Meet the Founders

Andrew and Mike started Tidepool Sports with a simple realization: the way youth leagues were running evaluations and drafts just didn’t make sense anymore. After years of coaching youth softball and baseball, they found themselves buried in clipboards, spreadsheets, and endless hours of manual data entry. The process wasn’t just inefficient - it was outdated and frustrating.

They knew there had to be a better way. What if leagues could replace clipboards with a modern platform that made evaluations easier, more accurate, and completely connected to the draft process? What if coaches could spend less time wrestling with paperwork and more time focusing on building great teams and great experiences the managers and league administrators?

That vision sparked the creation of Tidepool Sports. The Evaluation and Draft Platform was designed to solve the exact problems Andrew and Mike faced on the field, streamlining evaluations, removing duplicate work, and seamlessly integrating scoring and data directly into the draft. By turning hours of manual effort into a simple, intuitive process, Tidepool gives leagues a smarter, faster way to run their evaluations and drafts.

For Andrew and Mike, it’s about more than just technology. It’s about supporting the volunteers, coaches, and league leaders who give so much of their time to youth sports. Tidepool Sports was built with them in mind - because making their jobs easier means creating better, more memorable experiences for every for everyone involved.