Permissible NCAA I Track and Field Recruiting Methods

Recruiting Calendars

NCAA member schools limit recruiting to certain periods during the year. Recruiting calendars promote the well-being of college-bound student-athletes and ensure fairness among schools by defining certain periods during the year in which recruiting may or may not occur in a particular sport.

See the dates when contact with college coaches is permissible.

1. Recruiting Materials and Electronic Correspondence

You may receive brochures for camps, questionnaires, NCAA materials and non-athletic recruiting publication at any time.

A coach may begin sending you recruiting materials and electronic correspondence June 15 after the completion of your sophomore year.

2. Phone calls to a Coach

You or your family may begin calling coaches June 15th following your sophomore year.

3. Phone Calls from a Coach

Coaches may begin calling you June 15th following your sophomore year.

4. Off-Campus Contact

A college coach may have contact with you and your family off the college’s campus beginning September 01 of your junior year in high school.

5. Unofficial Visit

You and your family may visit a college at your own expense beginning September 01 of your junior year.

6. Official Visit A college may pay for you to visit the college beginning September 01 of your junior year.

For the most up-to-date information, visit ncaa.org/student-athletes/resources/recruiting-calendars.