Frisco's reputation as Sports City, USA keeps adding chapters, and this one involves a school. Texas Sports Academy is opening what it calls the nation's first dedicated flag football school for girls this fall 2026, based at Elite Performance Training in Frisco. The inaugural class is capped at roughly 20 founding families for grades 6-12.

How the School Day Is Structured

The model is compressed by design. Students spend two hours on personalized academics each morning, finishing their coursework by midday. The afternoon shifts entirely to athletic and professional development: more than three hours of flag football training, leadership development, and NIL-focused instruction each day. For families who have watched their daughter dedicate herself to a sport while trying to balance a traditional school schedule, this structure is built around the reality of elite athletic commitment.

The coaching staff brings genuine credentials. Lory Goodwin, a former WNBA draft pick and member of the U.S. flag football national team, serves as head coach. The program's advisory team includes Odessa Jenkins, founder of the Women's National Flag Football Championship, and NFL legend Anquan Boldin.

Why the Timing Matters

This program is not arriving in a vacuum. Girls flag football was recently designated an NCAA Emerging Sport, a formal step toward full championship status. The sport is also set to make its 2028 Olympic debut, which means girls who are in grades 6-12 right now are the generation for whom this trajectory is most immediate.

That context changes how a parent looks at a flag football-focused school. This is not a sports camp or an after-school league. It is a full academic program built around a sport that is on a direct path to the highest levels of collegiate and international competition.

What This Means for Frisco Families

For a city that has built its identity around world-class sports infrastructure, hosting the nation's first dedicated girls flag football school fits the pattern. Texas Sports Academy - Girls Flag Football positions Frisco as an early anchor for what could become a national network of programs as the sport grows toward the Olympics and beyond.

Small-town connections are part of what makes Frisco work, and this program leans into that directly: a founding class of 20 families is small enough to build real community around shared goals. The compressed academics and intensive afternoon training model also means students are spending the majority of their school day together, building the kind of team culture that extends well past the practice field.

If your daughter is in grades 6-12 and flag football is already part of her life, visit the Texas Sports Academy locations page to find out more about the Frisco campus and how to connect with the founding class.