The Sioux City Futures started as a single team in 2012, founded by Robin Chute, to provide his sons with the opportunity to play baseball with other kids who shared their passion for the game. However, in 2013, the team expanded into a program when Chute came up with the idea to collaborate with other teams and share resources. Since then, the program has grown to include over 20 teams and has represented more than 35 different communities. The teams within the program support and assist each other both on and off the field.

 

Robin has shared passion for creating something bigger than themselves, taking pride in the growth and success of the program. Through the Futures, he has had the opportunity to meet many new people and witness the camaraderie within the teams and the program as a whole. Everyone involved in the program, including coaches, parents, and siblings, dedicates a significant amount of time and effort for the benefit of the kids. While they understand that not everything will always go perfectly, they believe that everyone is doing their best with the time they have available. Baseball has always been a passion in Chute's life, and being able to give back to the community through the Futures program, not only in baseball but also in softball, is extremely rewarding for him.

 

Chute, the president/founder/CEO of the program, has an impressive baseball background. He played high school baseball at South Tama High School in Iowa and was recognized as a three-time All-State Selection. He went on to play college baseball at Kirkwood Community College, the University of South Dakota, and Briar Cliff University.  In college, Chute earned three All-Conference selections and was named team MVP twice and currently holds the record for most hits in a season at Briar Cliff. He also had the opportunity to play with the Sioux City Explorers independent league team and spent 15 seasons playing amateur baseball with the Vermillion Red Sox. He still currently plays with Garretson Blue Jays amateur team who has made the final and semi finals of their state tournament 2 of the last 3 years.  As a coach, he has coached his kids' town teams from t-ball thru 7th grade years.  He served as a volunteer assistant coach at Woodbury Central High School for 3 seasons where the team set multiple team and individual records.  Robin also served as a graduate assistant coach at Briar Cliff University.  He has coached multiple travel ball teams with the Sioux City Futures at many levels with alot of success.  In 2017, Chute's Sioux City Futures team won the Iowa state championship in the USSSA majors division.  In 2025 he coaches a AAA  10U team as well as a Majors 13U team.  The current 13U team started as a AA team with some challenging times and has seen immense improvement to where they won their first 4 tournaments of the season undefeated and got bumped up to majors with essentially the same team (1 player change in 2 years).  He also guided the Moville Post 303 Futures legion baseball team to a Iowa Legion state championship in 2022 in just their second year in existence where they went on to play regionals in Rapid City, SD.  The legion team has also been runner up 2 other times since starting in 2021.