SPORTS PARENT UNIVERSITY — Junior Year Deep Dive | What Every Parent MUST Know in Today’s Recruiting Chaos
Welcome back to Sports Parent University, where Coach Marc Nolan — national kicking/punting authority, bestselling author, and mentor to 4,000+ athletes earning over $275M in scholarships — breaks down the truth about high-school recruiting in the age of NIL, the Transfer Portal, roster caps, and camp confusion.
In this week’s episode, we tackle the Junior Year — the make-or-break season where most families either separate themselves… or completely fall apart.
Inside this episode you’ll learn:
✅ Why Junior Year is now a pressure cooker (and why most families crack under it)
✅ How “Just Say KNOW” becomes the parent’s #1 filter for every decision, opportunity, and camp invite
✅ The myth of being a multi-sport athlete in the NIL era — and why three of Coach Nolan’s recent D-1 signees played ZERO second sports
✅ How parents can avoid the “plate spinner” trap of trying to do everything… while accomplishing nothing
✅ Why blindly chasing stars, rankings, and showcase camps is sabotaging more athletes than helping
✅ The exact Junior Year checkpoints—academics, communication, consistency, exposure—that college coaches actually care about
✅ And how to start preparing for Senior Year before Senior Year sneaks up on you
This is THE blueprint parents wish they had before wasting time, money, and sanity in the recruiting maze.
