Bryan Bedford is CEO of the Bedford Agency and Recruit Route. Bryan has over 25-years of College Sports Recruiting Experience serving as Division I Recruiting Director at TCU and Division II Recruiting Director Southern Nazarene University as well as an executive at some of the leading sports video, recruiting evaluation and fortune 50 tech companies.
Thrilled to announce that we’ve added 6 amazing college interns to the Bedford Agency | Recruit Route staff for the summer! Please welcome the following Sports Marketing/Management/Business interns who are excited to learn and work in the world of College Recruiting & Name, Image and Likeness!
These business development interns will be working in two teams developing business strategies, business development, new platforms and much more.
The Bedford Agency and our brand Recruit Route collectively make up a college sports recruiting company, and are once again hiring summer interns for 2025! The Bedford Agency provides actionable insight and expertise for student-athletes and families navigating the College Sports Recruiting and Name, Image and Likeness process! We are uniquely positioned to offer expertise, educational content and technology to transform the college recruiting process like never before via our Recruit Route brands. Our rich foundation includes a history around college recruiting, camps, consulting and events. In 2021 we also launched our first set of brands Recruit Route, Recruit Route Elite, Transfer Route. In 2022, we launched Teams Route a turnkey offering to help high school and club coaches and their entire programs managed & become educated on recruiting and NIL. Our summer intern program is designed to take all of our products and services listed above to the next level!
Bedford Agency CEO, Bryan Bedford with 2023 Summer Interns
What You’ll do as an Intern:
Our interns will be working on Business to Consumer and Business to Business projects in the world of Sports, Recruiting and NIL. You aren’t coming here to fetch Starbucks coffee. You will be doing real work. Each intern will work in a virtual group setting and have individual project responsibility in a variety of areas interest including Graphic/Content Production, Sales/Marketing/Business Developmentand more. In 2025 we will be working on creating new content, launching a podcast and working with NIL Marketplaces. In previous years our interns have gone on to work at places like Walt Disney Inc, OKC Thunder, and Sinclair Broadcast to name a couple.
“My time working with the Bedford Agency taught me leadership qualities, independence, professionalism, and communication skills. Bryan helped me grow a network in the sports business industry, and was a great role model as both a boss, coworker and friend. He instilled in me a growth mindset for both work and everyday life. I’m grateful for the opportunity I had to intern with the Bedford Agency in 2021.”
-Emma Hennessey, 2021 Bedford Agency Intern
Who You are and What Skills You Need?
You are self-motivated, highly ambitious and have the desire to challenge the status quo. You are excited both by the high-level strategic thinking, as well as in-the-trenches execution. You take comfort with structuring ambiguity, turning it into a strategy, a business case and an execution plan.
You have strong written and verbal communication, strong presence in front of senior executives, strong analytical capability (e.g., Excel skills), strong PowerPoint/Canva capability, the ability to collaborate across functional groups, including engineering, sales, services, marketing, HR, finance, operations, production, video and content creation.
The ability to manage and execute multiple tasks at the same time, prioritize them and manage time, teammates, peers effectively and are highly organized, strong project management and follow-through skills.
Strong desire to work in the Sports Business Industry a plus.
Application process:
Areas of internships: Graphic/Content Production, Sales/Marketing/Business Development
Each Intern must submit a resume’, cover letter(include the area of interest per above) and letter of recommendation from an employer or professor. Application is due by is April 4 at 5pm central. Please send application to bryanpaulbedford@gmail.com C/o Bryan Bedford, CEO of the Bedford Agency.
Each prospective intern will then be scheduled for a screening interview following the submission of there application, with selection following shortly thereafter.
Should we select you:
Bedford Agency internships are unpaid and will begin on June 2, 2025 and run through August 1, 2025. Expectation is each Bedford Agency intern will work approx. 10 hours per week (afternoons only) in a virtual team setting with world class collaboration technology. Normally we select 2-5 interns per summer!
