Playbook Weblog

NEW CUSTOM STYLES IN TIME FOR 2011 KICKOFF

2011-06-28T12:08:32Z

As a custom manufacturer, we’re constantly receiving requests for new and innovative styles. Some coaches have asked for some new looks for the upcoming season, and we’ve answered with new styles like the IDENTITY, RED ZONE, SHIELD and SINGLE WING.

Get in touch with your local authorized dealer to get started on your team’s custom sample. If your team dealer isn’t set up with GatorGear, let them know that you want to CUSTOMIZE YOUR DOME and they’ll get in touch with us.

We know that all of our peers out in the coaching industry are out at summer workouts, team camps, and 7-on-7’s and we wish you all health and success this Fall. Get that time in with your loved ones now…August is almost here!

Best Wishes,

The GatorGear Coaching Staff

COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

2011-05-11T12:26:35Z

The hours put in by student-athletes and coaches after practice and after homework largely go unnoticed. We encourage you to nominate your local teams for their work in your community. This initiative includes squads of all ages, from Tee Ball Leagues all the way up through High School Varsity Athletics. We’ll announce the first COMMUNITY Initiative stand out and hat recipient on Wednesday, June 1st.

Be About It. Join the Initiative!

TEAMING UP WITH MAXPREPS

2011-04-12T01:41:49Z

Since 2007, GatorGear has been an official headwear provider for MaxPreps.com, a CBSSports.com site. Once again in 2011, high school coaches and athletic directors with MaxPreps.com accounts will receive email specials and discounts throughout the year, and can contact to get in touch with authorized GatorGear dealers.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

2011-01-06T22:19:34Z

As of January 1, 2011, GatorGear will operate as a wholesale provider of custom, manufacturer-direct headwear to re-sellers nationwide. We welcome screen printers, custom decorators, marketing specialty distributors and other re-sellers to visit our BECOME A DEALER page. We will respond to any inquiries with information on how to establish an account and begin supplying your customers with GatorGear product.

To all of our cherished customers across the country, we would like to thank you from the bottom of our heart for your continued faith and trust in the quality of our product and service. We’re not going anywhere, and you can find an authorized dealer of GatorGear by visiting our FIND A DEALER page and simply entering your zip code. The nearest distributors of GatorGear will instantly appear and you can quickly contact them to get started on your caps and visors for 2011.

Cheers to a Healthy and Happy New Year!

The GatorGear Team

PARDON OUR DUST! We’re Movin’ on Up!

2010-12-16T11:40:07Z

Beginning in January of 2011, GatorGear will become a wholesale supplier of premium customizable headwear. Our customers will include decorators, screen printers, embroiderers, marketing specialty distributors and other promotional item re-sellers.

Upgrades to the site will include a more distributor-friendly gallery with high resolution photography and detailed product descriptions, a ‘FIND A DEALER’ tool which will enable our nationwide network of consumers to locate their nearest authorized GatorGear dealer, and dozens of new, custom, dome-defining new styles for 2011.

In the meantime, end-users and consumers should use our CONTACT page to get in touch with us. Within 24 hours, you’ll have a response from your closest GatorGear dealer.

Want to become a reseller of GatorGear? Get in touch with us using the BECOME A DEALER button on the homepage.

BEANIES BABY!

2010-09-29T12:29:00Z

We’re thrilled to unveil our 2011 Winter Line of customizable beanies and toboggans. See our wide variety of available styles in the WRAPS & BEANIES section of the Gear Gallery. Keep your domes cozy and well-dressed this winter and CONTACT GatorGear to get started on your mock sample.

We’re Coming To Your City!

2010-01-20T19:26:58Z

Come by the booth and try on a few lids… and share some stories about your program while you’re at it. We’re a business run by coaches and we love nothing more than being around friends and peers in the coaching community. See the full Glazier Clinic Speaker Schedule HERE .

All Glazier attendees receive a 15% discount on any order. Get to the show, feed your Dome with some football knowledge, then drop by and spend some time with GatorGear. We’ll show you how to ‘Use your Head’, upgrade your program’s headwear quality, and save hundreds of dollars. We hope to see you in one of the following cities:

Mobile, AL (Senior Bowl Clinic) - January 28-30
Atlanta, GA (Galleria MEGA Clinic) – February 5-7
Baltimore, MD - February 12-14
Minneapolis, MN - February 19-21
Cincinnati, OH - February 25-27
Chicago, IL - March 5-7
Phoenix, AZ - April 9-11

Jeff Whitaker
Founder & Head Coach

GatorGear’s New Lid

2009-11-30T16:16:22Z

On December 1st we launched our new brand campaign and website. Due to a nationwide explosion of interest in GatorGear, we decided an upgrade was in order and teamed up with Greenhouse Studio in Jacksonville, Florida to create a one-stop online shop for all of our customers’ performance headwear needs. We’ve expanded our photo gallery, enhanced our custom options and styles, and installed easier navigation throughout the site for your convenience. Your hat is our business, and we’d love to hear from you. Let us know what you think of our new digs and if there are any ways we can better serve you. GG is getting ready for a banner year in 2010 and we hope you’ll come along for the ride.

Jeff Whitaker
Founder & Head Coach