How Next Goal USA works.
A clear, honest path from creating your account to your first conversation with a US college coach. Here's what to expect at every step — for athletes, coaches, and agencies.
For athletes
Six steps from "I want to play in college" to your first real recruiting conversation.
Create your free account
Sign up in under a minute with your email. Tell us your sport and where you are in your journey — current high-schooler, recent graduate, or college transfer.
Build your athlete profile
Add your position, club and high-school teams, height, weight, key athletic stats, GPA, and SAT/ACT scores. The more complete your profile, the more coaches notice you.
Upload your highlight reel
Drop in a YouTube or Vimeo link and your film plays right on your profile. Coaches can watch you compete without leaving the platform.
Wait for our approval
Every athlete profile is reviewed by our team before it goes live. We do this for coaches and agencies too — it keeps the platform free of fake profiles and scams. Most are reviewed within a few business days.
Get discovered by coaches
Once approved, college coaches across NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA can find you through filtered searches by sport, position, grad year, GPA, and state.
Wait for the first message
To protect athletes — especially minors — players cannot message coaches first. A college coach will reach out when they're interested. Once they do, you can reply and the conversation flows freely from there.
Track your recruiting journey
Save the colleges you're interested in, see who's viewed your profile, and keep every conversation organized in one place until you commit.
What you'll need to get started
For college coaches
Apply for a verified coach account
We manually confirm your role with the program before activating your account — typically within a few business days — so athletes know they're talking to a real coach.
Set your program profile
Add your school, division, conference, and what you look for in recruits.
Search and shortlist
Filter athletes by sport, position, GPA, grad year, and state. Build shortlists for your assistants to review.
Start the conversation
You can message any athlete directly. Athletes are not allowed to message you first — recruiting conversations with athletes always begin with you. Agencies can also reach out to introduce athletes they represent. You can request additional film at any time.
For recruiting agencies
Apply for a verified agency account
Every agency is manually reviewed by our team before activation — typically within a few business days — to keep the platform safe for athletes and coaches.
Add your roster
Bring on the athletes you represent and help complete their profiles.
Introduce athletes to coaches
Agencies can message college coaches directly to broker introductions and keep every conversation tracked in one place.
Frequently asked
Ready to start your journey?
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