Regis College Women’s Soccer – Coach Alex McPherson

On today’s episode, I speak with Coach Alex from the Regis College Women’s Program in Massachusetts. We talk about leaving no stone unturned in the recruiting process. He describes the hidden gem of a campus just a short distance from Boston. Lastly, we discuss their ideal travel schedule when it comes to in-season games. Learn more about Regis College Women’s Soccer.

Matt: [00:00:00] Hi everybody. Welcome to Discover College Soccer Live from the United Soccer Coaches’ Convention in Philadelphia. I am lucky enough today to be joined by Coach Alex McPherson from Regis University up in Massachusetts. Welcome coach. 

Coach: Hey, thank you for having me. Regis College. 

Matt: Regis College. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Don’t don’t wanna, don’t wanna wrinkle anybody’s feathers there. Well, 

Coach: University in Colorado. We, we get it all the time. We get it all the time.

Matt: Yeah. Well, it’s like, uh, there’s probably a hundred St. Mary’s and, uh, 50 Trinity’s and Yeah. It, it, it’s hard. So my apologies. Yes, Regis College. Um, well, coach, you’re, you’re, you’re brand new to the program, let’s.

I guess about six months now, right? Yes, sir. Yeah. So, uh, you had the unfortunate, or shall we say, uh, time to try to start a program, uh, start coaching a program in July, which is what happened to me when I, when I took over my first program. So it, it, it’s tough to, to do any recruiting when you’re starting that late, but, um, I’m guessing here, High recruitment season, uh, showcase season, uh, you’re, you’re getting hot and heavy.

So when, when is it that you are really starting to focus? Um, you know, I, I guess, sorry, let me ask that different way. It’s January. Um, are you still closing out your 20 threes? Are you focusing on 20 fours? About how, how. In advance, are you usually recruiting? 

Coach: Uh, well first of all, thanks for having me.

Completely glad to be here. Um, and the opportunity to share a little bit about what we’re doing up at [00:01:30] Regis. So joining the program late, um, had a knock on effect with our 23 class, just a little late to the table, so we’re closing that out. Um, uh, application deadline is actually at the end of this month, so we should be, um, F finalizing our class, um, hopefully in the next few weeks.

But really the beauty about division three is you can recruit anyone. So we’re always looking regardless of class. Obviously we’re prioritizing finishing our 23 class, but we are deep into our 24 um, evaluations, starting to our visits and stuff. So, uh, we are, we’re making some good progress, um, but. I’d be a little bit behind where I would like our program to be, but that’s, that’s just because of, you know, the timing of when I transitioned into the, into the program.

So, we’ll, we’ll, we’ll catch up with our 24 class. 

Matt: Okay. Well, this being, you know, prime recruiting season, if you will, how many inbound rec communications would you say you get in a typical week or month of, of interested players? 

Coach: That’s a good question. Uh, I, I mean it always, it kind of ebbs and flows in with Sure, sure.

In conjunction showcases and stuff. Um, I, not as many as I’d like is, is the short answer, I guess. Um, but, you know, previous schools, especially when I was working division one, it’s knowing the volume that we used to get there. Uh, but that’s part of the reason why I’m doing this, is trying to get our name out there a little bit more and educate people on what we have to offer so we can.

[00:03:00] The amount of inquiries that we get, but it can range from, you know, we don’t hear anything for a few days from anyone. But then like the, Few days we’ll get 50 to a hundred emails, whatever it may be. Um, so it, it’s, uh, it can be pretty intense. 

Matt: Yeah. Well, after you’ve gotten, you know, communications in there saying, Hey, come see me play.

Where, where are those places that you like to go to really see talent? What tournaments are kind of the must hit list, uh, for you? 

Coach: So I, I’m a big advocate of trying to, I, I love finding a diamond. So I don’t like to leave any stone and turned if we can. Obviously there’s budget restrictions that don’t allow us to get to everything that we’d like to get to, but we really focus on, uh, geographic areas.

