Removing an athlete from your roster (coach)

Why an athlete leaves your roster

• They switch to a new coach via a join link.
• They stop training with you and you want them off your active list.
• You are doing a roster cleanup at year end.

How to end the relationship

1. Open the athlete's edit page.
2. Click End relationship.
3. Confirm the dialog (this is a soft delete, not a hard delete).

The system marks the CoachAthleteRelationship ended with the current timestamp and a status of coach_ended.

What ends

• You no longer see the athlete on your roster.
• You can no longer see their dashboard or write notes.
• Your coach grant premium ends for that athlete.
• Assistant coaches on the team that contained the athlete lose access too.

What stays

• The athlete's account stays active. They keep their sign-in.
• All athlete-owned data (races, activities, wellness, equipment, assessments, performance records) stays attached to them and travels with them to any future coach.
• Your notes stay in the database attached to the athlete, but the privacy gate is now on: only you (the author) and admins can see them. If the athlete picks up a new coach, that new coach does not see your notes.
• The relationship row stays in the database as a historical record.

Reactivating later

If the athlete returns, the relationship is reactivated rather than recreated (preserving the timeline). Send them a join link or re-create the relationship from their profile.

Notification to the athlete

By default the athlete is not auto-notified that you ended the relationship. If you want them to know, send a note or email separately. The system stays out of that conversation by design.