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Charles Smith has seen the world of college recruiting from a number of angles.
Now, he’s trying to help give parents and students a better understanding of the right way to approach getting an opportunity after high school.
“Being around sports all of my life and a community coach for so long, I’ve seen this from so many perspectives as a parent, coach and player,” Smith said.
“I see so many kids that could have the opportunity to play sports at a college if the parents were educated more about the recruiting process.”
The East Rome graduate, who was a member of Georgia’s 1980 national championship team, is the executive director and founder of CES Student Athlete Consultants, which is presenting a combine and seminar today at Shorter College.
“We’re basically going to show the kids what’s ahead for them athletically as far as football and combines,” Smith said of the event at the Winthrop-King Centre.
The morning includes a youth combine for kids ages 7-14-years-old and a parent seminar while a high school combine will be held after lunch.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and Shorter College head football coach Phil Jones will attend the event.
“We’ll talk to (the kids) about what will be expected of them later on in life and how to get better at it,” Smith said. “We give them a foundation to build on.”
In the parents’ seminar, Smith and his staff discuss things such as character principles, academic planning and fitness as part of the Character, Education and Sports program — CES.
“For the parents, we talk to them and try to help them parent their student-athlete and make sure that the kids get their priorities in line,” Smith said.
“I don’t think anybody has really talked to them a lot about those things and how kids can be successful student-athletes,” he added.
“We’ve got so many kids that are not getting to go to school.”
As a student-athlete at East Rome, Smith witnessed recruiting first-hand when he was signed by the University of Georgia and played for the Bulldogs beginning with their 1980 national championship season.
As a community coach with local high school football teams, he saw young men work towards their goal of playing sports in college.
And as a parent, he has been there to see both his son, Toryan, and daughter, Kiara, sign with successful collegiate programs — Toryan with Notre Dame football and Kiara with the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga girls’ basketball team.
The cost is $15 per child for the youth combine from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and $25 per child for the 15-years-old and up session. Each child receives a T-shirt.
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