Build Skills that Carry Beyond the Game
Academic Playmakers
Books, planning tools, and academic resources that help student-athletes take greater ownership of the academic side of their experience.
Academic Playmakers was created specifically for student-athletes and the people who support them. Everything here is built around the real demands of managing academics while competing in a sport.
Academic Playmakers Book
A practical guide to time management, study strategies, communication, and personal responsibility. Through real experiences, self-assessment, and guided exercises, student-athletes learn how to approach their academic responsibilities with purpose.
Academic Playbook
A spiral-bound planner that brings weekly schedules, assignments, goals, and grade checks into one place. Guided reflection pages help students review their progress and make adjustments throughout the semester.
Teams & Departments
Bring a consistent approach to academic planning across your program. Customized Playbooks give students a structure to follow, while the accompanying coach’s guide provides recommendations for introducing the materials and supporting their use.
Academic Playmakers
The Book that Started It All
150+ pages of systems and strategies written specifically for student-athletes. Learn how to manage your time, study smarter, communicate effectively, and take ownership of your success.
Real stories and examples
Self-assessments and reflections
Tools you can use in every area of your life
Skills that extend beyond athletics
Academic Playbook
Plan with Purpose
A spiral-bound academic planner that provides structure for weekly planning, grade checks, goal-setting, and reflection throughout the year.
Weekly planning pages
Monthly calendars and assignment tracking
Built-in grade checks
Goal and reflection pages to monitor progress
Teams and Departments
Bring Academic Playmakers to Your Program
Customized playbooks and support for teams and athletic departments. Help your student-athletes develop habits, skills, and systems to succeed on and off the field.
An Athlete’s Perspective.
An Educator’s Approach.
Matt Kinnick
Author & Founder, Academic Playmakers
Academic Playmakers was created by Matt Kinnick, a former college quarterback and educator with seven years of experience supporting student-athletes at the Power 4 level.
His work centers on helping students develop the planning, organization, study, and communication skills needed to manage their academic responsibilities. These materials reflect that work, along with his own experience balancing college coursework and competition.
The purpose is straightforward: give students practical tools they can learn to use for themselves, and give the people supporting them a clear starting point.