Coach guide
The AthlyAI coach film: the real coach portal, start to finish.
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Free for verified coaches · no credit card · no commission
Free for verified coaches · no credit card · no commission
In short
College coaches find international recruits through a mix of personal networks, club and academy contacts, showcase events, recruiting agencies, and online platforms. Increasingly, coaches use platforms like AthlyAI that let them search a growing pool of international student-athletes directly by sport, position, graduation year, GPA, and country — reviewing film and messaging recruits with a direct line to the athlete.
01Channels
International recruiting has traditionally relied on relationships and word of mouth, which makes it slow and uneven. Here are the channels coaches use, and where each one falls short.
02The coach portal
Every screen in these clips is the portal itself: the marketplace, the filters, and the application you fill in.
Browse. Filter. Save.: Combine sport, position, country, graduation year, minimum GPA, division and highlight video, then save the athletes you want to follow.
Browse
Combine sport, position, country, graduation year, minimum GPA, division and highlight video, then save the athletes you want to follow.
Athletes who want to be found: Every profile is built by the athlete, who chose to be visible to college coaches. No scraped rosters, no resold lists.
The marketplace
Every profile is built by the athlete, who chose to be visible to college coaches. No scraped rosters, no resold lists.
Verified before you're in: Apply with your school email, sport and division. We review every coach application before the portal opens.
Access
Apply with your school email, sport and division. We review every coach application before the portal opens.
03AthlyAI
Filter a growing pool of international student-athletes by sport, position, graduation year, GPA, and country — instead of relying on who happens to be in your network.
Athlete profiles include highlight and full-game film alongside academic details, so you assess athletic and academic fit up front.
Contact athletes inside the platform — a direct line to the athlete, with no per-contact fee.
The built-in AI assistant helps you find athletes that match your needs and draft outreach faster.
Coaches should always confirm current eligibility rules with the relevant governing body — the NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA Eligibility Center — for any international recruit.
04Questions
Most traditional recruiting databases are built around US high-school athletes and US club systems, so talented international players who train in overseas academies often never appear in them. International athletes also lack the standardized US recruiting footprint, which makes them harder to surface through US-centric tools. Platforms focused on international athletes, like AthlyAI, are designed to close that visibility gap.
No. Many coaches still work with agencies, but it is not required. Platforms like AthlyAI let verified coaches search and message international student-athletes directly, with no per-contact fee, while still giving coaches film and academic details to evaluate fit before reaching out.
Before reaching out, coaches typically want to see the athlete's sport and position, graduation year, GPA and academic profile, country, and highlight or full-game film. On AthlyAI, this information lives on the athlete profile, so coaches can evaluate athletic and academic fit before sending a message. Coaches should also confirm eligibility requirements with the relevant body (NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA).
05Keep exploring
06Start
Create a free AthlyAI coach account and search a growing pool of international student-athletes by sport, position, GPA, and country.
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