Elizabeth Faust was announced in early October 2026 as the inaugural women's flag football coach at Roanoke College. Women's flag football is starting at Roanoke College as a varsity sport in the spring of 2028.
She brings a wealth of flag football experience to the Maroons after working more than 10 years for USA Football. During this time, she managed the men's and women's flag national teams and assisted in creating and managing the junior flag national team program at the U15 and U17 levels. These teams competed in international competitions at IFAF World Championships, the World Games, and the Junior International Cup.
Faust also worked with the NFL FLAG program from 2012 to 2019, assisting youth flag leagues across the country with resources and equipment, as well as hosting regional and national tournaments.
Faust most recently served as the Associate Director of Donor Experience for the Virginia Athletics Foundation at the University of Virginia starting in Sept. 2023.
Faust earned both her undergraduate (exercise science) and graduate (sport management) degrees from the University of Tennessee.
Women's flag football is an NCAA Emerging Sport and is positioned to pursue NCAA championship status, with the potential to host its inaugural championship as early as spring 2028. The sport is also set to make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, further highlighting its rapid growth and increasing global recognition.
The Maroon flag football team will be a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), which could be the league's next full varsity sport, with hopes of an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament.
