Meet the Bulls football team 2-4 p.m. Saturday in the Yuengling Center
Free Youth Flag Football Clinic for boys and girls from 3rd-8th grade
TAMPA, AUG. 6, 2019 – USF fans can meet Head Coach Charlie Strong and the 2019 Bulls football team Saturday as Fan Fest presented by Florida Blue will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Yuengling Center on the USF campus. This year’s event will also feature a free Youth Flag Football Clinic conducted by Dr. Jen Welter, the first female coach in the NFL, following Fan Fest.
The Youth Flag Football Clinic will be held from 4-6 p.m., following the conclusion of Fan Fest presented by Florida Blue, at the USF Morsani Football Practice Facility, located across the street from the Yuengling Center. The clinic is open to the first 200 registrants. Girls and boys from the third to eighth grade may participate in the clinic (individuals who have started the ninth grade are not eligible).
To register to participate in the clinic, please visit this LINK. Registrants will check in from 3-3:30 p.m. at the Gate A concourse of the Yuengling Center during Fan Fest.
Dr. Welter is the author of the book “Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless From the First Woman To Coach in the NFL.” Most recently a defensive specialist with the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), Welter previously served as inside linebackers coach for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and a linebackers and special teams coach for the Texas Revolution of the Champions Indoor Football League. Welter also had an extensive playing career and is a veteran of several women’s professional and semi-professional football teams, playing running back. She was a gold medal-winning member of Team USA at the IFAF Women’s World Championship in 2010 and 2013. She earned a PhD in psychology from Capella University.
Fans can get pictures and autographs with the entire 2019 Bulls football team as well as Coach Strong and the coaching staff during Fan Fest presented by Florida Blue. Special Fan Fest posters will be free to the public at the event for use in obtaining autographs. Outside items will not be allowed to be autographed during the event. Fans can also participate in interactive football activities and purchase USF football merchandise.
USF opens the season on Fri., Aug. 30 with an ESPN primetime clash with Wisconsin at 7 p.m. in Raymond James Stadium. Season, single-game and ticket packages are available by calling 1-800-GoBulls or visiting USFBullstix.com or Ticketmaster.
ABOUT USF FOOTBALLHaving completed just its 22nd season of football, and 19th at the FBS level, the USF football program has earned 10 bowl appearances, including a current run of four straight, and owns a record of 6-3 in bowl games. The Bulls have appeared in the national top 25 rankings in each of the past three seasons, including a program record run of 20 straight weeks in the top 25, and in 2018 reached the program’s 150th win faster than any FBS program in state of Florida history. USF has posted a pair of 10-plus win seasons in the last three years, including a program-record 11 wins (11-2) in 2016, and logged 15 winning seasons overall. Since first taking the field in 1997, the USF program has reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings (2007), seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft, 14 named All-American and 29 earn first-team all-conference selection.
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