Bigteams

BigTeams is the leading provider of technology designed to streamline operations for high school athletic and activity departments. BigTeams originally started in 2001 as a developer of athletic websites for high schools in both the United States and Canada. These websites allow coaches and athletic directors to update sports related content for the public such as rosters, news, photos, and schedules. Each BigTeams website is branded for the particular school including their color schemes and mascots.[1] These websites also allow the schools to generate income through advertising sales.[2] BigTeams has developed these websites for some of the nations most well known high schools including T. C. Williams High School. Since its inception most of BigTeams competitors have gone out of business including Online Athletics Interactive[3] while those remaining have been purchased by larger corporations such as the Schedule Star sale to Gannett Company.[4]

BigTeams, LLC
IndustryHigh School Sports Entertainment
FoundedMarch 2002
FoundersMatt Carson, Steve Sutherland, Jeff Gilbert
HeadquartersAshburn, Virginia, United States
Websitebigteams.com

BigTeams was awarded the contract to provide every high school in the state of New Hampshire an athletic website by the NHIAA (New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association), making it the only state in the country with a statewide high school athletic system.[5]

Early in its development BigTeams received an endorsement from former West Virginia University head football coach Don Nehlen saying, "I wish I had had one of these back when I was coaching high school football." [6]

In 2014, BigTeams acquired Schedule Star, a premier scheduling package with over 50 years of experience to the space.

In 2019, BigTeams merged with Planeths, a provider of software solutions to streamline athlete pre-participation registration, injury tracking and eligibility process in a secure HIPAA, FERPA, and COPPA compliant environment.

With these acquisitions, BigTeams provides a full suite of software tools that simplify tasks for Athletic directors such as event management, injury tracking, eligibility compliance and communication with their community.

References
  1. Thomas Heath (November 27, 2011). "A Christmas tale about a new business". The Washington Post.
  2. Greg Wyshynski (February 3, 2005). "Web Sites Opening Doors for Boosters". Alexandria Gazette.
  3. "Online Athletics Interactive". onlineathletics.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  4. Katy Bachman (Aug 19, 2010). "Gannett Expands Hyper-Local Sites". Adweek.
  5. "New Hampshire Agreement".
  6. "BigTeams". BigTeams.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
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