A good coach gives a team more hours than anyone sees: practices in the cold, long bus rides, phone calls with parents. When the fall season ends or a coach steps away after many years, a gift card feels thin. These gifts are made from the team's own record, so the thank-you says exactly what the coach did.
Coach's Career Record, the retirement gift from the team
For a retiring coach, or one reaching a big milestone, Coach's Career Record puts a whole coaching career on one deep green print. Every season appears with its record and finish. The career wins, losses and win percentage are worked out for you, every championship is counted and set in brass, and a graphic shows every season's wins and losses. Your team's tribute closes it out. It was made for retirements, milestones and the last home game, and it is the kind of gift a coach hangs in the office or at home for good. From $45.
Gather the season-by-season records from the school's athletic office, the local paper's archive or the program's longtime scorekeeper. Former players are often glad to help.
Team Season Poster, the end-of-season gift for everyone
The Team Season Poster works two ways: as a gift to the coach from the team, and as a keepsake for every family. It shows the team name, season and level, the record, every player's name and number, the results and the coaches, in your team colors. It fits youth baseball, travel ball, softball, soccer, football, basketball, hockey and volleyball. If parents are ordering copies for each player, order one extra for the coach and have the team sign the back. From $39.
Season Ornament, a small gift that suits a Christmas-time season end
For fall sports that wrap up around Thanksgiving, or winter teams halfway through, the Season Ornament is a two-sided ceramic ornament with the year, a name, number and position, and the team. It is an inexpensive gift a coach can give every player, and a team can just as easily order one for the coach to hang next to the players'. From $24.
Hall of Fame Plaque Print, for the coach who is a local legend
Some coaches are institutions: thirty years running the same softball program, the person who started the town's hockey league. The Hall of Fame Plaque Print is an original bronze-on-green plaque with their name in big raised capitals, a nickname, the years, your paragraph about their career, a few headline numbers and an induction date, framed like the real thing. Write the paragraph together as a team or a group of former players. From $45.
The Party Sign-In, for the retirement party
If there is a retirement party or a last-home-game celebration, The Party Sign-In gives guests something to sign. It carries a big headline of your choice and a real scoreboard from the day the guest of honor was born, with a lineup left blank for 42 guests to sign in and pick a position. It is printed on matte 18 by 24 inch paper that takes a marker, so it can be framed after the party. Pair it with the Career Record for a retirement send-off. From $59.
Collecting money and details as a team
Most team gifts come together through one parent or captain. Set a small suggested amount, gather the season records and the tribute wording in one place, and let one person place the order so the details stay consistent. Ask the assistant coaches to check the records; they usually remember the playoff finishes better than anyone.
Ordering tips
- What we need: for the Career Record, each season's record and finish, the championships and your tribute; for the Team Season Poster, the roster with numbers, the results and the coaches; for the ornament, the year, name, number or title, and team.
- Checked by hand: every order is checked by hand before it prints.
- Timing: prints ship in 3 to 7 business days and keepsakes like the ornament in 5 to 10, all made to order with free US shipping.
- Christmas: order framed pieces by December 8 and ornaments by December 1.
See senior night, coach and team gifts together in the Coaches, Seniors and Teams collection.