SoCal Coyotes 501(c)(3) Announces Spring 2026 NFL FLAG Season at Desert Chapel (PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) — The award-winning SoCal Coyotes non-profit youth leadership organization today announced their Spring 2026 NFL FLAG Football season at Desert Chapel, returning to the Sunrise campus for a second year of  youth football in the heart of Palm Springs. The season opens with a Skills …

QB Samuel Mourhess | Class of 2027Desert Chapel Christian School (CA)SoCal Coyotes Development Program (PALM SPRINGS, CA) — Some quarterbacks flash. Others compound. After a breakout junior season, Sam Mourhess is compounding — fast. Among California’s 2027 quarterback class, Mourhess has emerged as a rare blend of size, durability, intelligence, and production, earning All-State Nominee recognition while operating inside one …

A proven, adult-aligned leadership framework restoring campus culture, consistency and accountability (PALM SPRINGS, CA) — Every school administrator can sense culture slipping—they can smell the smoke long before they see the data. A rise in tardies, classroom disruptions and an overworked faculty are more than just statistics—they are the embers of a fading culture that can turn a campus into …

A New Era of Coachella Valley Youth Football (Palm Springs, CA) — The award-winning SoCal Coyotes non-profit leadership organization has finalized an exclusive partnership with the Desert Recreation District (“Desert Rec”) to launch NFL FLAG — the NFL’s official youth football platform and the world’s fastest-growing sport — beginning January 2026. This strategic alliance unites two of the region’s most …

By Sam Maggio Strategic Operating Partner (PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) — In the storied lineage of Run ‘n’ Shoot quarterbacks developed by the SoCal Coyotes — a pantheon that includes some of the most prolific passers in developmental football history — a new name is generating buzz and expectation. Slingin’ Sammy Mourhess — a chiseled 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior — enters the …

(PALM SPRINGS) – In an inspiring move to support and uplift at-risk youth, the SoCal Coyotes recently completed the first year of their unique partnership with Father’s Heart Ranch, where the non-profit organization instilled its’ Above the Line™ behavioral management and leadership program with the young residents of the Ranch, who learned essential life skills. Father’s Heart Ranch, which provides …

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.)  – For a 17-year-old quarterback who has thrown for just shy of 3,000 yards, has over 30 career touchdowns, maintains a 4.0 GPA, you’d think Houston Hicks (6’1”, 205 lbs) has much to brag about. Not so, however, with one of the most buzzed-about young players hailing from this Southeastern Tennessee town. This natural leader and committed athlete …

(PALM SPRINGS) — The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization announced it has signed former Florida Atlantic and Stetson University D-1 quarterback prospect Justin Agner for their upcoming 2023 spring season.  The 6-2, 210-pound Agner was once among the nation’s top quarterback prospects, pursued by the likes of Lane Kiffin and a host of other D-1 coaches. He …

(PALM SPRINGS) — Thirteen-year-old Samuel Mourhess — a 6’4”, 190-pound quarterback prospect — was named Most Valuable Player by his peers at the SoCal Coyotes Skills & Drills™ youth camp, hosted annually by the non-profit sports leadership organization.  The annual Skills & Drills camp underscores the commitment of America’s #1 Developmental Football Program™’ to promote teamwork, leadership, and character development in …

(CHATTANOOGA) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization announced its participation in a joint-venture pilot program with a Tennessee non-profit that will permit use of its brands and youth programming to give a national boost to a faith-based 7v7 youth flag football team and its youth camps, mentoring programs and leadership development. The 7v7 youth football Chattanooga Mud …