A new year brings some exciting news.
Irvine Valley's athletic department under the leadership of Dean and Athletic Director Keith Shackleford is proud to announce that an inaugural women's flag football program will begin training in the spring of 2024.
"In response to a massive groundswell in interest in (high school) girls' flag football, Irvine Valley will be the first college in California to sponsor the sport at the varsity level," Shackleford said recently.
"Thanks to the efforts of Orange County high schools and orgranizations like Matt Leinart Flag Football, IVC sees this as an opportunity to serve the community and provide an additional pipeline to college training and the scholarships growning annually at the four-year level."
Irvine Valley will soon be hiring a part-time faculty coach in time for training college student-athletes in the spring of 2024 and current graduating high school players in July.
"We will be sure to keep the flag football community apprised of developments in our program and hopefully others locally who choose to follow suit," Shackleford said.
Interested student-athletes can fill out the prospective recruit form for women's flag football here or contact IVC Dean and Athletic Director Shackleford at kshackleford@ivc.edu
Off-season training for college students begins March 22, 2024 with summer training for incoming freshman headed to IVC going from July 1 through Aug. 16, 2024.
The innaugural season is expected to kickoff Sept. 2, 2024.
The coach for the upcoming program will be announced soon.