So we are looking at, you know, we’re up in New England, so we’ve got some really good soccer. So locally it’s, it’s pretty straightforward. Um, you know, there’s, there’s key events that we go to, big Thanksgiving showcase, uh, the preseason stuff in. , but then it’s hitting New Jersey for Memorial Memorial Day.

Uh, going to the ECNL event there, that’s always a, a huge one cuz you get those New Jersey, New York kids. Um, and then it’s getting California, Arizona, Texas, with such a high quality and volume of, uh, of talent, um, Florida as well. Uh, you know, the, the states where players can play year round, uh, and I think there’s a lot of value, especially from the west coast.

The, the northeast, the quality of education that you can get. So we’re having a lot of success with that. And um, like I said, I’m not really hung up on [00:04:30] labels. I don’t care if you play for an ec l team or girls academy team, or if you’re just like in your, you know, your more local or regional level league.

uh, we’ll come see you play because I think there’s, you know, there’s, there’s quality everywhere to be, uh, to be found. So, uh, we try our hardest to see as many people as we can. 

Matt: No, that’s great. Well, uh, how about camps? Do you guys run your own camps? Uh, do you or your staff work other people’s camps? Do camps fit at all into your kind of recruiting mix?

Coach: For sure. Uh, I’m not sure how the program previously, uh, operated with camps, but I’m a big advocate. Both internal and external opportunities for evaluation. So we ran our first one day clinic this fall, which was incredibly successful. Uh, I think from our attendance, uh, at that program, we ended up offering half a dozen spots for our program.

So it’s, it’s definitely a recruitment thing that we use it for. It’s not like a fundraising. Opportunity. Obviously that helps, you know, if you need little bits and bobs to, to for practice and whatnot. But, um, we also work at external camps, so, so actually we’ve got one on Monday up in New Hampshire that we’re, that we’ll be doing.

Uh, we jump on the, you know, the, the exact camps and things like that when our schedule allows. But again, it’s really that same kind of a approach to just taking every single opportunity we have to, to see and evaluate players. Um, and if, if we can be there, we will be. 

Matt: Now one of the, the, the big. Changes to the college soccer landscape over the last few years and it seems to be getting bigger and bigger is the transfer portal.

[00:06:00] Mm-hmm. , uh, and, and I know you’ve got division one experience and is that something you guys are looking at at from a division three level at all, or does that not really come into play very much.

Coach: Uh, I probably go on the transfer portal every day at the moment. , to be honest, uh, and again, it’s really, uh, it’s very uh, uh, it’s a lot of um, kind of just throwing it out there and hoping something sticks.

Um, and, uh, our success rate on the transfer portals not great. You know, for every 15, 20 emails we send, we may get one reply. That being said, uh, it’s just another opportunity to. Introduce people to what we can have to offer. We’ve got a couple of potential transfers coming in. Actually, because of the dynamic of our roster, it’s gonna help us.

We’re gonna be very young next year, so adding players that already have experience and maybe some leadership qualities is, is hugely important to what we’re trying to do. Um, so, so we are all over it. 

Matt: Yeah, no, it makes sense. Well, whether you’re at a tournament or a camp or anything like, What is your kind of hierarchy of things that you’re looking for?

What really makes a, a, a player, you know, that you, that you wanna offer to over there at Regis College? 

Coach: Uh, I get, I get asked this question a lot when I speak with recruits and I, the one word I always use is courage. Uh, the way that we like to what we are trying to play the game with our program. It doesn’t matter if it didn’t work out the first, second, third, fourth, fifth time, if you want the ball and you’ll still, uh, have the confidence to like, just give me the ball.

I’m still gonna try and solve that problem, that, that really works well with what [00:07:30] we’re trying to do. Um, and especially different parts of the field, uh, you know, We don’t want players who are just gonna play percentages and, and kick the ball on cuz they’re in a tight area or a dangerous area. Like I said, we want that, that courage, like give me this ball in this tough spot, I’m going to find the solution that we need.

