Month: August 2025

NSAC Adds Flag Football with WCFFL Partnership

The New South Athletic Conference is partnering with the Women’s Collegiate Flag Football League (WCFFL) to add flag football as the conference’s ninth sport beginning the spring of 2026.

“Flag football is the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.,” said NSAC commissioner Mike Davis. “The NFL is supporting its growth, and it will be featured as a discretionary sport at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Young women are gravitating to it rapidly, especially in the Southeast. Partnering with a respected organization like the WCFFL gives the NSAC an established platform and allows us to launch quickly by using their network and expertise.”

“I am enthusiastic about the WCFFL’s alliance with the New South Conference,” said WCFFL president Venisha Lee. “I believe this is a strategic move in the growth of our league. Our objective is to promote the growth of women’s college flag football within the New South Conference as the sport is thriving on all levels.”

Lee says she is eager to assist any university looking to field a team this upcoming season.

Gulfcoast Christian College Preps for First Season in NSAC

At its summer meeting, the New South Athletic Conference Board of Directors unanimously approved the membership application of Gulfcoast Christian College, a new institution opening this fall in Mobile, Alabama.

GCC provides instruction in vocational occupations with a framework of spiritual formation. Athletically, the Silver Lions will field men’s basketball in 2025-26. The school’s founder, Rev. Kieron Buford, is a native of Mobile.

“Gulfcoast Christian College is honored to have been accepted as a member of the New South Athletic Conference,” said Buford. “We are excited to be connected with such great visionary leadership and so many wonderful institutions of higher learning. We look forward to building great relationships, while also competing at a high level athletically. We want to think Commissioner Mike Davis, President Joel Williams, and the board of directors for this wonderful opportunity.”

“I’ve met with Rev. Buford on a number of occasions and had the privilege of visiting his lovely church in Virginia,” Davis said. “Rev. Buford is a man of God with a passion to see young people’s lives changed. Gulfcoast is an outgrowth of his calling, and the NSAC is honored to partner with them.”