Vikings work with Vikings and other NCAA

Augustana announced that the university is working with the Minnesota Vikings and five other NCAA institutions to start a new football league for College women flags. The participating schools include AU, Concordia College Moorhead, Gustavus Adolphus College, Bethel University, the University of Northwestern, St. Paul and University of Wisconsin, Stout.

As part of the partnership, the Minnesota Vikings (with the support of the NFL) will contribute 140,000 US dollars to support the league and its participating institutions.

“Football was a large part of my life in many ways, through my career as a band director, where on Friday evening I spent countless on the edge and as a current player with the Sioux Falls Snow Leopards-a semi-professional women-tackle soccer team here in Sioux Falls. When there was an opportunity to bring Flag football for women at Augustana University, I knew that I had to be part of it. This is an opportunity to build something special, to give women a new platform to compete, grow and lead. I am incredibly looking forward to this partnership and can hardly wait to see what effects this program will have on our players and the community, ”said Kiley Coyne, head coach of the Football team of Augustana Women's Flag.

The teams will compete this April in Jamborees at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul and the University of Wisconsin, Stout, on Saturday, April 26th, at the Championship tournament at the TCO Stadium in Eagan, Minnesota.

• Saturday, April 5 | Jamboree at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul
• Saturday, April 12 | Jamboree at the University of Wisconsin, Stout
• Saturday, April 26 | Championship tournament in the TCO Stadium

“This is an important moment for the continued growth of the flag football of girls and women,” said Vice President of the Vice President Social Impact, Brett Taber, Vice President for Social Impact. “These institutions will do something unique, and their partnership with the Vikings and the NFL will give another awareness of the future of women's football and enable the next generation of athletes to find the opportunities to compete and shape this game.”

Further details on the Jamborees and Championship tournament are shared at a later date.

About Minnesota Vikings Girls' Flag Football

Since 2022, the Minnesota Vikings have supported the growth of the flag football of girls and women, increasing opportunities for athletes at the level of the middle and upper level and supporting the path for women in college. The organization has assigned more than 600,000 US dollars for nationwide and regional football efforts to reduce the financial obstacles for girls to play and support the scholarships of transport and furnishing costs and trainers and civil servants. After the Vikings worked with the Vikings program with the public schools in Minneapolis in 2022 to participate in the middle school program in 2024. The team also worked with high school programs throughout the state and expects him to be in spring. Dakota and Iowa and believe that the provision of financial support and other resources can help to eliminate obstacles so that more schools can introduce programs. Thanks to a long -term partnership with the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL), the Vikings have had several conversations with MSSL representatives in terms of the goal of establishing Girls High School Flag football as a university sports in Minnesota. In addition, the team heads the Committee of the Minnesota Girls Flag initiative initiative initiative initiatives from high school sports directors, Varsity football coaches, MSHSL representatives and other managers who are passionate about sport. Flag football is the fastest growing high school sport in the country, and from February 2025, 14 countries have girls at the high school level (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Arizona, California.