Do athletic coaches pull recruits from the waitlist?

My son was just waitlisted at an elite D3 school. We have been working with the school’s coach and the he is “supporting” his application. Is this waitlist the end of the road, or is there a chance the coach is allowed to pull from the waitlist? Thanks for the replys.

You should not assume a coach has any real pull at a D3 school. Whatever influence he has, he has undoubtedly already exercised before the intial decision went out. It may not hurt to contact him to see if there is anything he may be able to do to help but likely the chances of being pulled from wait list are the same as others.

  1. you’re better off posting this on the http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/ forum

  2. it doesn’t sound like the coach was sincere or you son would have been admitted