A Game-Changing Evolution in Recruiting and Roster Strategy
College basketball is experiencing a seismic shift. The introduction of the transfer portal, NIL, and evolving eligibility rules have upended traditional roster management. With thousands of players entering the portal each year and coaches facing constant roster turnover, the conventional recruiting model is no longer sustainable.
Adapting to a New Reality
In professional basketball, front offices are staffed with multiple specialists, analysts, and scouts who work year-round to manage rosters. Meanwhile, college basketball coaches must make these same high-stakes decisions—often with significantly fewer resources, in a fraction of the time.
Until now, college programs lacked a centralized, streamlined platform to manage scouting, recruiting, analytics, and roster construction efficiently. Enter Just Play’s Front Office Suite, a solution built to help programs make informed decisions faster and stay ahead in a rapidly shifting landscape.
Built on the back of Recruiting Coordinator, a product used by hundreds of teams for 7+ years, Front Office is set up to significantly impact teams, today.
What is the Front Office Suite?
The Front Office Suite is an integrated platform that consolidates recruiting, evaluation, and roster management into a single, easy-to-use system. It eliminates inefficiencies by providing coaches with the tools to search for players, track evaluations, organize official visits, and project roster construction decisions based on analytics and NIL budgets.
Rather than relying on disconnected spreadsheets and outdated systems, the Front Office Suite ensures that every coach on staff has real-time access to key recruiting and roster data, all in one place.
Key Features of the Front Office Suite
Advanced Player Search & Scouting
Find and track top talent across all levels:
- Access a comprehensive database of players from D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and Juco.
- Search by position, playing style, statistics, and more.
- Customize analytics reports based on specific games to compare different levels of competition.
- Monitor potential portal entrants by building custom watch lists.
- Automated notifications alert coaches when targeted players enter the portal.
- Quickly access to video via our Synergy integration.
Centralized Recruiting Database
A single source of truth for your entire staff:
- Store and manage scouting reports, evaluations, and statistical data.
- Consolidate subjective scouting insights with objective analytics.
- Ensure real-time access to updated recruiting notes for all staff members.
Seamless Official Visit & Event Coordination
Streamline the logistics of hosting recruits:
- Plan and track official visits, workouts, and evaluations within the platform.
- Plan during the evaluation period with Automated Certified Event schedules.
- Manage which staff member is traveling to each event so everyone can easily access their custom schedule.
- Organize and centralize all recruit-related communication and schedules.
Roster Construction & Budget Planning
Optimize your recruiting and retention strategies:
- Strategically plan roster-building decisions based on scholarship and NIL budget projections.
- Customize recruiting approaches for high school prospects, transfer portal targets, and player retention.
- Allocate resources effectively to balance roster needs and financial constraints.
Why Front Office Suite Matters Now
The traditional recruiting coordinator role is evolving, and more programs are hiring GMs and Chiefs of Staff to oversee roster management. These roles mirror NBA front offices, where decisions are based on data, scouting, and financial planning rather than instinct alone.
However, most college programs lack the infrastructure of an NBA team. Unlike professional franchises that evaluate a limited pool of draft-eligible players, college coaches must sift through thousands of potential recruits across multiple levels—all while managing their coaching duties like player development, opponent scouting, recruiting calls, etc…
The Front Office Suite bridges that gap by offering the same level of organization, insight, and efficiency that professional teams rely on.
Why This Matters for All Levels of College Basketball
Whether a program is a high-major powerhouse or a mid-major program with fewer resources, Front Office Suite scales to fit any team’s needs.
- For high-resource programs: It allows GMs and recruiting staff to automate scouting, centralize data, and speed up decision-making.
- For smaller programs: It replicates a professional workflow at a fraction of the cost of hiring additional staff, giving them a competitive edge in recruiting.
What’s Next? Future Integrations & Partnerships
Just Play has been a leader in coaching technology for over a decade. Front Office Suite is the latest step in our mission to create a fully integrated coaching ecosystem that connects teaching, scouting, recruiting, and analytics into a seamless workflow.
Our commitment to innovation doesn’t stop here. Just Play is actively working to expand the Front Office Suite with future integrations, including NIL valuation tools, expanded video integrations, and deeper analytics to enable teams to better project player performance and fit.
The Future of Roster Management Starts Now
The landscape of college basketball is changing fast. The teams that adapt will win, and Just Play is here to help you stay ahead of the curve.
With Front Office Suite, we are bringing NBA-level roster management tools to the college game, empowering coaches to make data-driven decisions, increase efficiency, and build winning teams.
Coming April 2025.
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