Uh, so that’s really what we try and identify, uh, that, that mindset more set more than anything else cuz that’s really gonna align with what we’re trying to do. 

Matt: No, that’s fantastic. Well, you mentioned, uh, you know, lot, lot of nice small division three schools up there, uh, in Massa. Um, and, and a lot of those tend to carry a fairly heavy price tag.

Mm-hmm. for, for parents. You know, I got a, I got a daughter in high school. We we’re starting to look at that kind of stuff. And, uh, so I’m not holding you to any hard numbers here, but can you just give me an overview of what the, you know, what it costs to go there with the financial aid situation is with the academic scholarships and other, other ways to help offset those things for anybody who might be interested?

Coach: For sure. I, I, I’ve. Several colleges and most recently it was actually a private high school that carried an insanely hefty price tag to attend. And as someone who grew up in the uk it’s something that culturally I really struggle to deal with. So it’s definitely a challenge. Um, one of the things that I think is a best kept secret about Regis specifically is, uh, the Academic Merit Awards are off the charts.

Um, so if you are a stellar. Um, tuition’s gonna get wiped in half before you even, you know, [00:09:00] inquire. Really, it’s like there’s guaranteed, um, academic merit, which is great. Uh, you know, and then you couple that with financial aid. The average, uh, our admissions guy told us the other day, uh, I think the average contribution that a, uh, or the average discount, sorry, that Astros get, is like 60% off the, off the sticker price.

Wow. Okay. So the sticker price is like, you know, it’s eye watering, , but then when you, when all things considered it is, Super competitive. We also have, uh, a series of scholarships, which I am leveraging, like crazy. Um, and so we’ve got a couple of girls coming in. They’re eligible for full rights. Oh, wow. Uh, which is great.

So while we don’t have the, uh, controller like, you know, D two and D one have, uh, with athletic scholarships, we can also, what we are, do, what I’m trying to do is, Student athletes that align with the criteria for the scholarships we have so that we can push our girls to get a really, uh, really good return on their investment for their education.

Matt: No, that’s fantastic. Well, and let’s talk more about the school itself. I’m sure there’s a lot of people out there who aren’t familiar with, with Regis College. I mean, I’m definitely , you know, I’m, I’m down in Florida. We don’t have a single division three school in the state, so, uh, you know, I always love talking to d.

These three programs, but so you, you’ve been there six months now, so, you know, give me the, what has surprised you? What are some of the awesome things about the school that, that our listeners may not know just by looking at the website? 

Coach: Well, the, the things that have, excuse me. The [00:10:30] things that have really caught me by surprise is someone who’s lived in Massachusetts for over a decade now, I’m kind of embarrassed to say that I wasn’t super aware of, of some of the, the hidden gems that we have on our campus in terms of we have.

Like national level, uh, health science programs. So some of our, and they’re super specific, uh, some of the offerings that we have. So we are very driven by, uh, medical sciences, nursing, and, um, we, uh, for example, we’re number one in the country for stenography. It’s, I didn’t even know what that is. Well, I, I, I had to look it up as well, so.

You know, if, if you are interested in a very specific, um, area of medical science, we, we might be one of the best programs around for that. Um, it’s very niche, you know, it’s not as super generic programs. They don’t have great, uh, huge enrollment, but the quality of education is, is incredibly high. Also the proximity to, to Boston we’re 12 miles from the city.

Um, allows us to have fantastic relationships with some fantastic, uh, medical institutions. So if you are interested in, you know, sonography or nursing or whatever it may be, uh, one of our seniors is a, uh, I forget what she’s studied. Nu nuclear, NU Science or, yeah. Anyway, she’s doing something that is, I can’t even understand, but, um, The relationships we have with those institutions presents just fantastic professional development opportunities.

