Team Manager Information
OVERVIEW
The Team Manager is an integral part of the team and serves as the key communicator to parents/guardians while providing organizational support for coaches throughout the season. This role represents the ROLAX mission at the team level and acts as the liaison between coaching staff, families, the ROLAX Board, and program partners.
BENEFITS FOR YOU
Serving as a Team Manager is a great way to step into a leadership role within the program. You’ll build strong connections with other families, support your player’s coaches, and play a meaningful part in creating a positive team experience. It’s one of the best ways to truly get to know your lacrosse community.
In addition, families who serve as Team Manager for the Spring/Summer season will have their volunteer requirement waived.
CORE RESPONSIBITITIES
Assist the team coaches with administrative and communication duties throughout the lacrosse season. Keep watch for association-wide events and promote them to your families.
Coordinate Game Day Volunteers: As Team Manager, you are responsible for running and maintaining a schedule for two required roles at each game: Score Keeper and Field Set up and Tear Down (Home Games Only)
- Communicate these needs clearly with parents and ensure positions are covered for every game throughout the season.
- Please note: These roles are in addition to the dib volunteer hours that all parents must complete during the season for the association.
Home Game Field Set up: If your team is the first game of the day or the last game of the day, managers will ensure that the field is set up for play 1 hour before the game begins. Manager can do this themselves or assign duties to volunteer parents. (See Home Game Setup/Take Down Responsibilities Below)
Maintaining team page by adding/editing games and touraments and adding jersey numbers. Syncing calendars within Crossbar and GNLL.
Team communications via Crossbar Team Feed (for desktop, will also email) and Chat feature (for mobile)
Waivers: Have all players fill out GNLL Waiver (once per season) Any other tournament will have a waiver sent out and that will be your responsibility to have your team fill out before the first tournament game. (Click the GNLL Registration Waivers & Registration button below for information on completing this.)
Game Day & Practice RSVP: Routinely monitor team RSVP attendance to ensure enough players are on hand for games.
Spring season: Reporting game scores to GNLL following every game. New this year, you will upload in Sports Tourney! Both teams required to upload.
Summer season: Work with GNLL on game rescheduling (weather/if needed) Home team only. Reporting game scores to GNLL following every game. New in 2026 you will upload in Sports Tourney! Both teams required to upload.
Promoting relevant ROLAX events
Home Game Day Field Setup & Take Down Responsibilities
- The first team scheduled on the field is responsible for field setup.
- The last team on the field is responsible for putting everything away.
Note: This only applies to the team playing the first and last game of the day.
Equipment Location:
All items are stored in the lock box near the reservoir fields/dirt parking lot. Lock box code is available from the Equipment Director, Kay Anderson.
Field Setup Includes:
- Set up 1 table and 2 chairs at midfield on the team sideline for the clock/scoreboard.
- Place cones at all 4 corners of the field.
- Add cones on each side of the midfield line.
- Place 5 extra clean game balls on the home sideline, out of bounds behind the goal, spaced apart.
