How Parents Get Started on Path2Commit | Recruit Guide
Getting Started
Getting Started with Path2Commit
Path2Commit gives parents a dedicated account type that connects to their athlete's account. Once linked, you have full visibility into your athlete's recruiting activity — every school, every contact, every communication — without disrupting their workflow or taking over their process.
This article walks through setting up your parent account, linking to your athlete, and navigating the dashboard effectively.
Step 1: Create Your Parent Account
Go to the Path2Commit sign-up page and choose "Register as a Parent"
Enter your full name, email address, and a password
You do not need to provide any athletic profile information — parent accounts don't have sport, school, or position fields
After registration, you'll land directly on your Parent Dashboard
Your email address is your login credential and your password reset destination. Use an email address you actively check.
Step 2: Get Your Invitation Link
When you first land on your Parent Dashboard, you'll see a unique shareable invitation link displayed prominently. This link is how your athlete connects their account to yours.
The link is permanent and always visible on your dashboard — you can share it any time
It does not expire by default
Each parent account has exactly one link; it connects to your account specifically
Copy this link and send it to your athlete via text, email, or whatever you communicate through.
Step 3: Your Athlete Links Their Account
When your athlete follows the invitation link, Path2Commit will ask them to confirm the link before it's created. They'll see your name and a prompt to accept or decline. This confirmation step exists to give the athlete control — they are the ones choosing to share their account with you.
Once they accept:
Their account appears on your Parent Dashboard as a linked student
You can click into their account to view everything they can see
They'll see a persistent banner on their dashboard confirming that their parent has access
If your athlete already has a Path2Commit account, the link works with their existing account. If they don't have one yet, they'll be prompted to register first, then confirm the link.
Step 4: Navigating the Parent Dashboard
Your Parent Dashboard has two main sections:
Invitation Link Panel
Your shareable link is always here. If you have multiple children, share this link with each one — each athlete will appear as a separate linked student on your dashboard once they accept.
Linked Student List
Each linked student appears as a card showing their name. Click any student card to enter their dashboard and view their full recruiting account.
Step 5: Viewing Your Athlete's Account
When you click into a linked student's account, you see their full recruiting world exactly as they see it:
Dashboard
The athlete's school list, grouped by division (NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA, NJCAA, etc.) and sorted by their personal ranking within each division. This is your first view into where they're focused.
What to look for as a parent:
Are there divisions that are realistic but not represented? (e.g., your athlete is targeting D1 only but has the profile for D2)
Are there schools with high personal rankings that haven't had any recent activity?
Is the list growing or stagnant?
School Detail Pages
Click any school tile to see its full detail page:
School metadata: Division, website, NCSA profile link
Sports and contacts: Every coach or staff contact your athlete has added for each sport
Communications: A log of every email sent to contacts at this school, with timestamps and status
Activity log: A history of actions taken on this school's record
What to look for as a parent:
Are all key contacts filled in (head coach, recruiting coordinator, position coaches)?
Has your athlete sent any initial outreach? Have they followed up?
Has a coach responded? Is there back-and-forth in the communication log?
Communications
Your athlete's outreach history is visible across all schools. You can see:
Which emails have been sent, to whom, and when
Whether emails are scheduled, sent, queued, or failed
Template names used (which indicates the type of outreach — initial contact, follow-up, thank-you, etc.)
This view is especially useful before and after campus visits to ensure follow-up happened.
Settings and Profile
You can view your athlete's profile information. If something looks outdated (old GPA, wrong graduation year), that's a conversation to have with your athlete — update their profile so coaches see accurate information.
A Note on What You Can and Cannot Do
As a parent, you have full read and write access to your athlete's account. That means you technically can add schools, add contacts, compose emails, and take other actions as if you were the athlete.
You should almost never do this.
The exception is logistical data entry that your athlete has specifically asked you to help with — for example, adding a school's address and website information, or entering a coach's contact information that your athlete found and gave you. Even then, the athlete should review what was entered and own the record going forward.
The moment outreach, relationship management, or communication decisions shift to you, you've crossed from support into interference — with real consequences for how coaches perceive your athlete.
Returning to Your Own Dashboard
When you're done viewing your athlete's account, look for the persistent banner at the top of the screen that shows your athlete's name and a "Return to my dashboard" link. Clicking it brings you back to your Parent Dashboard showing your full list of linked students.
Troubleshooting
My athlete says they accepted the link but they don't appear on my dashboard.
Have them try refreshing the page after accepting. If still not visible, verify they accepted on the correct invitation link (the one from your account specifically).
I sent the link but my athlete got an error that it's invalid.
Make sure the link wasn't modified or truncated when you sent it. Copy the full link directly from your dashboard and resend.
I need to unlink my athlete's account.
You can remove a linked student from your dashboard. This removes your access to their account but leaves their account completely intact. Students cannot remove themselves — only the parent can initiate the unlink.
