Case Study: How Drexel University Streamlined Its Entire Sport Performance Department with TeamBuildr OS + Strength

When you’re managing 18 varsity sports, hundreds of student-athletes, and a single weight room, complexity isn’t optional it’s guaranteed.

For the performance staff at Drexel University, the challenge wasn’t just writing great programs. It was coordinating schedules, managing attendance, aligning with sports medicine, and creating transparency across the entire department.

Their solution? Using TeamBuildr Strength and TeamBuildr OS together, not just as software tools, but as a unified operating system for their performance department.

Here’s how they’re doing it.

Meet the Leader Behind the System

Anthony McCluskey, Associate Director of Strength & Conditioning at Drexel, has been with the university for 13 years, working with all of our sports here on campus, directly overseeing wrestling, women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving.

Drexel has been using TeamBuildr Strength since the early days.

“We were one of the first… By the time I had gotten here in January of ’14, they were using it.”

From the beginning, the goal was simple: streamline everything.

Phase 1: Standardizing All 18 Varsity Sports in TeamBuildr Strength

Rather than rolling the platform out slowly, Drexel committed fully.

“We put everybody in there, 18 varsity sports here on campus. We inputted everybody into the TeamBuildr Strength side, just so everything was streamlined.”

That decision created immediate clarity:

• Athletes could see their full training plan
• Coaches had visibility into workloads
• Sports medicine staff could monitor what was planned and completed
• Reporting became centralized

“The athlete could see everything of what we are doing… our coaches, our Sports Med staff — everybody was able to check in, see what their athlete is doing, what is planned, what has happened already.”

And because the platform is intuitive, adoption wasn’t an issue.

“It’s so user friendly… It’s very simple for the athlete themselves to use it… Anything that we can make easier for them, but also super useful, we’re all about.”

The Scheduling Challenge: One Weight Room, 18 Sports

Even with programming streamlined, scheduling remained complex.

Drexel operates with:

• Some teams assigned fixed lift times
• Other teams scheduling flexibly
• Academic conflicts, co-ops, interviews, and class schedules constantly shifting

Previously, they used separate scheduling software. But it created friction.

When TeamBuildr launched OS, they saw an opportunity.

“When TeamBuildr announced their OS version… it ultimately accomplishes what we are looking for.”

Phase 2: Bringing Scheduling Into the Same App with TeamBuildr OS

Instead of adding another system, Drexel consolidated everything.

“It’s nice because the athletes just have one app. They have everything in one place.”

That single-app experience matters more than people realize.

“The more we can simplify things for the athlete and streamline everything… now you just have one place to go for all of strength and conditioning.”

How They Structure Scheduling

Drexel uses OS to create:

• Team training blocks (no athlete sign-up required)
• Open weight room blocks (athletes sign up)
• Makeup lift times
• Staff training blocks

For open lifts:

“Anybody that is looking to train can sign up for that training time.”

They cap sessions at 18 athletes to match room capacity:

“We cap it at 18… and it won’t allow you to sign up once it hits 18, which is helpful.”

They’ve also built accountability into the system:

• No last-minute signups
• Athletes can cancel and reschedule
• Structured weekly training expectations

The result? Order without micromanagement.

One Room. Multiple Sports. Seamless Flow.

Even when athletes from different sports train at the same time, the system holds.

“Whether you’re in season, off season… we will all warm up together, block, and then we will kind of divvy from there.”

The programming lives inside Strength.
The scheduling lives inside OS.
Together, they function as one cohesive system.

Reporting & Accountability

Drexel continues to leverage TeamBuildr Strength’s reporting tools for attendance and compliance tracking.

“From a reporting side, it’s still a lot of that is on TeamBuildr Strength.”

Attendance reports are sent to sport coaches as needed, maintaining performance standards across teams.

But even though reporting is rooted in Strength, OS enhances operational clarity by controlling scheduling at the front end.

Beyond Athletes: Bringing the Entire Department Into the System

One of the most powerful, and unexpected, benefits?

Drexel added their entire athletic department into OS.

“We actually just added our entire athletic department into OS coaches, Sports Med, nutrition, sports psych.”

Now staff can see:

• When the weight room is open
• When performance staff are available
• When blocks are reserved

“They’re able to just go on and see… here’s an open block where I can go in and work out.”

This visibility eliminates:

• Email back-and-forth
• Scheduling confusion
• “When are you free?” conversations

And it fosters collaboration.

“The more collaboration, the better… I think you’re set up better for success when that happens.”

Why the Bundle Works

For Drexel, the real value isn’t just scheduling or programming.

It’s integration.

“If you’re already using TeamBuildr… it’s almost a no brainer.”

The bundle creates:

• One login
• One app
• One ecosystem
• One source of truth

Instead of stacking multiple disconnected systems, they built an internal operating system for their department.

“It’s simple… We all are busy and have a lot on our plate. Here is something that is just very simple for us coaches and simple for the student athlete.”

The Big Takeaway for Universities

Many universities don’t realize this level of operational control is possible.

As Anthony put it:

“Everything is transparent. Everybody can see what’s going on.”

When transparency improves:

• Communication improves
• Compliance improves
• Efficiency improves
• Department culture improves

And when everything lives in one place?

“You’re set up better for success.”

Final Word

For Drexel University, TeamBuildr Strength runs the programming.
TeamBuildr OS runs the schedule.

Together, they run the department.

And in a collegiate setting where time, space, and coordination are constant challenges, having systems in place isn’t a luxury.