RosterHire

The sports hiring marketplace

Hire a coach.
Find a ref.
Fill the game.

RosterHire connects schools, clubs, and leagues with qualified coaches, referees, and officials — and gives coaches and refs one place to find paid local work. Post an opening or get hired in minutes.

See how it works

Free for coaches & refs First listing free for organizations No passwords — sign in with email

Built for every sideline

  • Schools
  • Athletic departments
  • Youth sports
  • Rec departments
  • Clubs
  • Travel & select teams
  • Leagues
  • Colleges
  • Tournaments
  • Athletic associations

Who it’s for

Both sides of the whistle. One platform.

Organizations fill openings with confidence. Coaches and officials find work they're qualified for. Everyone skips the Facebook groups and group texts.

For organizations

Fill every opening before game day

Athletic directors, club directors, league admins, rec departments, and tournament directors — one place to post, review, and hire.

  • Post a role in minutes — it goes live at the top of the jobs feed. Urgent officiating need? Emergency Fill posts in seconds.
  • Search local talent — browse coaches and officials by sport, filtered to who's actually available.
  • Review real profiles — experience, certifications, rates, and availability instead of bare emails.
  • Hire with a pipeline — message, shortlist, and hire, with every applicant tracked from first look to filled.
How hiring works

For coaches & officials

Your next gig, one profile away

Coaches, referees, umpires, and officials — every sport and level, from youth rec to high school to college.

  • One professional profile — your sports, levels, certifications, experience, and rate, built once.
  • Real openings near you — seasonal, part-time, and last-minute gigs, with pay shown up front.
  • One-tap applications — with live status so you're never left guessing: Submitted, Viewed, Shortlisted, Hired.
  • Availability you control — flip it in one tap, or set a future date and it updates itself.
How getting hired works

How it works

From opening to hired, in three steps.

Organizations

  1. Post your opening

    Title, sport, level, city, pay — live in minutes at the top of the jobs feed.

  2. Review applicants

    Every application arrives with a full profile: experience, certifications, and availability.

  3. Message & hire

    Chat on-platform, shortlist your favorites, hire, and mark the role filled.

Coaches & refs

  1. Build your profile

    Sports, levels, certifications, experience, and rate — plus the availability employers filter by.

  2. Apply in one tap

    Browse openings near you, or get flagged when a job matches your alerts.

  3. Get hired

    Track your status live — Submitted, Viewed, Shortlisted, Hired — and reply when organizations reach out.

See the full walkthrough

Why RosterHire

Practical tools for how sports hiring actually works.

Seasonal. Local. Often last-minute. RosterHire is built for the real rhythm of sports work — not generic job boards.

Emergency Fill

Save game day in seconds.

A ref cancels the morning of the tournament. Tap Emergency Fill — sport, position, date, pay — and your need goes live flagged Urgent, so nearby officials see it first. Officials with emergency alerts on are flagged the moment it posts.

Emergency Fill was RosterHire's first feature — built after watching real games get canceled for lack of an official.

Availability

Availability that updates itself.

Talent set a status employers can trust: available now, available from a date, or not taking work. Pick a future date and the badge flips to Available automatically when it arrives — nothing to remember.

Employers' default talent search shows available people first, so keeping this current means getting found.

Applicant pipeline

A hiring pipeline, not an inbox.

Applications arrive with full profiles — not bare emails. Organizations move candidates from Submitted to Viewed, Shortlisted, and Hired. Talent see the same status live, so both sides always know where things stand.

Messaging

Messaging that keeps the record straight.

Organizations reach out first — about a role — so talent inboxes stay free of spam, and talent can always reply. Conversations are tied to the listing, stay on-platform, and blocking and reporting are one tap away.

And the rest

Everything a modern marketplace should do.

  • Job alerts

    Pick your sports, levels, and city — matching jobs are flagged the moment they're posted, including urgent officiating gigs in cities you travel to.

  • Verified organizations

    Organizations can earn a verified badge, so talent know a real school, club, or league is behind the listing.

  • Background-check flags

    Listings can carry the posting organization's background-check requirement, so expectations are clear before anyone applies — built with safeguarding in mind.

  • Passwordless sign-in

    A fresh 6-digit email code every time you sign in. No password to remember — or to leak.

  • Saved jobs

    Bookmark any opening to keep it handy, and track everything you've applied to in one list.

  • Private by design

    Profiles are visible to signed-in users only — never publicly scrapeable. No third-party ads, no selling your data.

Pricing

Simple from day one.

Coaches & officials

Free. Completely.

Your profile, applications, job alerts, availability, and messaging — all free, with no catches.

Organizations

Priced by how much you hire.

Starter — free. One active listing with the full applicant pipeline.

Team — $39/mo. 5 active jobs, saved candidates, invite to apply.

Club — $99/mo. Unlimited jobs, featured & urgent placement, priority support.

League — from $249/mo. Bulk messaging & dedicated onboarding for districts, conferences & associations — contact us.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

More in our Help & Support center.

Is RosterHire free?

Yes — completely free for coaches, referees, and officials. Organizations get one open listing free at a time; RosterHire Pro removes the listing limit.

Who is RosterHire for?

Schools, athletic departments, youth sports organizations, rec departments, clubs, travel and select teams, leagues, colleges, tournament directors, and athletic associations — and the coaches, referees, umpires, and officials they hire, across every sport and level.

What is Emergency Fill?

A fast-track posting for urgent officiating needs. Enter the sport, position, date, and pay, and it goes live in seconds — flagged Urgent so nearby officials see it first. Officials can turn on emergency alerts for the cities they'll travel to.

Do I need an account to browse jobs?

No — anyone can browse jobs. You'll need a free account to view talent profiles, apply, post, or message. That keeps the community's information protected from scraping and spam.

How do organizations contact talent?

Organizations start conversations — usually about a role you applied to, or a profile they found in Talent search. Talent can always reply. This one rule keeps inboxes free of spam on both sides.

Does RosterHire run background checks?

Not currently. The background-check flag on a listing reflects the posting organization's own requirement — organizations own their vetting and safeguarding policies, especially for roles working with minors. Built-in checks are on our roadmap.

How is pay handled?

Pay arrangements happen directly between organizations and talent today. In-app payments and payouts are on the roadmap — when they launch, they'll be handled by established payment processors with clear terms shown before you opt in.

Can I be both a coach and an employer?

An account has one role, chosen at sign-up: Coach / Ref or Hiring / Employer. Use separate emails if you genuinely need both sides.

Sound the call.

Staff every game with RosterHire — or find your next one. Download the app and be set up in minutes.

See how it works

Questions? support@rosterhire.com — a real person reads every message.