Executive Search – Retained & Exclusive
The Right leader. in weeks, Not Months
Peak Scouts delivers precision-fit candidates for the most critical roles in sports – faster, sharper, and with relationships that outlast the placement.
Lead search partner
DAVE DAGOSTINO, Jr.
Dave is a coach, global recruiter, and talent architect with a career built inside the game — Union College, Saint Rose, Jacksonville State, Cincinnati, and West Virginia — having built scholarship pipelines worth $400M+ and overseen NIL strategies exceeding $500M. When you work with Peak Scouts, you work directly with Dave, backed by a hand-picked advisory board of sports industry veterans including a former Division I COO, a Major League Baseball GM, and a two-time Athletics Director of the Year.
Traditional Recruiting vs. Peak Scouts
Traditional Recruiting
- Job posts, then the search begins
- 60-90 days timelines
- Transactional relationship ends at hire
- Limited visibility into candidate trajectory
- Reactive to turnover
- One-size-fits-all candidate pools
Peak Scouts
- Proactive succession pipeline mapping
- Client-led flexible placement timelines
- 40-year relationship model
- In-depth candidate evaluation
- Strategic talent planning and retention
- Proprietary evaluation for perfect-fit matches
Four Ways to Engage
Pick the Model That Fits your situation
Every search is retained and exclusive. How we structure the engagement depends on how much of the process you want us to own.
Direct Hire
Full retained search. We own the entire process — identification, vetting, and placement. You get the right person, fast.
Retained Search
We build a defined, vetted candidate pool for your internal team to review and select from.
Name Sourcing
A curated list of 10–15 targeted, qualified candidates to jumpstart your own search. Fast, focused, actionable.
Behind-the-Scenes Advisory
We guide your process without taking the lead role. We're there to catch you before you fall off a cliff — not after.
