He was on the side, just watching and smiling," Vogler said.

Straight Up Forgery

On January 15, 2003, Gary Campbell had a pretty eventful evening to say the least. On his way to visit junior college recruit J.J. Arrington, Campbell got a call from his wife who told him she had just hit a jackpot on a slot machine at a casino and won almost $2.7 million. As one can imagine, this news gave Campbell a spring in his step and when he went to visit Arrington. Campbel thought the two of them had "made a connection," and that's where things got even more complicated. Apparently, Oregon had a January 15 deadline for junior college recruits to sign, and that date happened to pass the evening that Campbell visited Arrington. According to the :

The midnight deadline passed and Arrington still had not signed. Furthermore, Arrington told Campbell that he had changed his mind and wanted to attend California. Campbell went to the hotel where Arrington was staying, and the player forged his father's signature and falsified the time on the letter of intent.

After an NCAA investigation into the matter, Arrington was released by Oregon and Campbell was suspended for a week and not allowed to recruit off-campus for an entire year. He remains at Oregon, where he is the longest-tenured coach at any school in the FBS. Oh, also he's a millionaire.

Nick Saban Sends Recruit 105 Letters in a Day

I can only imagine how flattering it is to be sent a personal letter from a top college football coach. What I can't imagine is being sent 105 letter from the top college coach in a single day. But running back Alvin Kamara was forced to deal with such flattery -- or whatever other term you'd use to describe someone sending you 105 letters in one day. Even more crazy is that, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, none of letters Kamara opened were duplicates. Each one had a new message or selling point about Alabama's football program.

The ploy worked out for Bama -- sort of. Kamara indeed committed to the Crimson Tide, but decided to transfer after one season following a series of injuries and suspensions.

Last year Kentucky sent recruit Draw Barker 115 letters in one day, but while it's difficult to quantify the value of letters sent from grown men to teenagers, I'm inclined to believe: 105 Nick Saban letters > 115 letters from anyone else in the free world.

Mark Richt Sends Hand Drawn Portrait to Recruit

In April, a few Georgia football recruits began posting hand-drawn portraits on Instagram that were signed by none other than Georgia football coach Mark Richt. Top rated recruit D'Andre Walker received the sketch below in the mail:

Here's an actual picture of D'Andre:

via @LuxuryLife1K

It's... not bad actually. I think Richt might have a kindred spirit:

Bo Pelini Wrestles with a Recruit in His Living Room

via Getty Images

This one is sadly believable.

During a recruiting visit to Highland, Illinois, Bo Pelini decided to make an impression on 6'4", 315 lb offensive lineman Tanner Farmer by challenging the young man to a wrestling match in his living room.

Here's the entire anecdote, as told by Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald:

I bet you can't take me down, Pelini joked with Tanner. Farmer hesitated. Pelini is pretty tall and in good shape. But he's not a wrestler.

Go on, boy, Brian [Tanner's father] told his son. If he wants to go, go.

You scared to take me down? Pelini said to Tanner.

The strongest player in Nebraska's 2014 class got Pelini in a hold and lifted him up in the air. There, a potential takedown turned into a big hug between coach and player.

"It was a cool moment," Brian said.

Farmer eventually signed a letter of intent with the Huskers, so you can chalk this one up as a win for Pelini, I suppose.

Georgia Tech Graduate Assistant Changes the Meme Game Forever

Resigned to the fact that they'll probably not be able to outcrazy all of the SEC schools that use several of the tactics highlighted on this list, Georgia Tech decided to launch "The Migration," a recruiting effort aimed at luring top players from the Northeast and Midwest to Atlanta.

It seems that Tech offensive graduate assistant Preston Pehrson decided that the best way to go about luring these recruits, who otherwise might not be familiar with Georgia Tech, was to flood the entire Twittersphere with misused memes and ill-conceived photoshops:

Oh, this was just the start.

Then Pehrson decided that enough was enough and stopped posting memes.

Just kidding, there are like a thousand more:

Okay, one more:

Oregon Creates Custom Comic Books for Recruits

In 2005, the Oregon coaching staff enlisted students to design 20 custom comic books for the Ducks top recruits. The results of the endeavor were somewhat mixed -- the Ducks ended up with only the 28th best class in the country -- but the team did land then 5-star running back Jonathan Stewart.

Here are a few excerpts from his comic book:

Okay, that's pretty cool. You can read the comic book in its entirety here. [*SPOILER ALERT*] Oregon wins.
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11 Absurd Recruiting Tactics That College Football Coaches Have Recently Attempted

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Leaked video of Nick Saban making a recruiting pitch goes viral

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