How GearLocker Gave Lincoln East's Athletic Department Full Visibility Into Team Gear

School Profile

• School: Lincoln East High School
• Location: Lincoln, NE
• GearLocker user since: 2025
• Sports Programs: Multi-sport (football, volleyball, wrestling, and more)
• Favorite feature: Complete, cross-team visibility into equipment and inventory

The Challenge: Keeping Track Across Dozens of Teams

As Athletic Director, Zach Limbach oversees budgets for gear and equipment across multiple programs at Lincoln East. Before GearLocker, every team had its own gear tracking system—some relied on spreadsheets, others on paper logs, and some just on memory and trust.

The result? Coaches were each managing gear in their own way, which made it difficult for the athletic department to get a clear picture of what gear was assigned, what was available, and where gaps might exist.

The Solution: A Unified System for Every Team

GearLocker brought Lincoln East's teams onto a single platform, giving both coaches and administrators a consistent way to check out, track, and manage equipment.

• Cross-team visibility: See what gear is assigned across all sports at a glance
• Clarity and accountability: Every item is tied to a student-athlete
• Consistency: One system, one process, across the entire athletic department

"Before, every team had their own process. Now, we have one standard that makes sense for everyone."

Why It Matters for Athletic Directors

For Zach Limbach, GearLocker has provided something he never had before—a 360° view of the entire athletic department's gear. He no longer has to rely on fragmented reports or chase down coaches for answers. Instead, he can:

• Track missing or unreturned items instantly
• Understand what the department owns at any given moment
• Ensure accountability without adding work to coaches' plates

"I can see exactly where we stand across the entire athletic department. That's a huge win."

A Scalable System for Growing Programs

Lincoln East's programs are large, with hundreds of student-athletes across multiple sports. GearLocker proved it could scale with that complexity, simplifying what used to be a fragmented, time-consuming process into something manageable and transparent.

The result? An athletic department that runs more efficiently, with better accountability, and with the visibility needed to make informed decisions about equipment and budgets.