Yeah, it's a new position. Martzen is our first full time recruiting coordinator

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Oct 1, 2014
8:57:59am

Illegal Jimmergrant

Before that, the rule was the recruiting coordinator had to be a coach.

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Illegal Jimmergrant

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What does Geoff Martzen do that is so valuable? Genuinely curious.

BYU81

10/1/14 8:46am

do you know who the last recruiting co ordinator was? did you ever hear

kotacoug

10/1/14 8:48am

To be fair, Martzen's full time job is recruiting coordinator.

mulletino

10/1/14 8:49am

Yeah, it's a new position. Martzen is our first full time recruiting coordinator

Illegal Jimmergrant

10/1/14 8:57am

Was it an NCAA rule change that allowed a full-time recruiting coordinator?

squidmark

10/1/14 9:18am

Yes, it was a rule change.

mulletino

10/1/14 9:19am

yeah, rule change.

Illegal Jimmergrant

10/1/14 9:22am

Uh huh - a change of rules

CoopDizz

10/1/14 9:34am

Si. Chango de rules.

Illegal Jimmergrant

10/1/14 9:35am

"Rule monkey" - that's funny

CoopDizz

10/1/14 9:38am

affirmative-change in the rules

osbooks

10/1/14 9:48am

It was an assistant coaches' side job.

8man

10/1/14 12:10pm

Kurtz and Blackmon probably wouldn't be here without him

TNT

10/1/14 8:49am

and Fred Warner, Isaiah Nacua, Uriah Leiataua, etc...

icecougar

10/1/14 11:23am

He can relate to teenagers. He understands social media and utilizes it.

Blueto

10/1/14 8:50am

Yep. Unlike BYU'71

TNT

10/1/14 8:56am

Jimmyz's great-grandfather. What happened to that guy?

cougfanblue

10/1/14 9:10am

I think his use of social media is undervalued

Coug98

10/1/14 9:07am

Lots of tweets!

kccougar

10/1/14 8:50am

He's worked at Boise State and Alabama.

ldssdl

10/1/14 8:52am

Must've started his career when he was 14.

Hawk in the 303

10/1/14 9:24am

Alabama's Recruiting Resources

nitroboy

10/1/14 10:26am

Hol-ee cow, that is a huge staff just for recruiting

JOPE

10/1/14 10:29am

Got to have the PLAY-UHS!

BamaCoug

10/1/14 12:21pm

Sent a BM, but one thing I'll say on here

Y Mountain

10/1/14 8:53am

Excellent point

Coug98

10/1/14 9:08am

that's a much over-looked but very valuable thing...

icecougar

10/1/14 11:25am

I didn't know this. I thought I heard he was LDS. Nice.

Flyski

10/1/14 11:57am

He keeps the coaching staff very focused and organized on their recruiting trips

Oompabluepaw

10/1/14 9:00am

True except for the opponent prep film. BYU has Video staff devoted fulltime to

TripleCrownCoug

10/1/14 9:14am

Going back to the OP, Martzen, due to time at Alabama and Boise, has a pretty

TripleCrownCoug

10/1/14 9:26am

its a no brainer that byu has someone like this doing this work. glad its

johnnycarson

10/1/14 9:29am

until a couple years ago, the NCAA prohibited it from happening

StantonMac

10/1/14 10:02am

Troll Yewtah.

BYUisLife

10/1/14 9:27am

He tweets and isn't old. That may be the 2 most important things about him.

byutx

10/1/14 10:41am

I'm screwed....

sundance

10/1/14 12:42pm

Are you the younger bro of BYU71? It's because....

icecougar

10/1/14 11:13am

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athleteforecast

10/1/14 12:21pm

Didn't he encourage going after Grads with a year left

cypresstx

10/1/14 12:23pm

It's what he doesn't do that makes him valuable...

icecougar

10/1/14 12:45pm

I know a guy who makes millions every year and loves his fax machine

binghammer

10/1/14 1:48pm

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