Sibling Teams: Scaling a Program

Presenter: Isriah Keila (321)

Key Takeaway: Sibling teams can expand your capacity to support students, build more robots, and bring in more funding for your program.

Hear practical insights from coaches leading multi-team programs about fostering healthy competition, mentoring across teams, and leveraging scale to attract sponsors. Discover how to turn sibling team challenges into competitive advantages. This session is a compilation of tips from coaches of the most successful sibling-team programs around the country. Scale your team from a team to an organization - whether it is multiple FRC teams under the same banner (literally), FTC feeder teams, or an offseason dream team, there’s a way to get more valuable experience with less time, money, and mentor headache.

About the Presenter:

Isriah Keila is the head coach of FRC team 321 RoboLancers, a Hall of Fame team located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has 21 years experience with FIRST.