How To: Add Coaches with Administrative Abilities

There are several ways in which you can add a coach to a your organization and teams.

1. You can upgrade a member of your organization who is either an athlete or a parent.

2. You can search for someone who has a profile on PlayyOn and add them as a coach of your team.

3. If they do not have a PlayyOn account, you can add their name and email address which will invite them to accept to be a coach.

Let’s look at each of these scenarios and then what a coach can do.

UPGRADE MEMBER OF YOUR ORGANIZATION

Step 1: On your admin dashboard, click the “People & Teams” button located on the left-hand vertical menu. Once you’re on the page, narrow down the list of people you are looking for by clicking the black arrow down to drop down the options. In this article, we are going to use a player as an example. Click the word players, then you should be able to view the list of players.

Step 2: Hover your mouse over the name of the player you want to upgrade or promote as coach. You can also click the three vertical dots (red arrows) and select view/edit.

Step 3: As you can see, the title indicated to the profile is “Player” (black arrow). That will change into “Coach” after this process. To make a change, click the orange “Edit” button (black circle). Then, click the black arrow down to drop down the options. Select “Coach”. Then don’t forget to click the orange “Save Changes”.

ADDING A COACH WITH OR WITHOUT A PLAYYON ACCOUNT

Step 1: On your admin dashboard, click the “People & Teams” button located on the left-hand vertical menu. Once you’re on the page, click the orange “Add New” button. 

Step 2: To add a new person, click the first black arrow down button (red arrow) and select “Add a Person” . Then, select a role by clicking the second black arrow down button (green circle) and click “Coach”. Fill in the information - first name, last name, and email address of the person. Click the orange “Add Person” button to add the person. 

Then, you should be able to see the person’s details including “Coach” as their title. The next thing to do is to add the person to a team.

Step 3: Click the orange “Add New” button. Then, click the black arrow down button to drop down the options. Select a team, then click the orange “Add to Team” button to add the person to a team.

Step 4: Here, you should be able to see the specific team the person is added to, under “Teams”. Hover your mouse over the name of the team and click it to view the team’s details.

Step 5: Under team members, the person’s title is still a player (red circle). To change it to coach, click the orange “Add New” button (black circle). Next, click the black arrow down button and click the name of the person among the options. Then, click the orange “Add to Team” button.

Go back to your team’s page and check if the person has already been added as a coach of your team. 

The person you added to your team will receive an email. If the person doesn’t have a PlayyOn account yet, click the blue “Let’s Go!” button. You should be redirected to the sign up page.

Well done! You have successfully added a new coach to your team and given them administrative abilities. If you have any specific questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact the PlayyOn Team by clicking on the chat bubble on the bottom left of your screen. We will be more than happy to help you out. Good luck!