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Reply to "When should a Parent talk to a College Coach?"

Concur with all comments.  When a coach thinks there's a possible fit with your son, the coach will want to meet the parent.  The coaches want to be able to sign off on the fact that the parent is not "one of those" parents.  Keep it simple... more detailed questions can be asked at the visit.  At the visit, after the the coach has "first" met with your son, then you're invited in.  Make sure your son is prepared with all the questions, and totally ok if he has them written down, it's a sign he is prepared and serious about the opportunity.

You can ask about additional costs which you may be asked to pay during the school year and during summer baseball.  Some high academic D3's have the player (parent) pay costs to go on spring break trips, or any other away trips.  I was surprised by this, especially when it was a top academic D3 costing $60+ per year...  Contrast that with other D3's which have their own baseball endowment to cover annual costs for uniforms, trips, new equipment and the construction of new fields.

Lots of fair questions that a parent can ask but IMO cutting a player isn't one of them.  You can ask about roster size, does he run a JV team, how many PO's, plans for new facilities, how many away trips are planned, for off season training - is there a dedicated guy or do the coaches run it, is he a heavy ball or band guy???...  (We just returned from a visit with 2 schools and one of them didn't have their 2018 schedule posted)  You'll gain insight on the HC's priorities and philosophies, and you'll get a feel for the type of role your son could play.  If it's high academic the offers are an "offer of support through admissions". The  coach will tell you he gets X slots ( 7 slots maybe: 3 B-Band and 4 A-band) and that bands are based based on one std deviations from the avg test scores of all students admitted.   The B band players need stronger support from the HC; they're normally stronger players the coach really wants.    

More details that you were asking for, but I literally went through this last week.... Cheers.

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