Women's Flag Football

In March 2025, Augustana began partnering with the Minnesota Vikings and five other NCAA institutions to launch a new collegiate women's flag football league — one of the fastest-growing sports in the nation, expanding rapidly at the high school and college levels. Thanks to support from the Vikings (and NFL), the program at Augustana has the financial foundation to succeed with potential pathways for increased recognition and competition in the future.

Participating schools — Augustana University, Concordia College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Bethel University, the University of Northwestern, St. Paul and University of Wisconsin, Stout — compete in jamborees, as well as a championship tournament at TCO Stadium. In 2025 — the league's inaugural year — Augustana finished in second place, having competed in the championship game.

Kiley Coyne is a Sioux Falls native who serves as assistant director of recruitment for the Augustana School of Music, as well as head coach of the university’s newly-established collegiate Women’s Flag Football Team. She holds a master’s degree in conducting and a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of South Dakota. While her academic background and professional career are rooted in band directing and color guard coaching, Coyne's years of marching band exposed her to countless hours of football and sparked a lifelong love for the game.

In 2023, Coyne joined the Sioux Falls Snow Leopards, a semi-professional women’s tackle football team — not only to compete, but to be part of an empowering environment that values belonging, collaboration and working toward a common goal. From 2023-25, Coyne played tight end, defensive end and left tackle for the Sioux Falls Snow Leopards, competing in games across the country as part of the Women’s Football Alliance. During the 2024 season, she finished ranked 10th in tackles league-wide and earned All-American honors in 2025.

Although she has chosen to retire her No. 88 jersey for the 2026 season, Coyne is excited to continue growing the sport of flag football at Augustana and empowering women to work together and make a meaningful impact in the athletics world.