RECRUIT DIFFERENTLY

We are exclusively devoted to helping a small cohort of elite scholar-athletes, and their families, leverage academic, athletic and personal strengths into some of the most prestigious colleges in the land.

All photo credits to Kenneth Cain @ The Recruiting Group.

Our Services

We will inspire you to maximize the advantages of your high academics. Paradoxically, in the transfer portal era of P4 & FBS recruiting, rigorous courses, SAT/ACT prep and a strong GPA matter more now than ever for recruits at Ivy and Ivy-adjacent athletic programs.

We only work with a limited roster of highly competitive academic scholar-athletes and families.

LEverage Academics

LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA

We will curate your highlight reels and online presence so you know exactly what to post, how and when (pro-tip: you should post high quality images once a week), to get noticed and start relationships with coaches at your target schools.

TARGET smarter

We will help you plan smart for showcases and camps, Learn to be strategic with your time and the cadence of your athletic performance. Focus, with discipline, on your list of target schools (that we will help you create).

Meet the Team

Brendan has helped place scholar-athletes at every Ivy League and high academic Ivy-adjacent school in the country as CEO of Coach Cahill LLC. He also has coached Special Teams at The Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, worked with multiple NFL players and is currently Special Teams Coordinator and History Teacher at Choate Rosemary Hall. He’s also a former United States Peace Corps Volunteer who spent time in Ukraine 2012-2014, and has spoken on recruiting, leadership and their intersection with athletics to scholar-athletes across the Northeast. Brendan has been featured as a special teams and professional football expert on both Yahoo Sports and The Sydney Morning Herald. He has also worked as a leadership consultant and researcher with NYTimes best-selling author Sam Walker on his work with Super Bowl Champion LA Rams and the US Men’s National Soccer Team.

Kenneth is an Honors graduate of Harvard Law School and Wesleyan University, where he was an award winning scholar-athlete. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Sri Lanka and a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He served for many years as an officer in UN Peacekeeping Operations around the world including Somalia, Rwanda, Liberia, Haiti and Cambodia. His book on the subject was a bestseller and has been optioned for film by Russell Crowe and for the stage by Cate Blanchett. He is currently working with Russell Crowe’s production Company, “Fear of God Films,” on an 8-episode mini-series based on Ken’s life. He has spoken widely on international issues, appeared on CNN, Fox, CBC, the BBC, et al., and has written for the NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and many scholarly publications, including a National Magazine Award nomination. Ken has worked in a senior capacity on several start-ups, and in global private equity at AIG. He often lectures at Columbia University and NYU, and has wide experience living and working in Asia and Africa in both the private and public sectors. Ken served for many years as a Harvard University undergraduate admissions interviewer.