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The front office software suite for college sports
Dropback is building front office software for the future of college sports. We help major athletic departments manage their teams' "salary caps" and roster limits to construct their most competitive rosters. Just two years ago, it became legal for athletes to earn an income beyond their scholarships. Since then, despite college athletes earning $2B+, rapid regulation change has put college sports in disarray. Dropback brings order to this chaos through custom compensation frameworks, roster management, what-if playgrounds, and more--ultimately helping elite programs optimize spend & maximize talent.
Dropback is a front office software platform designed for elite college sports teams, offering analytics, roster construction, cap management, and private data collaboration to optimize revenue-sharing rosters. It positions itself as a centralized front office workspace with integrated datasets and modeling capabilities for strategic decision-making across analytics, scouting, and compensation planning.
A private, encrypted platform that centralizes internal and external datasets into a structured database, with pre-integrated or user-imported data. Includes a no-code analytics builder, multi-year roster scenarios, drag-and-drop spend targets, and admin-ready reports. Provides cap management, agent negotiation management, scouting features, live transfer portal data, and payroll/e-sign admin modules, all with dedicated front-office workflows for analytics, personnel scouting, cap management, and cap operations. Delivers private data ownership, encrypted data in transit and at rest, and weekly feature updates.
Who it’s for: Elite college sports front offices (revenue-sharing sports), including programs and DI conferences seeking pro-style front office tooling for analytics, roster-building, and cap management.
Marketing to elite programs; mentions 30+ teams using the platform; multiple product tiers (Plus, Pro) with progressive features; ongoing feature updates and enterprise-like capabilities
Before Dropback, Luke was Head of Product for Vial, a Series B life science tech startup, helping zero-to-one new clinical trial infrastructure that now generates millions in ARR. Prior, Luke was a Product Manager at Microsoft, and studied computer science and marketing at Nebraska's Raikes School.
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