NCSA College Recruiting is the largest college athletic recruiting platform, with over 40,000 college coaches using NCSA to find athletes across 31 sports. Founded by athletes, we support student-athletes in their self-discovery and journey to playing their sport in college. For over 25 years, NCSA College Recruiting has offered recruiting advice and college coach connections to high school student-athletes around the world. We believe the right athletic and academic fit can launch a lifetime of success.As part of IMG Academy, the world leader in sports education, we help student-athletes on their path to playing sports in college and offer a holistic college recruiting experience. We instill skills and habits that form a foundation for success by enabling direct access to college coaches and expert guidance, by leading innovation in sports-minded education, by building a talented team that inspires the next generation of athletes, and by making a positive impact on our communities.
Written by the business, not verified by us.NCSA College Recruiting (www.ncsasports.org) has a 4.1 out of 5 rating on OK.one, based on 202 user reviews collected here. It is listed under Education & Training and its reputation is good. 20% of reviews are 1 star, a relatively high share; The business has replied to 89% of negative reviews; Reviews mostly discuss User experience, Customer service. Last updated 2026-09-05.
Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the dedicated coaching staff for their extensive knowledge, helpful advice, and professional guidance through the entire college recruitment journey. Consumers also appreciate the intuitive platform and valuable online resources that make managing athletic profiles and connecting with college programs much simpler. Some reviewers were not happy with the high costs, noting that the required membership fees felt extremely steep and disappointing. Others mentioned frustrations with aggressive sales tactics, unhelpful customer service interactions, and long-term commitments that became rather stressful over time.
Auto-generated from all reviews of this business. For reference only.The worst investment.I try to help my daughter get commited, NCSA program only robbed me 4,000 dollars for absolutely nothing I still paying cus its a huge debt. Please parents I hope my review helps you to not do the same mistake I did. Its NOT worth it, help them to get more training or equipment with that money but not here.
DO NOT waste your money on a paid profile from NCSA. It is absolutely not worth the cost! Reach out to coaches on your own and save your money to attend camps of colleges you are interested in. There is a ton of advice online about steps to take to get recruited and it’s free! Here are just a few reasons of why I do not recommend purchasing a package: 1. The cost is outrageous for what you are supposed to get 2. Aggressive sales tactics- made me feel like my daughter would not get recruited unless she had a better profile even though I said I could not afford it. Made sure she was right there to hear all this as well. Guy did not want to take no for an answer. I’m so embarrassed I fell for this and let him bully me into purchasing a package 3. We were “ghosted” by our NCSA recruiter coach. He set up a phone call with my daughter, never called, and we never heard from him or anyone from NCSA again. This was right before her senior year. 4. We never got highlight video made from footage we sent in 5. There really was no guidance at all. My daughter would ask a question and his only response ever was to send a template for her to fill in and send to coaches (that’s not what coaches want) or he would tell her he was was going to send her something and not send it at all. It’s like he didn’t even know what it took to get recruited and definitely didn’t take her seriously. 6. It seemed they only promoted her profile to places she had no interest in. 7. College coaches were less likely to write back through NCSA. Maybe it’s because they get spammed with promoted profiles on the daily? 8. Speaking of spam- the few coaches that did reach out through NCSA would spam reach out even when she said she wasn’t interested. I even got texts at 6am from one that just wouldn’t give up. In the end, my daughter was recruited to play D3 basketball. But, she DID NOT use NCSA to achieve that goal. NCSA had nothing to do with her getting recruited at all. After she was ghosted on the phone call that was the deciding point that we knew NCSA was not going to actually help her out at all So let this be a last friendly warning that the cost of the NCSA packages are not worth it! You don’t need to spend thousands to have a recruiting profile to send coaches! You can even make your own highlight videos as well! There are so many free resources online to read over that help too. Don’t be a fool like me! Save your money!
If i could give this a 0 i would, false advertisement. There was nothing about money till we got on a call, this is a tactic they use to make us pay and money was not brought up until towards the end. I kept saying i was not financially stable to pay for this, it’s expensive for absolutely no reason and they don’t guareente you your dream school or target. It is free to reach out and email colleges instead. This is a waste and unnecessary, i’ve already payed a couple months for literally nothing for my daughter. Refunds are not a thing here either, they just want money. This shit is horrible.
