Greg Hoyd Owner/Founder
Having started playing sports at the age of 10, I get that you want to chase your own dreams of financial freedom through playing sports.
In my 37+ years of recruiting, coaching, training, networking, branding and marketing experience in 4 different levels of sports, I’ve picked up some key distinctions between college athletic recruiting that stalls and college recruiting that can create generational wealth by canceling college academic debt.
When these distinctions are accepted and applied by a young athlete and their parents, then and only then can the young athlete entering and exiting college secure their wealth path sooner and begin chasing their adult dreams and money freedom they desired when they started as a youth athlete.
Today, I’m the founder of Playingforenvelopes.com, a National College Recruiting Agency in Winchester, California that has helped frustrated parents and athletes turn their sports dreams of financial freedom through turning their college scholarship searches and acquisition around from dreams to reality at scale.
Prior to founding Playingforenvelopes.com , I spent three seasons at Fullerton College coaching as recruiting coordinator and defensive line. Under my tutelage, Fullerton's defensive line helped the Hornets rank 1st nationally in defense 2012 and 2014. I also helped the Hornets transfer athletes in their highest ranked recruiting class in eight years in 2014.
As a player, I lettered at Ole Miss as a defensive linebacker from 1993-1996.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Ole Miss in 2006 and my Master’s degree in educational leadership from California State Dominguez Hills in 2014. I am a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and I am a member of Scottish Rite Free Masonry
- I am married to the former Khaminee “Meme” Byrd and have one daughter, Tiffany, and one son, Greg III.
National Branding
Your child is a brand. They might not realize it, but they are. Every recruiting experience is different and that difference is what gives your child their unique brand. What they say, who they are, and their talent will all combine to give your child a unique brand that they can use to help them obtain a scholarship and visit opportunities. We work directly with you and your child to create a vision for what you want their brand to be and then we hold them accountable for staying on that path. We monitor that they are sticking to it, but we want this to also be a learning experience for your child to grow and mature into a young adult. To be able to articulate for themselves and build a brand that speaks highly of themselves.
Social Media Management
Recruiting coordinators and coaches pay attention to your timelines. We can not count the number of times a coach has dropped a child from their recruitment process because of something posted online. This is where we step in when you don’t have the time. We take the time to monitor your child's social media account and help prevent them from tweeting something that will hurt them. We analyze accounts and guide your child on how to clean up timelines in a direct effort to increase the likelihood your child’s social media accounts are reflective of the person you know them to be, not the person their friends want them to be.
FIlm Evaluation
Everyone has them, but are you posting the right content? If you’re a quarterback with a highlight film of nothing but medium passes and check-downs, you are short-changing yourself. If you’re an offensive lineman with an abundance of cut-blocks in your film, you’re effectively cutting out the chance for coaches to see your footwork and hand movement. Highlights are important, but having the right film is far more important. We make sure the content you’re posting maximizes your chances to be seen in the best possible light.
Media Training
Handling interviews properly is extremely important for the image of your child during recruitment. More often than not, kids have a hard time saying what they mean. Instead, what comes out often times couldn’t be further from what they actually meant. Although, as every parent knows, once those words hit the media, people tend to form an instant opinion and offer knee-jerk reactions. We train your child how to handle interviews with companies like Scout, Rivals, 24/7, and ESPN.
Social Media Management
Recruiting coordinators and coaches pay attention to your timelines. We can not count the number of times a coach has dropped a child from their recruitment process because of something posted online. This is where we step in when you don’t have the time. We take the time to monitor your child's social media account and help prevent them from tweeting something that will hurt them. We analyze accounts and guide your child on how to clean up timelines in a direct effort to increase the likelihood your child’s social media accounts are reflective of the person you know them to be, not the person their friends want them to be.