Keeping your players is the first step in the recruitment process in today’s collegiate sports. The players on their roster need to be persuaded to stay and not use the transfer site by coaches every year. Athletes and players from high schools who have logged into the transfer portal must be recruited at the same time.
When it comes to the recruiting trail, Lady Vols basketball coach Kim Caldwell appears to be off to a terrific start in every way. It has been announced by some players that they will be returning without going via the portal.
Tess Darby and Jewel Spear have declared that they will be back for the upcoming season, even with the new coach. When a head coach changes, athletes sometimes at least check out the portal in this new era of collegiate athletics, but Caldwell has done an excellent job of keeping her players close to home.
For the Lady Vols in the previous season, those two players averaged 18.3 points and 7.8 rebounds a game. Spear more than doubled Darby’s output in the previous season, but it’s a big step forward for momentum to have two veterans back for a final season.
Despite the coaching change, Tess Darby and Jewel Spear have declared they will be back for the following season. When a head coach changes, it’s normal for athletes in the modern era of collegiate athletics to at least check out the portal, but Caldwell has done an excellent job of keeping her players close to home.
During the previous season, those two players averaged 18.3 points and 7.8 rebounds a game for the Lady Vols. Although Spear more than doubled Darby’s output in the previous season, having two veterans back for a final campaign is crucial for creating momentum going forward.
Karoline Striplin, a Lady Vols basketball player who averaged 7.2 points and 3.1 rebounds the previous season, is the only athlete who have visited the transfer portal thus far. Caldwell failed to
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