During a contact period a college coach may have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, watch student-athletes compete and visit their high schools, and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents.

During an evaluation period a college coach may watch college-bound student-athletes compete, visit their high schools, and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents. However, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents off the college’s campus during an evaluation period.

During a quiet period, a college coach may only have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents on the college’s campus.  A coach may not watch student-athletes compete (unless a competition occurs on the college’s campus) or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time.

During a dead period, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write and telephone student-athletes or their parents during a dead period.

August 1-16, 2020: Contact Period

August 17 through September 10, 2020: Quiet Period

September 11 through October 11, 2020: Contact Period

October 12, 2020, through February 28, 2021 [except for (1) and (2) below]:

(1) November 9-12, 2020:

(2) January 7-10, 2021: Quiet Period Dead Period Dead Period

March 1 through July 31, 2021 [except for (1) through (3) below]:

(1) May 31 through June 7, 2021:

(2) June 19-21, 2021:

(3) July 3-5, 2021: Contact Period Dead Period Dead Period Dead Period

September 1 of junior year: This is when college coaches can begin sending all forms of communications to student-athletes, ranging from emails and texts to direct messages on social media and phone calls.

September 1 of junior year: Student-athletes and their parents can begin taking official visits. Per NCAA rules, athletes can take no more than five official visits to D1 schools. Only one official visit is allowed per school.

September 1 of junior year: Athletes can coordinate unofficial visits with a school’s athletic department to meet and have recruiting conversations with the coach, coaching staff, and players while on campus.

July 1 before senior year: This is when college coaches can begin making off-campus visits to student-athletes at their home or school.

Senior year: College coaches can conduct off-campus communications with athletes and their parents. Keep in mind this can happen no more than three times.

June 1 through November 11, 2018 Contact Period

November 9-11, 2018 Dead Period 

General materials: Athletes can get all types of communications including camp brochures, questionnaires, NCAA materials and non-athletic recruiting publications at any time.

Printed recruiting materials: Starting July 15 before an athlete’s junior year, coaches can begin mailing out printed recruiting materials like camp brochures, questionnaires, or general school brochures available to all students at any time.

Telephone calls: Starting June 15 prior to the athlete’s junior year, coaches can begin calling, using Facetime, Skype or any type of video conferencing with athletes.

Off-campus contact: College coaches can have off-campus communications with athletes and/or their parents starting June 15 prior to the athlete’s junior year.

Official visits: Athletes may start taking official visits starting June 15 prior to their junior year.

There is no defined recruiting calendar for Division III

Student-athletes can get recruiting materials at any time.

College coaches are allowed to make unlimited calls to student-athletes.

College coaches may start off-campus communications after an athlete’s sophomore year.

Unofficial visits are not limited. Athletes and their parents can make as many as they want.

After Jan. 1 of junior year: Athletes can begin taking official visits.

There is no defined recruiting calendar for NAIA

Unlike the NCAA, the NAIA does not regulate or limit the contact and communication between a coach and a current high school athlete, nor does it regulate campus visits and tryouts.

There is no defined recruiting calendar for NJCAA

Junior college coaches are free to contact prospective student-athletes at any time provided they have not signed a junior college letter of intent. There is no baseball recruiting calendar.