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UCF football coaches try to forge bonds with recruits via videoconference

With his morning spent focusing on a variety of online team meetings, Golesh likes to spend the second half of his days on the recruiting trail.

“There’s been a mix of virtually recruiting the high school coaches in our area or getting on the phone and calling the high school coaches or the junior college coaches and going through their guys one more time to make sure you didn’t miss anything in January,” he said.

Golesh also spends part of the afternoon and early evenings online with recruits and their families, hosting virtual visits. Travel is difficult and social distancing has been emphasized during the coronavirus pandemic, leading the NCAA to extend a dead period that precludes face-to-face contact between coaches and recruits.