What are the different team roles?

Category: Players & Rosters · April 11th, 2007

There are 4 basic roles on a TeamSnap team: Team Owner, Manager, Player, and Non-Player.

Team Owner
This is the person who is the owner of the team account. As such, they are responsible for billing for the TeamSnap account, and are the only ones that can grant/revoke Manager status to others. The Team Owner is also a Manager and has all the permissions that a Manager does. There can only be one Team Owner for a given team.

Manager
This person can do things that Players can’t, like create/edit games in the schedule, invite new players to join, update payments and statistics, etc. Essentially, if there’s something editable within your team, the Manager can do it (whereas a Player cannot). There can be any number of Managers on a team (e.g. a coach, assistant coach, etc), although there will often only be one — and that person will also be the Team Owner.

Player
A Player is what most of the folks on the team are and thus don’t have an icon to denote their status. A Player can modify their own information (contact info, availability, etc) but not others’ information. A Player cannot do things that a Manager can, like create/edit games and invite new players.

Non-Player
This role is for folks that are on the team, but don’t play in games. For example, somebody who coaches but doesn’t play, assistant coach, team mom, or even a team mascot. Functionally, there is no difference between a Player and a Non-Player. Non-Players are listed separately from Players on the Roster, and they are not included in the player count on the Availability screen.

There is also an indication on the Roster for a TeamSnap Member (). This isn’t a team role, just an indication of who on the Roster has accepted an invitation to join the team. (For more info on this, check out the article on the invitation process.)