Why Lineupp Was Created
Lineupp wasn't built in a boardroom. It was built in a dugout — by a software founder who got drafted into coaching, hit the wall every other youth softball coach hits, and decided to do something about it.
A note from Kevin
Founder · Coach · Softball dad
It started the way most coaching jobs do — with a kid.
I run a software company. That's my day job, and it's been my day job for years. What I never planned for was a second one: head coach of a youth softball team.
Years ago, my kids picked up softball. Like a lot of parents who quietly stick around long enough at practice, I ended up on the field — first as "the dad who can throw batting practice," then as an assistant, then as a head coach with a roster, a schedule, and a season I was suddenly responsible for.
I loved it. I still love it. What I didn't love was everything I had to do between practices to keep it all running.
The market leader wasn't built for the job.
GameChanger is the de facto app in youth baseball and softball. It's good at one thing — live scoring — and parents love the broadcast. But the second you try to actually run a team with it, the gaps show up fast.
No real depth chart. No defensive formations. No way to plan a practice. No decent way to handle availability, snack rotations, or parent communication beyond a one-way feed. If you've coached a season, you know the list. The features coaches actually need to run a team properly just aren't there.
So I did what every coach does — I duct-taped it together.
I built spreadsheets for the lineup. I hand-wrote lineup cards on the bench. I tracked availability in a group text and copied it into a Google Sheet. I used one app for scoring, another for messaging, a third for the schedule, a fourth for sharing photos, and somewhere around app number five I realized I was spending more time on logistics than on coaching.
"I was sick of manual spreadsheets, hand-written lineup cards, and switching between five different apps just to coach a single game."
So I took matters into my own hands. I'm a software guy. If the tool I needed didn't exist, I had no excuse not to build it.
Lineupp is that tool. Roster, batting lineup, depth chart, defensive formations, schedule, availability, snack rotation, live scoring, parent chat, practice plans — all in one place, all designed around how a youth softball season actually works. It's the app I wish I'd had on day one.
Free for every coach
It shouldn't matter how big your program is.
A volunteer rec coach in a small town and a head coach of an elite travel program in a big city are doing the same job. They both deserve good tools. That's why Lineupp is free — so it doesn't matter what your league budget looks like, or whether your team has paid coaches and team sponsors or just a handful of parents splitting the cost of new uniforms. If you're coaching softball, you can use it.
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Free, period.
No paywall, no "premium tier" hiding the features that matter. Every coach gets the whole product.
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Built by a coach.
Every feature has been used in a real game by the person who built it. If it feels right, it's because it was tested on a real bench.
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All-in-one, on purpose.
Not because we're trying to "own the workflow," but because every coach deserves to stop juggling five apps to run one team.
Try Lineupp with your team this season.
Free during early access. No credit card. Tell us a bit about your team and we'll get you set up before your next practice.