Frequently asked questions

You build a profile with your contact, academic, and athletic information, then add your highlight or full-game film. From there you choose which colleges to send your profile to for review.

Once you submit, the schools you selected get instant access through their own recruiting system—and you’ll get an email the moment a coach views your profile.

Coaches can also sort and filter prospects by position, location, academic qualifications, and athletic profile, so being complete and accurate matters.

1. Click Profile Views

2. Click Add Schools or Get Started

3. Find your school using the division and/or conference filter

4. Select your schools

5. Check out

Yes. Go Big Recruiting complies with NCAA Division I Bylaws 13.14.3.1 and 13.14.3.2 covering scouting and recruiting services—though we consider ourselves an online post office for video submission, not a recruiting service.

Every college you send your video to will receive and be able to review it. Most universities already use Go Big to watch recruit video. If a school you select doesn’t already have a Go Big account, we’ll personally reach out to let them know a profile is waiting for them.

It varies by school. At the Division II, III, NAIA, and Junior College level, it’s generally a full-time position coach—Go Big has a designated contact on staff who receives it directly and routes it internally.

At Division I programs, a Recruiting Assistant typically screens incoming profiles first to confirm you’re a fit, uploads your info to their internal system, and notifies the position coach who recruits your area.

A free link can work, but it comes with real limitations Go Big is built to solve:

• Get an objective video evaluation by a former D1 coach at your position!
• Guaranteed profile and video delivery. You get an email, a text message, and a checkmark on your Schools page the moment a coach views your profile—something a plain link can’t tell you.
• Get recruiting alerts! You’re placed in a searchable database the moment you sign up, so coaches can find and request your profile and video directly.
• Your academic, athletic, and contact info lives on the same page as your video, so a coach has everything in one place.
• Go Big already has an established contact at most schools, so you’re not tracking down the right recruiting email yourself.

The cycle is how Go Big separates seasons, built specifically around how college coaches recruit. Coaches always keep access to any video you’ve ever sent them, even if they haven’t watched it yet—the cycle simply flags when you have new film from a new season.

Yes. If you’d like more personalized recruiting guidance after building your profile, our partner NCSA offers a more directed experience. Get started here.

Pricing is tiered—the more schools you send to, the less each one costs, and the discount is cumulative.

Go Big Pro is a one-time evaluation from a former D1 coach who reviews your film and gives you an honest read on your strengths, weaknesses, and where to focus your recruiting effort based on your athletic and academic profile.

It’s a flat $49.99, one time—no subscription. It also helps you narrow down which summer camps are worth your time and money. You’ll receive your evaluation within 10-20 business days of your purchase date.

Go Big Premium lets you see which colleges have shown interest by requesting your full profile while searching the Go Big database—so you’re not waiting to hear from them first.

Every athlete gets one free week automatically once their profile is complete. After that: $9.99/month, $99.99/year, or a full free year once you’ve sent your profile to 20 schools.

Two ways:

• Post the good news — once a school views your profile, share it via the Twitter/X link in your notification email (or from Profile Views → Twitter) and you’ll receive a coupon code by email.
• Refer a friend — once they build a profile and send it to schools, you both get a coupon code. Find this under Welcome → Refer a Friend.

Any internet URL from YouTube, HUDL, or similar platforms—highlight reels and full games both work.

What to show depends on your sport and position. Check out our Recruiting 101 guides for sport-specific tips on what coaches look for in your film:

• Football
• Baseball
• Softball
• Men's Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Men's Lacrosse
• Men's Volleyball
• Women's Volleyball

Give our team a call or send an email—we’re happy to help get it added.

When a coach searches the Go Big database and views your basic athletic and academic info, we send a recruiting alert to both the athlete and parent. Coaches can’t see your video or contact info from search alone—if you’re interested back, you’ll need to send them your full profile using the same submission steps as above.

If you’re getting texts or emails from schools you’d never attend, click Recruiting Alerts after logging in and select Not Interested to stop all communication from that school. This is permanent, so only use it when you’re sure.

You can still send your video and full profile to that school later if you change your mind—you just won’t get recurring alerts from them. This does not tell the school you are not interested.

It means they’re seeing exactly what you see when you log in—so keep everything accurate and up to date before you send. Both the athlete and parent are notified when this happens.

It varies a lot by school, coach, and how busy their recruiting calendar is. If you want to speed things along, it helps to proactively email the coach recruiting your position or area to let them know you’ve submitted through Go Big.

No. Coaches can see everything about your profile except your Profile Views list.

Login always lives under the athlete’s email, not the parent’s. If you’re not sure what that is, email contact@gobigrecruiting.com with your name, your athlete’s full name, registered email, and sport, and we’ll send it over.

Click Profile Views for a full list of every school you’ve submitted to, the date, and whether they’ve viewed it yet.

Your profile is only sent once per recruiting cycle. Coaches keep permanent access to anything you’ve sent, even unviewed—the cycle simply flags when you have new film from a new season.

Email contact@gobigrecruiting.com with your school’s full name and mailing address (city, state, zip), plus your name, your athlete’s full name, registered email, and sport. We’ll add it to the database.

Texts: Log in → Welcome → Preferences → uncheck “Send me SMS messages when coaches are interested in me.” → Submit.

Emails: Since these are usually tied to a commitment decision, email us directly at contact@gobigrecruiting.com with the reason, along with your name, athlete’s name, email, and sport.

Once you’ve committed (or simply want to step away), click Deactivate in your Preferences. You’ll stop receiving interest texts and emails, and your profile will no longer be visible to your selected schools.