I’m very happy with NCSA and especially Coach Petro. Having a step by step, personalized approach to college recruiting has been tremendously helpful in getting noticed. The platform is easy to use and Coach Petro is very responsive to questions. I’m confident that as we move forward in this process, we will continue to have the resources necessary to be successful. The webinars available cover every possible topic, the media team does a great job putting a highlight video together and we were matched with a recruiting coach who is very knowledgeable. I highly recommend NCSA!
The best experience for athletes! Lots of important information and new opportunities
Michael Pannone is extremely knowledgable about the recruiting process. Over the past months he's laid out the types of schools and types of players each school might be looking for, and helped us distinguish between mass emails/invites and genuine interest. Our son is well on his way to attending a fantastic school and playing football - his lifelong dream.
This website allowed coaches to reach out and make offers such as swim camps and team visits as well as recruiting. It also gave advice videos on how to handle recruiters and what to expect.
I was not interested after our initial profile assessment call earlier in the day that was actually a sales pitch and hung up. He called back twice more after and I ignored. I was getting ready for bed and he called me at almost 11pm! I said “it’s 10:43pm” and he said “I KNOW”. I said I AM NOT INTERESTED, STOP CALLING ME! So that better be the last time I hear from “Vic”. Absolutely ridiculous and completely disrespectful.
Gina - We're so sorry to hear that your experience with NCSA did not live up to our standards. We've passed this feedback onto our team.
NCSA has been such a blessing to me and my family these last couple years. It makes the journey to college recruiting so much easier and it takes so much pressure of my family. The staff is top notch and most have already been in a young players shoes so they can relate so well. My personal coach, Ben Breazeale, played college baseball for Wake Forest so he knows what it takes to play D1 Baseball, and he has been incredible helping me through every step of my own career.
Noah! This is so nice - thank you for writing about your experience with NCSA. We've shared this with our team.
We didnt use the program, daughter got picked up on her own from a university. Will not cancel contract. Even going through a bankruptcy.
Hi Craig - We're sorry to hear your experience with NCSA did not live up to our expectations. If you haven't already, please contact our financial aid department - [email protected].
The guys do a great job helping the kids my age with colleges.
My son set up an account with NCSA to get some basic information about their program. They scheduled a meeting call to go over the basics. One of their sales associates, self identified as a coach gave us a very general overview of the system (heavily influenced by the services of their highest tier plan - casually acting as these services are standard). A lot of the services they offer for a paid premium are available for free from my son’s school or club programs. Their website profiles do act as a sort of one stop shop for organizing his progress towards recruitment. The coach heavily leaned on making it sound like my son was already a top candidate for all the best schools, even though he hadn’t really mentioned much about his skill set at that point. He was very friendly and acted genuinely interested in helping out. That is until the conversation turned toward payment. He asked us to put the phone on mute while we discussed what price tier we were willing to pay tonight. By the way, when my wife had called to ask a few basic questions at the beginning, she was informed that the entry cost was around $200. While we skimmed the price points, we noticed that most of the services he had mentioned were only available for the highest tier. The lowest costing tier was $1,399. We got back on the phone with the coach and indicated that we weren’t ready to make a decision tonight and that we were just trying to understand their services. His demeanor changed a bit and tried to make it sound like we weren’t interested in helping our son. Once he understood that we weren’t committing to a payment tonight, he just said something like get back to them, and just hung up the call without even saying thanks or bye. He went from being so friendly and really interested in helping my son to just hanging up. It was quite shocking how he ended it. It was very clear after evaluating the conversation that they were only interested in making a sale as quickly as possible, and not really interested in helping. We never indicated that we would pay at all, just that it wasn’t tonight. No follow up and no offer to help us make a decision coming up. He was just done with us. Very slimy tactics.
Hi AB - We're so sorry to hear your experience with NCSA did not live up to our standards. If you'd like to speak with someone directly, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We've shared your feedback with our team as well.
Coach Joe was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful as my son navigates his senior year. Gave my family some great next steps.
