Coaches

Great question! Yes, it would! At Midlothian Flag Football, we are not looking for volunteer coaches that are football geniuses. We aren't looking for experts in the sport. We are looking for responsible, high character adults who greatly care about the development of these kids. If that sounds like you, we would love to add you to the team. We will also host a coaches meeting and several resources to help get you started at the beginning of the season.

This meeting date and time for the upcoming 2025 Youth Summer Season will be July 9th at 6:30pm. The location will be at Midlothian Civic Center (224 S 11th St. Midlothian, TX 76065). The head coach is REQUIRED to be present to this meeting. Assistant coaches are encouraged to attend as well. At this meeting, the draft order will be chosen, practice schedules finalized, and important rule and gameplay discussions will take place.

Players Evaluations and Draft details will be communicated sometime in June to parents and coaches. 

Each coach will be allowed to freeze up to 5 players to his or her roster prior to the draft process. These freeze requests can be submitted prior to the season. An updated link will be placed here and emailed out when available. We also allow coaches from the prior season to keep teams together. Any team remaining together will draft only the open spots from players who did not return.

Prior to the draft you will have the opportunity to evaluate all of the players in your age division who are not already frozen to another roster. The number of freezes each coach has determines what round they will begin the draft. For example, if you have 2 players frozen, the coaches with 1 freeze will get to draft before you in the first two rounds. In this example you would be able to make your first pick starting in the 3rd round. The draft will last until all players in the age division are selected for each team.

The player evaluations will be a great time for you to plan for the draft. At the evaluations you will have the opportunity to see all of the players who will be available in the draft. The players will go through a series of passing, catching, running, and flag pulling. They will have numbers on their jerseys and you will be provided a list of the players names along with their numbers. This will be the chance you have to strategize your picks for the upcoming draft.

You will communicate this information through the Pre-Season Coach's Form. On this form, you will indicate your intention to keep your returning players together. This is also where practice availability is communicated to the league. 

Every coach and volunteer in Midlothian Sports, Inc is required to pass a background check and complete a safety course once per year. If you completed a new background check in the past year, you will not have to re-complete these in the Youth Summer Season. However, if you are a returning coach and completed a background check longer than a year ago, you WILL need to re-complete these requirements for this upcoming season.

Yes. Each head coach will receive NFL branded flags and one correct size football for the division that he/she is coaching. This is provided by Midlothian Flag Football. 

Yes. All volunteers who are interacting with the kids for practices and/or games must complete the registration process with background check and online course. This is for the safety of the players.

You can download the Official 2025 NFL Flag Rulebook HERE

A physical copy will be printed for each coach at the coaches meeting.

There are a few rule variations specific to Midlothian Flag Football. These can be reviewed HERE