An expert panel of executives from all across the United States joined the Bedford Agency & Recruit Route for the High School NIL and College Recruiting Summit in Jan. 2025. Check out the full recording of the nights event!
For more information about NIL or college recruiting email us at thebedfordagency@gmail.com or call us at 405.503.9284.
Wow, what a cool event. What started as an idea, took off and was a smashing success. Our idea was simple. Let’s gather all the stakeholders interested in college recruiting and NIL and let’s get them all in one room to have a discussion….and boy did we. A packed crowd joined a tremendous panel of speakers including: Haneen Rashwan, Director of NIL Administration at Baylor University, Randy Eccker, CEO of Eccker Sports, Tom Burnett, CEO of Lonestar NIL and Gary Warren, CEO of Sweat is Free.
The night included a room full of coaches, administrators, parents, student athletes and brands all looking to understand the changing landscape in both recruiting and NIL.
As I look back, very thankful for our panelist but more thankful for the wonderful guest who asked questions, engaged in discussion and more. For more information on either college recruiting or NIL, please contact us at 405.503.9284.
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 2, 2025
Bedford Agency to host High School NIL & College Recruiting Summit First of its kind event in Oklahoma, designed to Equip Athletes and Parents, Coaches and local businesses with High School NIL & Recruiting Education
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 2, 2025 – Bedford Agency is proud to launch a new, first of its kind Name Image and Likeness and College Recruiting Education Summit to educate high school athletes, parents, coaches, athletic directors, recruiting coordinators, local businesses and brands on the vital topic “High School Name Image and Likeness as well as the changing landscape and impact of college recruiting.” In partnership with Recruit Route powered by the Bedford Agency, and local sports performance company Sweat is Free, we have created in person summit to help athletes and their stakeholders navigate the complex nature of High School NIL, plus the complex nature of the college sports recruiting journey, by teaching key terms, insights and guidance while providing an overall education on these complex topics. “As the official NIL & College Recruiting Education partner of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for the past two years, we have seen first hand the changing landscape of NIL, transfer portal and college recruiting. We’ve also seen a steady evolution on High School NIL from local businesses, student-athletes, collectives, agents and more. We want to continue to provide best in class education and support for the state of Oklahoma and this Summit aims to meet that demand”, says Bryan Bedford, Founder & CEO of the Recruit Route & The Bedford Agency. “As we work with state associations, coaches, athletic directors, athletes, parents, and local businesses across the country we frequently see that education on the landscape of NIL and college recruiting can significantly improve the outcome and reduce their anxiety throughout the entire process for everyone.
Here are the details: The Summit will include featured guest speakers across the industry, both locally and nationally. Summit will be on Jan. 27 at 6:30pm CST Location: The Station, The Station at Central Park 700 S Broadway Avenue Moore, OK 73160 Event Sponsors & Hosts: Bedford Agency, Recruit Route, Sweat is Free Cost: Free (Registration is required) Registration Link HERE
“At Sweat is Free we always aim to work to help our community in any way possible and educating folks on High School NIL and college recruiting right now is vital”, says Gary Warren, CEO of Sweat is Free. “The High School NIL and college recruiting landscape and journey is becoming more complex by the day and we are excited to partner with Recruit Route and Bedford Agency to bring this vital education to athletes, families, coaches, athletic directors and local business like us”. About BEDFORD AGENCY: The Bedford Agency provides actionable insight and expertise for companies, coaches, student-athletes, and families navigating the world of Sports Business, College Sports Recruiting and Name, Image and Likeness process. A family-owned Christ-centered business that is uniquely positioned to offer expertise, strategic consulting, educational content, and technology to transform the college recruiting process like never before. Its rich foundation includes a history around college recruiting, camps, consulting and events. In 2021 the Bedford Agency launched its first set of brands Recruit Route, Recruit Route Elite, Transfer Route. In 2022, it launched Teams Route, a turnkey offering to help high school and club coaches and their entire programs manage & become educated on recruiting and NIL.
