Who is actually coming

The registered coach list is the single most useful page attached to any showcase, and most families never open it.

When a college coach commits to attending an event, they register. That registration is published on the event page as a list of programs, with the division and the coach who is coming. It updates as more programs sign up, right through the week of the event.

How to read it

Go through the list once and mark every program you would seriously attend. Be generous at this stage. Include the schools you have not heard of, the ones a long way from home, and the divisions you have not thought about. A roster spot at a program that wants you beats a bench at one that does not.

Then look at what those programs have in common. If eight of the ten you marked are Division 3 schools in the Midwest, that tells you something useful about where you should be spending your attention.

Check it more than once

Programs register late. A coach who was added ten days before the event has heard from almost nobody, because most athletes checked the list once, a month out, and never went back. That is an open door.