For the last 15 years I've been moving up in the rankings in the world of basketball coaches in the nation. It all started in biddy basketball where I taught the kids the fundamentals, then a local high school took my services for a number of successful years, followed by a small town Division two school who I helped lead to four winning seasons. Now it's a Sunday morning and I'm sitting here watching some film from our last game of the season, when the phone rang. It was the Binghamton University Athletic director. He said, we really like what you've done in Division two. We'd really love for you to come over to Binghamton and take over the head coaching duties. You're first job is to get us three cornerstones that can put us on the map. We really need a point guard, power forward another three point shooter." Sitting in my office in amazement, listening to my dream come true, I thought to myself, "where am I going to get these players from, and how can I recruit them to come to Binghamton?"
             Recruiting is probably the most important thing a coach has to do. You can't win without the right combination of players, and in order to get the right mixture, you'll have to fight for each individual. After all this is division one. Binghamton is in the hunt for the same players as Duke, and North Carolina. It all comes down to who can persuade this player to come to their school.
             The first step and one of the integral parts of the recruiting process is to get on the phone, as much as possible, with as many high school and college coaches in the nation. Being a former high school coach, and former division two head coach, I have connections with certain regions of the country, and certain big time universities. In doing this I'm looking for kids coming out of high school as well as transfers from community colleges and division three and two schools, as well as ...