So it’s, uh, I, I’d say like the best kept secret is really just the quality of the ac academic experience is, is, is crazy plus. [00:12:00] We’re, we’re 10 miles from 12 miles from the city, but we’re in a very small town called Western, which is a, a very affluent sub suburb. Um, so it’s, it’s pretty quiet. There’s not a lot going on, which is great, but if you wanna head into the city, it’s super easy to get downtown.

You know, you want to go get dinner and stuff. So you get the best of both worlds. So you can be in the middle of the city in 20 minutes, or if you wanna hang out on campus and chill out. You can do both. Uh, which I think is, is nice to have that balance. 

Matt: Yeah. That’s fantastic. Well, you, you mentioned the academics.

So for your, for your student athletes, how do they really balance. The, the, the pull between their sport commitments and their, and their academic studies. 

Coach: One thing that I’ve always valued is, uh, is making life as simple for them as possible. So we split the day up into two. You know, they, we, we run it more like, uh, a high school schedule where the first part of the day is all academic, you know, from their first class to their last.

We don’t even get involved in their day. We let them be students, but then they switch gears and. We, we are completely athletic, excuse me, for, you know, that, that afternoon period, once cla, excuse me, once classes are done. And I think what that allows our students to do is invest a hundred percent into both things.

So we’re not, we’re not bouncing around from one to the other. We’re not, uh, distracting them from, from either, uh, and we like to do all of our soccer stuff in like a two hour block. So if we have film or lift and practice, we do them back to back. Uh, so that, [00:13:30] uh, they also have. To socialize and study, you know, in the evening as well.

Uh, and. I thought it was really successful. The girls gave us some great feedback on that, on that kind of, um, schedule that, that we built this, this past for. Um, and it just allows them to, like I said, be all in and, you know, both athletics and academics separate. Okay. 

Matt: Well let’s talk a little bit more about that, ju and one of the things I know folks are interested in and, and we like to ask everybody, kind of give me that, what does an average week look like during the season in terms.

You know, when are the meals classes practice, or if it’s a game day, what, what does that look like? And just, just kind of a, a rough idea of a during season week. 

Coach: Well, the one thing that. I prioritized when I came in and the summer was, I’m a big fan of consistency, so every Monday looks the same through the whole season, every Tuesday, every Wednesday, every Thursday, every Friday, so that there’s no energy invested in, oh, where are we today?

Like what time is this? Is that consistency was huge, and again, we got great feedback from the players about that. So that was priority number one. So, For that, we had to sacrifice a little bit. So we take the late slot on the turf, we show it with field hockey and men’s soccer and the late slot, um, on Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays is six o’clock.

So that’s when we practice, um, a little bit later. Then I think I would like, you know, it’d be nice to be home for dinner and stuff, but, um, at the same time that consistently consistency was the absolute priority. Um, we lift every Monday and Thursday. We do film every Tuesday and [00:15:00] Friday, um, in preparation for our games, which every Wednesday and.

Uh, the fun thing about the Northeast, we already referenced it, right? There’s a lot of D three schools, so we’re in a conference that this season will have. Seven team teams. Oh, wow. So, 16th conference games. Um, which I actually, I, I really enjoy because I like the intensity of it. You’ve gotta be on every game.

There’s no off days, there’s no free hits. Um, and we play Wednesday, Saturday. Um, and of course, you know, depending on the schedule, the furthest we travel is three hours. So we don’t do it any overnights, which I think is a, uh, is a benefit as well. Cause they, uh, our athletes always sleep in their own bed.

We’re not on the bus like crazy. They’re out to study on the bus anyway. Some of them do, of course, uh, as various student athlete, uh, student athletes. But, um, you know, we’re not, we’re not driving all over the country as well, which I think is a huge benefit.

