News UT Arlington Adding Women's Flag Football The University of Texas at Arlington is adding women's flag football. The Mavericks are the fifth NCAA Division I school to announce a varsity flag football team after Alabama State, Long Island (NY), Mercyhurst (PA), and Mount St. Mary's (MD). UT Arlington will hire a coach
News College of Saint Mary Adding Flag Football The College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska is adding a flag football team. The Flames will begin competition during the spring 2027 season and will look to hire a head coach this fall. Saint Mary is a member of the NAIA's Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and
News Radford Adding Flag Football Radford University (VA) is adding a women's flag football team for the 2025-26 academic year. The team will compete at the club level, becoming 40th NCAA Division I institution to offer the sport. Only four NCAA Division I schools offer flag football as a varsity sport: Alabama State,
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for May 12, 2025 Welcome to the May 12 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between May 5 and May 11, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Have a suggestion or want to
News Florida Gateway, Ottawa Crowned 2025 College Flag Football Champions The College Flag Football finals concluded on Thursday with the crowning of the 2025 NAIA and NJCAA champions. Ottawa (KS) defended its NAIA crown while Florida Gateway (FL) did the same in the NJCAA bracket. Let's recap the action from the three games played on Thursday. Milligan Takes
News Manor College Adding Flag Football Manor College will add women's flag football next year. Manor is located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and competes in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The latest tally has over 85 schools adding flag football for the 2026 spring season. More than 200 varsity and club teams are
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for May 5, 2025 Welcome to the May 5 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between April 28 and May 4, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents Additions This Week
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for April 28, 2025 Welcome to the April 28 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between April 21 and April 27, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents Additions This Week
News Roberts Wesleyan Adding Flag Football Roberts Wesleyan University will add a varsity flag football team for the 2026 spring season. RWU is an NCAA Division II school located in Rochester, New York. The school will announce the program's first head coach at a later date. Roberts Wesleyan did not state any conference affiliation
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for April 21, 2025 Welcome to the April 21 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between April 14 and April 20, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents Additions This Week
News USA Football Named National Governing Body for Flag Football The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) named USA Football as the National Governing Body for the sport of American Football. USA Football will oversee all aspects of the sport, including the selection of the U.S. national teams that will represent the country in international tournaments. Flag football
News Heidelberg Adding Flag Football Heidelberg University is adding women's flag football for the 2026 spring season. The NCAA Division III university is located in Tiffin, Ohio, and will start as a club team with the hope of developing into a varsity program by the 2027 spring season. Maddie McLaughlin will help organize
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for April 14, 2025 Welcome to the April 14 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between April 7 and April 13, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents Additions This Week
News SUNY Old Westbury Adding Flag Football For the second time this week, a school has announced it will add flag football next season. SUNY Old Westbury (NY) will field a club flag football team in the fall of 2025 and will transition it to a varsity program by the start of the 2026 season. Saint Leo
News Saint Leo Adding Flag Football Saint Leo University will add women's flag football beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. The Lions are located in St. Leo, Florida, and are a member of the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference. Saint Leo is the fourth school from the SSC to add flag football as
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for April 7, 2025 Welcome to the April 7 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between March 31 and April 6, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents Additions and Changes
News Benedictine Mesa Adds Flag Football Benedictine University Mesa will add women's flag football for the 2025-26 academic year. The Redhawks are located in Mesa, Arizona, and compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Benedictine Mesa is the fourth Great Southwest Athletic Conference team to announce the addition of flag football. Fellow
News Mars Hill, Mount St. Mary's, and Wingate to Join Conference Carolinas in Flag Football Mars Hill (NC), Mount St. Mary's (MD), and Wingate (NC) will compete in the Conference Carolinas for flag football during the 2025-26 academic year. The NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas announced in July 2024 that it will begin sponsoring flag football starting in 2025-26. The Conference Carolinas now
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for March 31, 2025 Welcome to the March 31 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between March 24 and March 30, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents No New Additions
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for March 24, 2025 Welcome to the March 24 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between March 17 and March 23, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents 4 Schools Adding
News Cairn University Adds Flag Football Cairn University (Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is the third school this week that announced it is adding women's flag football. Cairn will field a club team for the 2025 spring season and become a varsity program in the 2025-26 academic year. Cairn will compete in the United East Conference in
News PennWest California Adds Flag Football PennWest California (PA) became the latest school to announce the addition of flag football for the 2025-26 academic year. Long Island University (NY) announced the addition on Monday and PennWest made it two in as many days. The Vulcans play in the NCAA Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
Newsletter Women's College Flag Football Rundown for March 17, 2025 Welcome to the March 17 edition of the women's flag football newsletter here at Collegiate Flag Football. This will cover news between March 10 and March 16, 2025. We will take a look at the various stories and happenings across the sport... Table of Contents 3 Schools Add
News Long Island University Adds Flag Football The Long Island University Sharks (NY) will add women's flag football beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. LIU is the fourth NCAA Division I team to add the varsity sport following Alabama State (AL), Mercyhurst (PA), and Mount St. Mary's (MD). At least 23 additional Division
News Wingate Adds Women's Flag Football Wingate University will add women's flag football for the 2025-26 academic year and join the Conference Carolinas. Wingate is located outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Wingate also announced that Joe Schlager will lead the program. Schlager is the current head coach of William Woods (MO), which is in
