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How do I assign clients to a sub-coach?

Give a sub-coach access to specific clients from the Team Members page, take clients back, and know what each side is notified about.

Jeremy

Written by Jeremy

Client assignments control which clients a sub-coach can see and work with. Admins and you, the owner, see every client regardless of assignments.

Assignments are managed from Settings → Team Members on the web dashboard, and require an active subscription or trial.

Assign clients to a sub-coach

  1. On the Team Members page, open the row menu on an active member and choose Assign clients.
  2. Pick the clients to add — by search, by tag filter, or with select-all.
  3. Confirm.

Archived clients and clients already assigned to that member don't appear in the picker. Assigning is additive: clients already assigned to that member stay assigned.

The sub-coach gets a push notification naming up to 3 newly assigned clients ("{names} have been assigned to you.", or "{n} new clients" beyond 3).

Unassign clients from a team member

  1. Open the same row menu and choose Unassign clients.
  2. Pick the clients to remove from that member.
  3. Confirm.

Only the clients you pick are removed. The sub-coach is notified too ("{names} are no longer assigned to you."). The coach drops out of that client's message picker, while past content keeps that coach's name on it.

Assignment rules

RuleValue
Clients per team memberNo limit
Team members per clientNo limit
Assigning to a pending inviteNot possible — the member must be active
Assigning isAdditive — existing assignments stay
Assigning a client already assignedChanges nothing
Effect on adminsNone — admins already see every client

Things to watch out for

  • Clients are never notified. Their coach list in the client app quietly updates, and past workouts, notes, and comments keep the name of whoever created them.
  • Removing a team member does not clear or reassign their client assignments. Hand those clients to another sub-coach yourself, or leave them covered by you and any admins.
  • Assigning clients to an admin doesn't change their access — admins already see everything. It does list that admin as one of the client's coaches in the client app's message picker, so there's normally no reason to do it.
  • Role changes keep assignments. Promoting a sub-coach to admin means assignments no longer limit them; demoting an admin to sub-coach means they only see whatever clients are assigned to them, possibly none until you assign some.
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