Matt: Yeah. No, I mean, everything under three hours would be, that’s a, that’s an amazing, uh, college travel schedule.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not many. Schools are, uh, lucky to have that. Well, let’s talk a little bit more about the, uh, the team and the soccer side of things is, well, we talked about recruiting before, but is there, is there a roster size that you find is ideal that you’re gonna try to hit every year?

Coach: Yeah, so I put a lot of thought into this.

As you know, I, I’ve, I’ve worked at different colleges, I’ve learned different things with each experience. I think if I could design a roster from scratch and it would be perfect, I’d go for, uh, a roster size of 28 with three goalkeepers. Uh, so you’ve got two field players for every position with a few backups or, uh, you know, versatile players in [00:16:30] there.

Um, so that every. Has the opportunity to contribute. Uh, they, they don’t feel like they’re too far from the field, but you also have that. That can handle the robustness of a complete season. So that’s what we like to, that’s what we’re aiming for. We were under that this season. I inherited a roster of 22, so we got some work to do.

Um, but, uh, I think that we’re gonna get there pretty quickly.

Matt: Uh, you mentioned the roster size, but what about your staff? Uh, how, how many staff do you have? What roles does everybody play there?

Coach: So, pretty unique situation at Regis, how they, how the athletic department works. So, Yeah. Um, every sport has a graduate assistant coach, so we have a full-time assistant technically, which is a privilege at division three.

That’s not always the case. Um, we do some fundraising to get a part-time goalkeeper coach, and she joined us this fall. It’s actually a player I coached in club and during her college career as well. Uh, she played in my summer league teams, so that was really fun to work with someone who I’ve known for a long time, and she came in.

Did a fantastic job for us. And then I was a volunteer coach at one point. I was also a grad assistant. So we, uh, we, I like to offer the opportunities to people to, you know, get into the game, understand how it works. So we, we like to carry a staff of four, um, which, Again, is, we’re pretty privileged to be able to do that at the division three level.

Uh, we, we work to make that happen, but it really provides the kind of experience that I would like our athletes to have. 

Matt: Yeah. No, that, that is amazing. A lot of, I mean, even when I was a D three or D two coach, I, the women’s head coach was my assistant and I was his assistant, and [00:18:00] that was the best. We got , right.

So that that’s amazing. Um, well, do you guys use any sort of technology in terms of, you know, well, you mentioned game film, so you’re recording stuff mm-hmm. , but are, are, are you recording practices? Do you use any of the GPS monitors? The one thing I’ll say is having walked the floor of the, uh, exhibit hall last night here at the United Soccer Coaches Convention, it seems as if, uh, Any sort of data analysis, GPS tracking and everything else like that.

There’s gotta be a hundred different booths in there right now. Uh, so it seems like that’s the wave everybody’s going. Are you guys using any of that as of now?

Coach: So our conference uses huddle. Um, we, we pay for a level of package that, uh, does the game breakdowns for us. Um, it’s just super efficient. Um, I actually really enjoy using huddle.

Um, When we upload our game footage, I know that usually within 12 hours it’ll come back broken down with statistics and that data we use, um, to drive our, our training, we have four key performance indicators for, we have four vertical zones in the field. Um, and we use the huddle data to determine how, if we’re being successful in meeting those KPIs.

We hit three outta four in our pre, in the four, which was pretty good. Um, But that is the extent of technology that we use, uh, that that is probably the biggest difference, is that the resources that the division three level don’t [00:19:30] allow us to have, uh, the GPS monitors and, and. Tracking the players in, in a more physical way in, in terms of the demands, is something that I would like us to get to, but for us, that’s a luxury.

Matt: Oh yeah, sure. Well, yeah. I mean, but even the, the huddle stuff that’s, that’s, you know, more than, more than what some other schools get. So I think that that’s awesome that you guys are doing that. Um, well, you know, let’s, you’ve been there one season. How would you describe, you know, kind of your style of coaching and the team style of play, uh, that you guys are trying to enact over there?

