About Pop Warner

Pop Warner is the only national youth football & cheerleading program in the United States.

More than 300,000 kids, 35,000 coaches, and 750,000 plus parents and friends are a part of Pop Warner. It is estimated that more than 3+ million volunteers and supporters nationwide follow Pop Warner.

Pop Warner participants range in age from five to fifteen, with the majority in the eight to thirteen age range. Yes, girls can play football and boys are allowed to be cheerleaders. Flag and tackle football, cheerleading, and dance programs can be found in thirty-eight states and in Mexico, Russia and Japan.

Pop Warner is the only national youth sports organization which emphasizes academic excellence. Athletes must demonstrate satisfactory classroom progress each year before they are allowed to compete. Pop Warner recognizes first and second team Academic All-American scholar/athletes, and provides scholarships for higher education on a yearly basis.

Pop Warner is the oldest established Coaching Education & Instruction Program among any of the national youth sports organization. Keeping the program safe and fun for all participants is among Pop Warner's highest priorities. Pop Warner provides the only national youth football program rule book, to assure consistency and safety.

Pop Warner has expanded working relationships with the following NFL, NFL Players Inc, Walt Disney World, Walt Disneyland, Fox/Fox SportsNet, NBC, ESPN/ABC and a growing number of corporate contributors, sponsors and, licensers such as Reebok, US Airways, First USA, Wilson, Riddell, and many more.

With school budget cuts eliminating Elementary/Middle School extra-curricular activities, Pop Warner has become an important ally to local schools and parks & recreation programs.

High School football and cheer coaches rely on Pop Warner athletes as the ones who have had proper training in the fundamentals in their sport. These scholar/athletes are the ones who show discipline, teamwork, and strong leadership in all levels of the sport.

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Reno Pop Warner is the original and oldest youth football program in the area .

Reno Pop Warner is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization serving the Reno and unincorporated Washoe County residents. Al Barbieri, Don Carano, Bob McDonald and many more in 1962 founded and chartered us. We have provided youth football and cheerleading to our community for 43 years. We strive to build better minds, sportsmanship, leadership, learning skills, teamwork and discipline in our young participants. In football the ages are from 5 to 15 and in cheerleading the ages are 5 to 15. We expect no less from our participants in the classroom than we do on the playing field.

We hope that you will get involved, if you aren’t already… because, most of all, we are about having fun and learning the sport of football and cheerleading. We are always looking for more volunteers to help in many ways such as, concessions, field preparations, Board members and coaches and many other aspects of the sport. We take great pride in our organization and hope you will too. Be part of our organization and family, join us today make a child happy and knowledgeable in this great sport.