"I joined the organization to build meaningful relationships with other wives within the football community. Also, to find a support system to help myself and other football wives!"

"I joined AFCWA because I wanted to meet wives who have successfully navigated life as a "coach’s wife."  I also wanted to help newer coach’s wives navigate the hills and valleys experienced on this road and share the 'tricks of the trade' with them."

"I believe in the mission of AFCWA, and I am honored be a part of an organization that brings connection. Only those who live this life can truly understand it, and I love how we lift each other up and straighten each other’s crowns."

"I joined the AFCWA to build connections with coaches' wives that know how crazy this lifestyle can be. AFCWA means an amazing support system that is in your corner during the great seasons AND the hard, lonely seasons."

"AFCWA has made me a better woman, wife, and mom. It has given me friends all across the country, with all different experiences to lean on for advice when needed, to celebrate with on the mountaintops, to cry and pray with in the valleys."

"I joined AFCWA to extend my network to include wives who are familiar with the coaching lifestyle. My family and non-coaching friends do not understand the demands of this volatile industry and can be quick to judge. This organization allows us to create long standing friendships with other women who get it and are willing to offer support."

"I joined AFCWA because of a desire to connect with other women. Through this connection, I realize we share some of the same experiences."

"Since joining, I have met so many amazing women and their coaches and have formed friendships that have enriched my life in so many ways."

"Our Defensive Coordinator introduced me to AFCWA, and while attending my first convention with his wife, I found AFCWA’s mission of promoting camaraderie, offering support, and the providing of information to be what I had been searching for."

"I joined the AFCWA over a decade ago in hopes of learning how to support my husband in his calling. The AFCWA has not only shown me how to do that but how to embrace it as my calling as well."

"AFWCA means sisterhood through all seasons, not just football season. I have met some amazing women and through them I have a support system like none other through wins, loses, job changes, moves, kids, and so much more!"

"AFCWA gives me the opportunity to minister to coaches' wives all across the nation."

"To me, AFCWA is all about locking arms with a band of women with who know exactly what this coaching life is all about and going through all the ups and downs the seasons bring TOGETHER!"

"AFCWA is a lifeline in this roller coaster ride we call the Coach Wife life. From the moment I walked into the Hospitality Room at Convention for the first time to now, years later, I have been incredibly welcomed, served, and supported."

"I joined AFCWA to be more a part of my husband’s coaching career, but since realized there’s so much more... a huge support system of coaches' wives who help each other navigate their way through the joys and trials of the coaching world. I’ve been blessed to meet so many incredible women and develop lifelong friends along the way."

"AFCWA continues to be the most authentic and welcoming “hello” I’ve ever experienced. The whole organization is the support I need and I want to continue the support that coaching wives and families need in and out of football season."