Coach: So, my style coaching is, uh, evolving. You know, I learned some harsh lessons this, this year as my first year as a head coach. Um, I’ve been an assistant coach of various different programs and learned a lot from my previous. Head coaches, but when you are the person calling the shots, I definitely got some stuff wrong.

One thing that I always like, I, I like to lead with humility. So I’m the first person to put my hands up and play, you know, I drop the ball there. So, and I think that our athletes appreciate that. Um, however, you know, what we are really trying to install is, um, the way I I like to describe it is we like to play with.

Um, you know, we talked a little bit before we started recording. Like we don’t, I’m not the kind of guy that likes to play the percentages. Um, I like to be in control of what we are doing. So we have the four K KPIs of which we, like I said, we break the field down into four, uh, horizontal zones. Um, sorry.

And, um, [00:21:00] what we, we try and train very specifically. How we can achieve our KPI in that, in that specific area in the field. So ultimately we like to carry the ball through the zones to be able to create really high quality goal scoring chances. And that’s one of the things that we talked about as a team, is it’s not about quantity.

You can take a hundred shots from 50 yards and you’ve had a hundred shots, but you might get lucky with one. Whereas we want to create goal scoring opportunities in a very specific area of the field. And so we train, how can we get the ball into that area of. So it’s very intentional, and that’s how we like to play.

Uh, we do out possess most of our opponents, which was, I was pretty pleased with in year one. Uh, and I have to give credit to the student athletes that they really embraced it. Uh, I was, I’ve, I felt very, I, I feel very thankful that, you know, when there’s a coaching transition, it can be tough, there can be resistance, different styles, you know, allegiances, you know, really tight relationships with the previous staff, et cetera.

Any of these things could. But, uh, our student athletes really embraced it. And like I said, we hit three out of our four. We, uh, we broke some program records this year, which is kind of crazy to think we set a pretty high, uh, high bar for year too. But, um, I’m very excited about the foundation that we’ve laid and what we can achieve moving forward.

Matt: No, that, that’s awesome. Well, as we mentioned, you know, obviously it’s January, so, uh, yeah. I don’t know if your kids are back in school yet or not, or they’re getting ready to be Tuesday. All right. They’ll be back. So what does your. You know, in your first year, what do you have planned for, for this off season, you know, the, the, [00:22:30] the spring season for, for your team?

Coach: Well, one of the reasons that Division Three really aligns with how I like to, um, you know, have an impact with our student athletes is that it presents a lot of opportunities. So we have multi-sport athletes at division three, so we lose a couple of our girls who are playing lacrosse or on the track and field team, which, um, We really encourage, we want people to get the most out of their time at Regis College.

The way I, I want it to be the best four years of their life. And I, I don’t want to prevent them from being able to pursue stuff. So we have players that study abroad, so we lose them for the spring. So this spring, uh, cause our roster is a little bit smaller than I’d like. It’s gonna be pretty light on numbers.

So we’re gonna focus on super technical stuff, technical development. Um, we’re gonna have a pretty big class coming in, so there’s not a lot of emphasis. Kind of tactical approach, cuz we’re just gonna have to go through it again anyway. Um, and ultimately we, like I said, we’re prioritizing just creating a, a really stellar student athlete experience.

We want them to, you know, re we want, like I said, be the best four years of their life. So that’s what we’re gonna try and do. Um, we always have some fun stuff like we. I like to invite guest speakers to come in. So we had Christine Lilly come in during, uh, pre-season. Luckily she’s local and I’d done some stuff with her previously.

But, uh, players like hearing from her. Obviously she’s, uh, got quite the resume. Um, and of course I think it’s always nice to hear from a different voice as well. So we are trying to get some guest speakers in the spring as well, um, to share that, [00:24:00] share their experience, and hopefully, uh, you know, Uh, influence and maybe, uh, inspire our girls a little bit.

