Student-athlete success platform

The second half starts before the final whistle.

Second Half Network helps student-athletes prepare for life after sport while they are still on the roster: mentors from the industries they want, a plan, and progress that is on the record.

Beta live · Fall 2026Current beta ends

December 13

0 spots remaining
NextFull platform launches

January 8, 2027

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  1. Beta liveFall 2026, running now
  2. Beta endsDecember 13
  3. Full platform launchesJanuary 8, 2027

Every place in this beta is taken. Hold yours for the Spring 2027 cycle, free to the athlete.

Why this exists
66.5 hrs

A week of sport plus school. A full-time job, and then a second one, every week.

NCAA GOALS, March 2026
0

Questions in federal athletics disclosure about what happens to an athlete after the last season.

US Dept of Education, September 2024
42%

Are satisfied with the career counseling their athletics department already provides.

NCAA GOALS, April 2026
The network

Already in the network

AccountingAerospace & DefenseArchitectureAthletic TrainingBanking (Commercial & Retail)Coaching & Player Development

A sample of the fields our current mentors work in. No mentor is ever named publicly.

Evidence

The case, on the record

Every figure links to the primary source it was read from.

60%men53%women

Share of men, and of women, who agree they feel ready for life after sport, counting the top two boxes of the NCAA's six-point scale. The remainder is not the opposite: most of it sits on 'somewhat agree', and outright disagreement is closer to one in seven.

#1

Career preparation is the single topic athletes want staff to discuss more, ahead of every other subject offered.

21%

Share of Division I athletes who have ever connected with a mentor. The demand above has no supply behind it.

42%

Share satisfied with the career counseling their athletics department already provides. The service exists. It is not landing.

$1.31M

Top projected NIL package for one athlete in one year, which goes to zero the day eligibility ends. Income is not a career.

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Who We Are

The team behind the network

Second Half Network was founded by business students at Tulane University who saw how little support athletes get for the part that comes after sport. Its founders study at the A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Meet the team
Hold your place for Spring 2027

Don’t wait for the final whistle.

You already know how to be coached. Use it one more time, on the part nobody trained you for.

Student-athlete interest formBecome a mentor

Both forms take about two minutes.