Please do not sign up for this. In my total of 3 years using this service, I only got emails from 3 college coaches. Besides, every single week I get calls from the NCSA "recruiters" pitching me on buying their multi-thousand dollar premium thing that doesn't even guarantee appointments with college coaches. Besides, my email is now just flooded with constant emails from NCSA and colleges that I was never even interested in.
Hi Luke - we're sorry that your experience with NCSA has not lived up to our expectations. Please reach out to member services for help with getting more out of your membership, including member-only recruiting workshops, access to IMG Academy Essentials, the college search tool and more. We hope to be able to turn this around for your experience.
NCSA has been so easy and awesome to use. We have gained access to multiple opportunities for college camps and coaches. Coach Cory has been amazing. He helps keep us focused and not over think.
Coach Brady is always there for us with his expert advice and guidance- we are beyond grateful!
Coach Brittany is committed and dedicated to helping kids move forward with their passion!!
While by definition it can't be considered a "scam", morally it's no different. The salesman made it seem like there was no other way for my student to get into college sports without it, and when I said that I was in between jobs and wasn't sure I could afford it, he pressured me to get the lowest paid tier. It's been a year and all the payments have been paid, and we've received 4 messages from coaches from middle of nowhere states. And my student doesn't even play sports anymore because the coach quit! NCSA refuses to give a refund and has been known to be incredibly hostile towards those who ask for one. It breaks my heart to know organizations like this prey on families like ours, and there is nothing we can do. I could have used that $1500 for his college fund instead...
We're so sorry to hear your experience with NCSA hasn't lived up to our standards. We'd appreciate any opportunity to turn your experience around - we've flagged this to the team and if you're willing, please reach out to member services at [email protected].
My daughter warned me not to subscribe to this service. (She is a high school wrestler.) She stated that the free subscription is all she needed. Unfortunately, I did not listen to her. If you subscribe, and pay month to month, you are locked in for the full year. They will offer you an early discount if you want to unsubscribe, but it will still leave you on the hook for about $1500.00. You have been warned.
Hi Richard - We're sorry your experience did not live up to our standards. If you're up for it, please reach out to member services so we can help guide you to some of our premium features including IMG Academy Essentials (mental performance, nutrition and skills coaching from home), member only workshops to help prepare for college and the recruiting process and more.
First of all, All the good reviews here are done by NCSA not by real people, I played in the top soccer league and thought it would be easier to sign my son up through them so I wouldn't have to handle all the paperwork myself; however, I want to point out that this company isn't a recruiter—they don't actually do anything. They charge $3,000 for a membership just so people can use the website, while the parents have to do all the work. When I received the first call, it was a man trying to schedule an appointment to talk; he was very insistent and wouldn't let me get a word in, so I agreed just to find out what it was about. The next day, a woman called; she was aggressive and pushed me to take the call. When I told her I was already aware of the schedule, she got angry and hung up on me. When I received the call, the man started speaking; when I asked what it was all about, he told me I had to pay for a membership before he could tell me more. He said my son needed a nutritionist and a psychologist. I am a retired professional soccer player. Usually, when a recruiter speaks to players, they tell them which teams have openings; however, this company doesn't know if a player will actually be signed by a team. When I asked, I was told I had to pay for a membership to contact coaches myself—since the company only provides access to the website—and that no further information would be given until I paid for the membership. I asked if he knew anything about soccer; he claimed he played and had been recruited through this site, playing the same position as my son. When I asked what position that was, he asked me what position your son plays? I told him, and he replied that it was the same one. This person knew nothing about soccer. Then he told me that when my son turns 25, he could go see if he could turn professional; I told him that was too old to try to become a professional—there’s a professional soccer team two hours away, and he could go to the Portland Timbers academy. He kept insisting that it was better to go with his company because there were more opportunities. This person wouldn't let me speak; whenever he asked me something, he wouldn't let me answer, and he ignored almost everything I said. This company isn't really what it claims to be.
Hi Art - We're sorry your interactions with NCSA did not live up to our standards. As we said on Yelp, we've flagged your experience for our team to review. Please reach out directly at [email protected] if you'd like to speak with someone further about your experience.
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