Matt: No, that’s awesome. Well, you know, I, you’ve mentioned you got some, some girls there that are multi-sport athletes, which is awesome. And, and I know my daughter who keeps asking, you know, she wants to keep trying things and I, and, and a question that comes up. Fairly often, I think on on some of the social media channels and things is about students who are playing multiple sports versus specializing early and that kind of thing.

Do in your recruiting, do you look at a player who is a multi-sport athlete different than somebody who’s only a soccer player or, or not? 

Coach: That’s a good question. , I’ve never really thought. I think I, I think I look at them different, but not in a negative way. Sure. You know, like if someone isn’t a multi-sport athlete, I don’t think that’s a negative thing either.

But the, the one that has the most correlation, I think is track and field. So if you get a, if you get a short distance runner, a sprinter, that’s really gonna help, especially with the way that we are trying to penetrate through a, a positions defensive line. If we have some speed, that’s going to be a benefit for sure.

Um, and I remember hearing Abby Wach talk, um, about, And she said that, you know, she played basketball, which I’m sure her, her athletic stature lend itself very well to that. But she learned the timing of jumping and, and to meet a, a header through playing basketball. So I think there’s so [00:25:30] many trans transferrable skills from different sports.

At the private high school I worked at, there was a, a big ice hockey school. And so like the, it’s a pretty tenacious sport and, and I really value the way in which hockey players learn how to use their frame and, and the confidence they have in using their frame, which I think again, lends itself well to soccer and protecting them, winning the ball.

So I think there’s so many transferrable skills. So, I see it as a benefit. I don’t, I wouldn’t say like, if someone doesn’t play a sport, we’re not a second sport, we’re not gonna look at them, of course. Right. Because, uh, but if someone does it also, if you have two coaches recruiting you, I think that that also helps as well.

Matt: No, makes sense. Well, The way I, I usually like to end these is, uh, you know, we, we’ve covered a lot of ground and talked a lot about, uh, different things, but what didn’t we talk about? What, what else, what else would you like folks to know, whether it’s about the college recruiting process, about your school or, or, or anything else in general?

I’ll, I’ll, I’ll give you the last word. 

Coach: Well, I, I kind of alluded to this a little bit earlier. You know, like I said, I’ve been in Massachusetts for over a decade, and I feel like Regis is a little bit like a, is it like this best kept secret? We, it’s pretty competitive. You know, there’s a lot of Division three options, and some of the schools academically are through the roof, you know, like Babson’s down the street.

So like a fantastic business school. Tufts isn’t too far away. Fantastic school. Um, and I don’t think that Regis has the reputation that it necessarily deserves, uh, especially, uh, academically. I, I think we have some really fantastic programs and opportunities that we can. Um, [00:27:00] and I’m, you know, out here beating the drum.

I, I think every coach, I hope every coach backs themselves to, to be able to move the program forward. That’s, and we’re, we are definitely in a growth phase, so the recruits I speak to right now is like, this is the best time to, to join us because in three or four years, we’re hoping to be a little bit more.

Set, uh, you know, a lot of hard work and we’re hoping that, uh, that pays off and we, uh, we’re a little bit close to where we want to be, but right now we’re growing. So there’s opportunities to get on the field right away. Um, I’m not one of those that, um, you know, is gonna prioritize upperclassmen. Uh, if you’re good enough, you’ll play.

Uh, and that’s, that’s always gonna be my approach. So, It’s, I feel like something very exciting is gonna happen with our program. Um, or I hope, anyway, I’m working hard to make that happen, so it’s like such a great time to come check out the school because I think people will be really pleasantly surprised in what we have to offer.

Matt: Oh, that’s awesome. Well, coach, uh, I’m super excited you made time for us here in Philadelphia, and if you get down to any of the, uh, EC L events in Florida and in the Bradenton area, gimme a shout. We’ll grab a cup of coffee and watch some games together. All right? Yeah. 

Coach: I appreciate it, Matt. Thank you, family.

Matt: Awesome. Thank you.