Donald Harkins

About Donald Harkins

Have been involved throughout my career in the sports industry has provided me great insight in developing and building TEAMINN. My extensive background in youth sports enables me to understand the youth sports travel sector and deliver what tournament directors, clubs, teams, managers, parents and coaches are looking for regarding hotel accommodations. Our focus is to provide the LOWEST PRICING GUARANTEED first and foremost. By developing our proprietary technology we have made the reservation process easy and simple to use for all parties involved, thus saving time, money, and aggravation throughout the reservation process. Have been very successful over the years in coaching and developing talent as evidence by the success of my former players in sports, college, and life. My passion in developing and leading these great young men has been very rewarding, some have gone on to win the NHL Rookie of the Year, Stanley Cup, Con Smythe Trophy, Hobey Baker and many are successful in the business world today. Love to compete and hate to lose and believe this gives me an advantage today. Family is the most important thing to me in my life. I Have been in the hockey Industry for over 25 years as a Scout, Player Personnel Director, Scouting Director, Head Coach, and General Manager. Well diversified in hockey from the youth level up through Junior and Professional Hockey. I have been fortunate over the years to coach many great players who have gone on to accomplish many great things, such as Patrick Kane, Andy Miele, Vinny Bradley, Sonny Milano, Ben Israel, and Nate Hennig to name a few. I Cherish the adult relationships that I currently have today with a lot of my former players which means a lot to me.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Teaminn

   May 2013 — Present · Cleveland/Akron, OH, US

   Acquired by Blue Star Sports February 1, 2018. We provide hotel bookings for youth travel sports at discounted group rates. We have a web and mobile app booking engine that makes booking teams/groups simple and easy. Our service is absolutely FREE! If you are a tournament director, coach, team manager or team mom, gives us a call today. Leave the hotels to us so you can focus on your tournament or opponent. We were part of the Family of Companies at Quicken Loans through Dan Gilbert\'s Bizdom Accelerator.

Education

• Miami University

  Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

  1983 — 1987

• Miami University

  Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

• St. Edward High School

  High School, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

  1980 — 1983