• 1: Home
• 2: Combines
  • 2.1: Welcome
  • 2.2: Registration Guidelines
  • 2.3: 2009 Schedule
  • 2.4: Combine Drills & Videos
  • 2.5: Grading System
  • 2.6: Nominate A Player
• 3: Players
  • 3.1: Welcome
  • 3.2: Benefits
  • 3.3: 2009 Schedule
  • 3.4: My Player Locker
  • 3.5: Alumni Yearbook
  • 3.6: Nominate A Player
  • 3.7: Alumni Survey
  • 3.8: Helpful Links
• 4: HS Coaches
  • 4.1: Welcome
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  • 4.3: 2009 Schedule
  • 4.5: My Locker Room
  • 4.7: Nominate A Player
  • 4.8: Active NATS States
  • 4.9: Activate Your State
  • 4.10: Coach Survey
  • 4.11: Helpful Links
• 5: College Coaches
  • 5.1: Welcome
  • 5.2: Benefits
  • 5.3: 2009 Schedule
  • 5.5: My NATS Account
  • 5.7: Nominate A Player
  • 5.8: Coach Survey
  • 5.9: Helpful Links
• 6: Counselors
  • 6.1: Welcome
  • 6.2: 2009 Schedule
  • 6.3: Counselor's Office
  • 6.4: TeamMate Calculator
  • 6.6: Nominate A Player
  • 6.7: Counselor Survey
  • 6.8: Helpful Links
• 7: Academics
  • 7.1: NCAA Eligibility
  • 7.2: NAIA
  • 7.3: Student Timeline
  • 7.4: Financial Aid
  • 7.5: Helpful Links
• 8: Recruiting
  • 8.1: Recruiting Process
  • 8.2: Recruiting Calendars
  • 8.3: Recruiting Rules
  • 8.4: Questions for Recruiters
  • 8.5: Amateurism
  • 8.6: National Letter of Intent
• 10: Media
  • 10.1: Articles
  • 10.2: Press Releases
  • 10.3: 2009 Top Performers
  • 10.4: Newsletters
  • 10.7: Alumni Yearbook
  • 10.8: RSS Feeds
  • 10.9: Privacy Policy
  • 10.10: Terms and Conditions
• 12: Contact

NAIA Advantages

There are many advantages to competing in NAIA sports. Besides the benefit of close-knit communities and small class sizes on the typical NAIA campus, NAIA Athletics offer:

• Maximum opportunity to participate in regular season contests and National Championships.
• Flexibility to transfer without missing a season of eligibility.
• Fewer recruiting restrictions.
• Focus on the education and character development of the student-athlete.

The NAIA recruitment process is less cumbersome, due to fewer restrictions on the contact a student-athlete and coach can have. More frequent communication aids in assuring that the student-athlete is comfortable with the choice of institution. In the event the student-athlete feels that the school or team is not the right fit, he can transfer to another NAIA institution and compete the next season without sitting out a year. While NAIA rules hold strict academic requirements, the process of establishing eligibility is streamlined since there is no clearinghouse.

Letters

• No restrictions.

Telephone Calls

• No restrictions.

Contacts

What is a contact? - A contact is any face-to-face meeting between you (or your parents or relatives) and college coach that includes any conversation other than "hello." If a college coach meets you in-person at your school, or at one of your game's or practice's or at a pre-arranged meeting it is considered a contact even if no conversation takes place.

• There is no limit to the number of times coaches may contact you or when the contacts may occur.

Evaluations

What is an evaluation? - An evaluation is any off-campus (college campus) activity used to assess your academic qualifications or athletic ability in which no face-to face contact between you the college coach occurs beyond a "hello." Examples include watching you practice or compete in a game.

• No restrictions.

Official Visits

• NAIA institutions may invite recruits to visit the campus and offer scholarships at any time.
• NAIA institutions may have recruits train with the team multiple times.
• On recruit visits NAIA institutions are unable to pay for travel for recruits but can accommodate recruits on campus and pay for meals once they are there.

Printed Materials

• Coaches may provide you any official academic, admissions, athletics and student-service publications published by the college and other general information available to all students.

Letter of Intent

• There is no signing date for NAIA so players can sign a letter of intent at any time.
• Once a players signs a letter of intent with an NAIA institution they can train with the team.
• NAIA institutions can start their preseason any time after August 1st (there is no set date to start).

NAIA Football Programs

Close to 100 colleges sponsor NAIA football programs in all regions of the country. For a complete list of NAIA football schools click here.

To learn more about the NAIA and its member institutions, visit the Official Web Site of the NAIA at www.NAIA.org.