Scattered emails
Coach messages buried across inboxes, spam folders, and group threads. Important conversations slip through the cracks.
Relationship Operating System
Know exactly where you stand with every coach.
Inbox Athletics reads every college-coach conversation and tells you who’s genuinely interested, who’s gone quiet, and what to say next — so nothing slips during the months that decide your future.
Built by a recruiting parent — for student-athletes and the families behind them.
Pulse · Where you stand
Updated this morningFocus
5
Need a reply now
Building
14
Warming up
Steady
86
On track
Needs your attention
Boston CollegeNeeds reply
Replied — your draft is ready to review.
2026 classNew
No-contact period ends in 3 days. 4 coaches to reach.
The whole picture
Your entire recruiting operation, in one calm view.
Not another inbox. A dashboard that reads every coach conversation and tells you what’s working, what’s slipping, and what to do next — so the whole effort lives in one place instead of scattered across email, texts, and spreadsheets.
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Recruiting Pulse, Next Actions, and Discovered Colleges — the full dashboard.
One relationship, start to finish
See how a single coach relationship actually plays out.
This is what no spreadsheet can do. Watch one conversation move from a quiet inbox to a real connection — with Inbox Athletics doing the reading, scoring, and prep along the way.
- 1
Pulse flags it
It surfaces what matters.
Pulse reads every coach conversation and tells you exactly who needs a reply, who’s heating up, and what to act on — before anything slips.
- 2
Relationship score
It tells you where you stand.
A live relationship score reads the whole thread — response rate, momentum, tone — so you know this one is real, not just polite.
- 3
Coach Call prep
It gets you ready to talk.
Before the call, it pulls together your history with that coach, talking points, and the questions worth asking — so you walk in prepared, not nervous.
- 4
AI drafts the reply
It writes it in your voice.
When it’s time to respond, it drafts a professional, on-tone reply you can send in seconds — with tone variants so it never sounds off.
- 5
Coach replies
The connection moves forward.
The coach replies. The relationship is building — and you didn’t drop the ball during the window that mattered.
- 6
Parents see it
And the family stays in the loop.
Parents get a calm weekly read of what’s happening — without reading every email or hovering over their athlete’s shoulder.
Sound familiar?
Managing recruiting in a regular inbox is a full-time job.
Missed follow-ups
Losing momentum at critical moments because there's no system to track who you need to reply to and when.
No guidance
Not knowing what to say, when to reach out, or how to sound professional when communicating with coaches.
How it works
It lives inside the inbox you already use.
No new app to live in, no exporting, no copy-paste into a spreadsheet. Connect Gmail once and your coach conversations organize themselves.
Step 1
Every coach email, organized automatically
Inbox Athletics detects every college-coach thread and sorts it by school, coach, and where the conversation stands — so you stop digging through your inbox to figure out who you’ve talked to.
Step 2
Every school, in one place
Every program you’ve been in contact with is tracked automatically — labeled, prioritized, and showing exactly where each relationship stands. No manual entry, no spreadsheet.
The intelligence layer
The part a spreadsheet can never do.
Inbox Athletics doesn't just store your coach conversations — it reads them. Five layers of intelligence turn a messy inbox into a clear, prioritized recruiting strategy.
Pulse briefing
Your morning read.
A daily briefing of who replied, who went quiet, and who needs you today — so you start every day knowing exactly where to focus.
Today's briefing
Focus5
Building14
AI Summary
Every thread, in one line.
A long back-and-forth with a coach gets summarized into the whole relationship at a glance — so you never re-read a month of emails to remember where you left off.
AI Summary · Boston College
7 messages over 3 weeks. Coach interested, last reply confirmed visit window.
Relationship Health score
Know who's really interested.
A live score reads response rate, momentum, and tone across each thread — so you can tell genuine interest from a polite reply.
Relationship score
Response 92% · Tone warm
62
Coach Call prep
Walk in ready.
Before every call it assembles your history, talking points, and the questions worth asking — so you sound prepared, not nervous.
Call prep · Tomorrow 4:00 PM
- Lead with your spring tournament tape
- Ask about the recruiting timeline
Composer
Reply in your voice, in seconds.
AI drafts a professional, on-tone reply you can edit and send — with a tone check so it never reads as pushy or off.
AI Draft
AI SuggestionCoach — thanks for the reply. My fall schedule is set; happy to plan a visit on the 21st.
Tone check: professional ✓
Built on trust
Your relationships. Your data.
Recruiting is personal. Inbox Athletics is built so you stay in control of who sees what — and the data always belongs to you.
Athlete-owned data
The data is yours to keep.
Every conversation, contact, and college list belongs to you and is fully exportable. Nothing is locked in.
Privacy by design
Your inbox stays yours.
Your parents get a calm read of how recruiting is going — never the raw emails, drafts, or coach contact info. You own every conversation.
Never sold, never shared
Your family’s data stays your family’s.
Inbox Athletics never sells or shares your data with third parties.
You drive it. They stay in the loop.
Your recruiting. Your parents, without the hovering.
Every coach conversation is yours — you draft every reply, you decide what to send. Your parents see a high-level read of how it's going. Not your inbox, not your drafts. Just the big picture.
A coach at Boston College just replied after weeks of quiet. Here's that same moment — from each side.
Your view
In the appWhat you do next
Conversation starters
AI suggests exactly what to say next — so you never stare at a blank reply.
- Thank Coach for the reply and confirm your fall schedule.
- Ask about setting up a campus visit this season.
- Share your latest PR and where you fit in their 2026 class.
Your parents' view
Weekly readWhat they see
This week
Boston College is heating up — a coach replied and a campus visit is being scheduled. No action needed from you.
Heating upBoston College · Villanova
NewGeorgetown
CoolingLehigh
They get the big picture — you own every conversation.
See the parent experience →You handle every reply. They get peace of mind. No hovering required.
Why I built this
Why I built Inbox Athletics
I built Inbox Athletics for my own daughter. Through the no-contact period — when coaches can’t reply and most athletes go quiet — what gave her momentum was her play plus staying genuinely consistent: steady updates and new video to every coach, all organized in one place. By the time the contact period opened she had a couple of dozen active coach conversations, and more than one program thanked her for her consistency — I never want another family to feel as lost as we did at the start.
Michael DeLorenzo
Founder, Inbox Athletics · and a recruiting parent
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Pricing
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Monthly member pricing
- 14-day free trial
- Email Sync & Organization
- AI Writing Assistant
- Recruiting Pipeline & Analytics
- Follow-up Reminders
- Unlimited Colleges & Coaches
- Cancel Anytime
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$479.99/year
$40/mo billed annually — save 20% vs. monthly
- 14-day free trial
- Email Sync & Organization
- AI Writing Assistant
- Recruiting Pipeline & Analytics
- Follow-up Reminders
- Unlimited Colleges & Coaches
- Cancel Anytime
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