THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2026 · CURRENT

Proton Project Coyote

Proton's most powerful paddle, connected feel. It arrived two months after Proton settled with JOOLA and stopped making the patent-hit models.

List price
$195
Launched
Aug 7 · store listing went live, 2026date known to the day
Build
Honeycomb + foam (Gen 3)
Thickness
15mm
Shapes
Elongated

photos and colorways at protonsports.com ↗ its row on the 2026 calendar

1216.5 in7.5 in5.5 in15 mm
Drawn to scale from the published dimensions. Left: the face. Right: cut away to the core. An original drawing, not a product photo.
USA PICKLEBALLApproved Sanctioned amateur play. equipment.usapickleball.org ↗
UPA-AApproved PPA Tour and MLP. protonsports.com ↗
QUIET CATEGORYNot listed USAP's under-80 dB list for noise-restricted courts.
PATENTSBrand settled JOOLA's patent case Brand-level status, from the ITC case file and settlements.

Certification note. USAP listed Aug 28. Proton says it is dual-stamped; the UPA-A list carries an unlabelled Proton Series Three row dated Aug 12 that may be it.

Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.

TIMELINE

  1. Aug 7, 2026 PREORDER Project Coyote listing published on protonsports.com at $195 (Shopify published_at; original URL slug was 'project-coyote-preorder'). protonsports.com ↗
  2. Aug 26, 2026 LAUNCH The Kitchen reviews the 'just released' Project Coyote. thekitchenpickle.com ↗
  3. Aug 28, 2026 APPROVAL USA Pickleball lists Proton 'Series 3 - Project Coyote'. equipment.usapickleball.org ↗

HOW IT IS BUILT

A Gen 3 build: polypropylene honeycomb with a reinforced foam perimeter under carbon. Not full foam.

  1. 1polypropylene honeycomb core
  2. 2foam-reinforced perimeter
Face
carbon fiber

Construction per protonsports.com ↗

Proton says it is dual-stamped UPA-A and USA Pickleball. The official UPA-A list has no row named Coyote; the only new Proton row is 'Series Three', model # S3CE15, added 2026-08-12, which may be this paddle but is not labelled as such. Gen-3 style honeycomb with foam perimeter and a new tapered throat; The Kitchen measured swingweight 115 / twistweight 6.1. Product page says 'Now in stock'.

VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS

VariantShapeLength × widthHandleCoreWeightSwingweightTwistweightFrom
Project Coyote Elongated 15mm elongated 16.5 × 7.5 in 5.5 in 15 mm 7.7 oz 116.8 5.9 protonsports.com ↗

Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.

MEASURED BY THE LABS

The KitchenReview · thekitchenpickle.comMatt's PickleballDatabase entry · mattspickleball.com

The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.

FIELD REPORTS · AFTER YOU BUY IT

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CHANGES TO THIS RECORD

  1. Sep 21, 2026CORRECTEDLaunch re-anchored to Aug 7 (store listing). USAP listed Aug 28. protonsports.com ↗

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