Girls Flag Football Coach of the Week | Cincinnati Bengals - bengals.com

Each FLAG Coach of the Week recipient received a $1,000 donation to their school from the Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Foundation.

Nick Schroth is a sixth generation Cincinnatian, Elder Alum '04 with a Sports Marketing degree and MBA from Clemson University and Oxford University. He's worked in professional sports for five years, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce for three years and at WGU for the past four years. He's played 12 years of Flag Football, both at Clemson and in DC, working as a Flag Football official during his undergraduate degree. Lastly, he's coached Flag Football and Boys Volleyball since 2014, leading Mercy McAuley High School with the inaugural season league-high with six wins.

Coach John has been teaching History at Ursuline since 2012 and comes to coaching with years of experience in other sports and a passion for football. He started coaching at Ursuline in 2023-2024 season. Coach Amy has been a PE and Health teacher at Ursuline since 1991 and has taught years of flag football. She has also coached basketball, softball and lacrosse while at Ursuline.

Desmon Gault is a dedicated leader, coach, and community advocate with a strong foundation in faith and family. He currently serves at Mount Notre Dame as Technology Coordinator, as well as the Head Coach of Flag Football, where he guided the team to victory as the Inaugural season Highschool Champions in 2024. With nine years of experience coaching Loveland Youth Football, Desmon has shaped young athletes both on and off the field. His dedication and excellence in sports earned him inductions into the Western Hills High School Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Cincinnati Public School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.

Bryan Cox, in his second year as Seton High School's flag football coach, brings a wealth of athletic and coaching experience to the field. Mr. Cox is the Business Teacher at Seton High

School, along with other duties including the FBLA and National Business Honor Society advisor. A former football standout at Capital University, where he earned All-OAC honors twice and was a four-year letterman. Bryan also excelled at Norwood High School, in football, achieving Conference Player of the Year and all-state recognition. He was honored in 2022 with an induction into the Norwood Athletics Hall of Fame for football, wrestling, and baseball. With coaching experience spanning multiple levels at Westerville North and Lakota East football, along with roles in wrestling and baseball, Bryan is dedicated to fostering athletes' growth, discipline, and teamwork both on and off the field. Bryan, his wife Kimberly, and three children, Kael, Quinn, and Kelsci, reside in West Chester.

Patrick Strickley is entering his thirteenth-year teaching physics at Notre Dame Academy and has gone above and beyond to serve his community. Mr. Strickley coaches in the orange and white charity flag football game that raises money for childhood leukemia research and is also the head coach of the Girls High School Flag Football team at NDA. He will be entering his second season as head coach of the flag football team and is looking forward to giving his athletes another opportunity to grow and develop their football skills.

In addition to coaching Flag Football for the Bulldogs, Anthony also teaches Design at Saint Ursula Academy. He is currently in his third year of teaching and is grateful to be able to combine his passion for design with his love for coaching. He loves getting the opportunity to see the students demonstrate their creativity in the classroom and then bring out their competition and spirit on the field. One of his favorite moments from this past season was watching the development and heightened understanding of the sport come alive in his team as the season progressed.

"Even though this was their first year playing Flag Football by the end of the season you wouldn't have guessed it based on the way the team worked together to finish the regular season 5-1" Anthony said. "It is awesome to be a part of this sport starting at the ground level and I can't wait to see where it is headed in the years to come, and the team feels that momentum building even from the first year to this upcoming season."