Every Sports Event Needs a Utility Player. Yours Is Called Teddy.
From first whistle to final payment, Tourney Direct is the sports staffing software you need to manage staff, schedules, assignments, communication, and payments. You stay in the driver's seat. Teddy and our software handle the busywork.
Registration platforms build brackets.
We don't.
Registration Platforms
Registration platforms are great at what they do. They get teams signed up and games on the schedule. They're the front-facing layer your players, families, and fans interact with.
- Player & team registration
- Bracket and game scheduling
- Roster & eligibility management
- Public-facing tournament pages
Tourney Direct
We handle everything that happens after registration — the staffing, communication, and payments work that keeps your event running and your people paid.
- Add, Assign, & confirm officials, coaches, event staff, and athletic trainers
- Collect availability, schedule, and assign games
- Two-way SMS & AI-powered messaging, reminders, event Q&A, weather insights, and more
- Direct-deposit payments & year-end 1099s
Tourney Direct powers the people who work it.
Teddy Is Your Utility Player. Not Your Replacement.
Tournament Directors and Assignors stay in the driver's seat. Teddy takes the busywork.
He texts your staff. He chases availability. He confirms assignments. He answers "where do I park?" at 11pm so you don't have to.
- Text-first by design. Sports staff aren't always comfortable with technology and don't want to create yet another account. Teddy meets them where they already are.
- Always on. Confirms attendance, sends reminders, answers questions, helps with check-ins/outs, and gathers feedback on your event without a single phone call to you.
- You decide. Teddy executes. Select people to work, add new staff, add events, make updates and changes, add another complex, publish assignments. Teddy handles the rest.
Your Team. Your Choice.
Some Tournament Directors live in the portal. Some run their whole event from their phone. Tourney Direct works either way and your staff never needs more than a text message.
The Operator Portal
Full visibility, bulk tools, dashboards, the Messaging Hub, and every workflow at your fingertips. Built for Tournament Directors and Assignors managing complex events.
- Bulk staff & event upload
- Assignment builder
- AI-powered Messaging Hub
- Reporting & year-end 1099s
Teddy by Text
No apps. No logins. No training. Your officials, coaches, atheltic trainers, and event staff get assignments and updates by SMS and reply the same way. You can run the whole event by text too.
- Two-way SMS with every staffer
- Invite last year's coaches to attend again
- Availability collection by text
- Auto-reminders, check-ins, hotel requests, payment notifications
- Teddy answers staff questions 24/7
Tourney Direct:
We are Sports Event Staffing Software, powered by AI.
Coach dashboards with reliability data. Hotel logistics. Weather alerts. Event staff, athletic trainers, and officials all in one place. The work no other platform even tries to do across all staff types.
| Coach Name | Position | Program | Division | No-Show % | Cancel % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Harper | Head Coach | U. of Blue | Division I | 0% | 0% |
| S. Brier | Head Coach | U. of Orange | Division III | 0% | 3% |
| L. Planter | Asst. Coach | Green Giant | Division II | 0% | 0% |
| B. Wiley | Head Coach | Tech U | Division II | 0% | 8% |
| A. Maxwell | Head Coach | U. of Ocean | Division I | 0% | 26% |
| J. Stanley | Head Coach | Smith-Jones | Division II | 0% | 52% |
| N. Basil | Asst. Coach | Old George U | Division I | 0% | 0% |
Ask Teddy| Coach | Booked Under | Phone | Responded |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Planter | L. Planter | (555) 781-1212 | Apr 24, 9:37 PM |
| N. Basil | N. Basil | (555) 781-1212 | Apr 24, 8:36 PM |
| B. Wiley | B. Wiley | (555) 781-1212 | Apr 24, 8:55 PM |
| J. Harper | J. Harper | (555) 781-1212 | Apr 24, 9:22 PM |
| E. Glassland | E. Glassland | (555) 781-1212 | Apr 25, 9:05 PM |
Staff, Assign, Communicate, Pay. One Platform. All Staff Types.
Big jobs across all staff types that most events run manually using multiple tools and software. We do it all and the seams between them disappear.
Manage Staff
One unified dashbaord and database of officials, coaches, athletic trainers, and event staff. Bulk upload, add one, certifications tracked, availability and interest collected by text or via the portal.
- Bulk tools to confirm, assign rate type, and rates
- Per hour and per game rates auto calculated for you
- Assign roles and responsibilities to staff
- Reliability & pay-scale insights
- Stipend Marketplace for college coaches to drive interest in your events
Assign & Confirm
View staffing levels, confirm staff or request availability, get event status reports and overall health from Teddy on command.
- Upload the game schedule or create your own
- Drag-and-drop assign for one game, all morning or afternoon games, or all games on that field
- Confirm one coach, trainer, day-of-event staff or all with our bulk tools
- Stipend Marketplace for college coaches
Communicate
Email coaches and staff directly — sent in your name, straight from you, not from Tourney Direct. Replies land in your inbox, so the conversation stays personal. Or just ask Teddy to handle the SMS side.
- Email a group by role and status, or one-on-one
- AI-assisted drafting — Teddy writes it, you send it
- Attachments, URLs, and images included
- Track sends, opens, clicks & engagement
- Two-way SMS with every staffer + auto-reminders
- Event surveys & geo-based check-in/out
Pay & 1099s
From whistle to wallet, we auto-charge your staff payment budget on event approval, direct-deposit to staff immediately and settled in 48 hours, year-end 1099s handled automatically.
- Direct deposit · 48 hours
- Payment notifications sent via SMS
- W-9 collection built in
- eFile or hardcopy 1099s, your staff's choice
Recruit Coaches
Build a branded event sign-up page in minutes — your logo, your colors, the events you choose. Share one link and college coaches express interest. No app, no QR code, no spreadsheets.
- Custom URL, logo & brand color
- Teddy drafts your headline & intro copy
- Feature the events you pick
- Interest flows straight into your dashboard
- Returning coaches recognized automatically
"You guys have no idea how easy you've made my life. Having you manage all of the payments means I'm no longer chasing down staff, dealing with payment issues, or lost checks. Truly, you all are life savers."Boy's Event Director Training Academy · This Week
What Tournament Directors Say
"The list of coaches you put together to attend our event is unreal! This is going to be a real draw for our college skills clinic."Nick Daniello, Owner PrimeTime Lacrosse 3 years ago
"Absolutely loving the new tools and features of Tourney Direct! This has been so easy to set-up and use."Director Lacrosse Training Company 1 year ago
"The feedback from the teams this weekend was so good. Thank you times a million for the extra effort. We are very appreciative of you and your staff."Director and Owner National Lacrosse Event Organization 6 months ago
The More You Run, The Smarter Teddy Gets.
Every event you run on Tourney Direct builds structured staffing data — availability patterns, reliability history, compensation benchmarks, fill rates. Teddy learns it all.
Tell Teddy to "Run It Back" and he duplicates last year's event with that data baked in. Setup gets faster. Staffing gets easier. Decisions get smarter.
This isn't workflow software. It's staffing infrastructure that compounds so your fifth tournament costs you a fraction of the time of your first.
Spring Showdown · 2025
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