OUR STORY

Our movement started as a call to action. In June, 2020, Coach Eric Reveno, then Associate Head Coach for Georgia Tech Men's Basketball, tweeted that Election Day should be a day OFF from playing, and a day ON for voting. The tweet quickly went viral and inspired over 1,100 coaches to sign a pledge to do the same.

Coach Reveno teamed up with Coach Joe Kennedy, then Assistant Coach for Holy Cross Men's Basketball, and together they worked with the NCAA and student athlete leaders across the country to unanimously pass a legislation to make Election Day a dedicated day for civic engagement annually.

After teaming up with Lisa Kay Solomon, Futurist and Designer in Residence at the Stanford d.school, the group designed groundbreaking and award winning resources while expanding the reach of their work. All Vote No Play became the pioneer movement for civic engagement in college athletics, built on the belief that athletics has the power to build great teammates and citizens. Today, the movement has become more than just a day, and it is more than just voting.

Exactly three years later, on June 2, 2023, All Vote No Play become a program under a new nonprofit organization, The Team. The Team is a nonpartisan organization that creates award-winning programming focused on integrating civic engagement into college athletics.

We offer a pathway for every athlete, coach, and administrator to become more engaged citizens.