The Pipeline · California

California Girls Flag Football Athletes at NAIA Programs

47 California athletes are on NAIA girls flag football rosters right now. The high schools feeding them, the programs recruiting them, and the seven-step playbook to put your kid on next year's list.

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47

California Athletes On NAIA Rosters

7

NAIA Programs Recruiting California

40

California High Schools Feeding NAIA

How many California high school girls flag football athletes actually land on NAIA college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 47 California athletes are on NAIA girls flag football rosters across 7 programs, coming out of 40 California high schools. I built RawRecruit for the kids the recruiting services do not build for. I played in the NFL with the Eagles and Vikings, then coached for the Giants. The playbook here is the one I gave my own family. These counts come from current 2026 NAIA girls flag football rosters, refreshed every month. Below: the California high schools sending the most athletes, the NAIA programs recruiting hardest here, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.

“The overlooked majority of HS athletes. The kids and parents nobody is calling first, who still want their kid on a roster like the ones above.

Kevin Monangai, Founder, RawRecruit

Former NFL running back (Eagles, Vikings)

Former NFL coach (Giants)

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The Feeders

Top California High Schools Feeding NAIA Girls Flag Football

  1. 01Warren HS
    3Athletes
  2. 02Calexico HS
    2Athletes
  3. 03JSerra Catholic High School
    2Athletes
  4. 04San Dimas High School
    2Athletes
  5. 05Upland High School
    2Athletes

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The Destinations

Top NAIA Programs Recruiting California Girls Flag Football

01

La Sierra

22

California Athletes

Head Coach

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02

Hope International

13

California Athletes

FA

Felipe Aguilar

Head Coach

Verified

03

Arizona Christian

8

California Athletes

MM

Michael Maccagnano

Head Coach

Verified

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The Methodology

How We Count

Numbers come from publicly available 2026 NAIA girls flag football rosters, refreshed every month. We count any current athlete whose listed home state is California, school by school, season by season. The decision a family makes here is too big to plan around guesses, so we put the rosters in front of you.

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The Conversation

Parents Ask Us

Q.01
How many California high school girls flag football athletes are currently on NAIA rosters?
Right now, 47 California athletes are on NAIA girls flag football rosters, spread across 7 programs and sourced from 40 California high schools. Counts come from current 2026 rosters and update monthly.
Q.02
Which NAIA girls flag football programs recruit the most from California?
La Sierra leads with 22 California athletes on the current roster, followed by Hope International (13) and Arizona Christian (8). The top three are listed above with the head coach for each program when verified. A free account opens the rest of the top ten.
Q.03
Which California high schools send the most athletes to NAIA girls flag football?
Warren HS sits at the top with 3 current NAIA girls flag football athletes, followed by Calexico HS (2), JSerra Catholic High School (2), San Dimas High School (2), Upland High School (2). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is NAIA girls flag football a realistic path for a California high school athlete?
Yes. With 47 California athletes currently on NAIA girls flag football rosters across 7 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at NAIA girls flag football are equivalency-based, so families plan around how a coach splits a partial across an event group.
Q.05
How does RawRecruit count California to NAIA girls flag football pipeline numbers?
We pull current 2026 NAIA girls flag football rosters from public school athletics sites and count any athlete whose listed home state is California. The data refreshes every month. Coach names show up only when verified inside our 35-day freshness window.
Q.06
What does my kid actually do with this list of high schools and programs?
The list is the input. The seven-step playbook is the action. Profile your kid's real marks and event group, build a target list off the programs above, send the email coaches actually read, and run the visit on full information. The full playbook lives at /guides/football/diy-recruiting and the same structure applies for track and field; we publish a sport-specific version next.
Q.07
We are not in California. Does the same playbook still apply for our state?
Yes. The seven-step playbook is sport-specific, not state-specific. The cohort and program list above are the California cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach NAIA girls flag football coaches is the same in every state. State pipeline pages for the rest of the country roll out next.
Q.08
What happens when a coach leaves a NAIA girls flag football program mid-cycle?
Coach names on this page only show up when our pipeline has verified them inside the last 35 days. When a head coach leaves, the slot reads as a transition note instead of a stale name; the program count and athlete numbers stay intact because those come from the roster, not the staff page. The list refreshes monthly.
Q.09
Why is RawRecruit giving away the rosters and coach contacts for free?
Because the data is the easy part. The hard part is keeping a school list current, filtering programs by your kid's real fit, and tracking coach records as staffs turn over every cycle. The free profile saves the work; the paid tiers exist for families who want deeper fit analytics. The free profile is enough for most.

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