"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 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."

"Not many understand the lifestyle we were called to live and this group supports, uplifts and encourages me daily."

"I joined AFCWA to support my husband in what I knew was going to be a challenging career, and to feel supported myself... to find like minded women on this crazy adventure. Mission accomplished!"

"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."

"When we arrived in Nashville for my first convention, and I was welcomed by so many women no matter the size of the school or rank I knew this was a community I wanted to be apart of."

"Lending support to and getting support from other coaches' wives benefits all of us since we are the only ones who really know what this lifestyle entails."

"Being a coach’s wife is a unique, challenging and rewarding life. To have the support and connections of other wives who know and can relate to the many nuances of this lifestyle is so valuable."

"AFCWA has afforded me the opportunity to meet some of my dearest friends. Our bond and support for one another will no doubt lead to friendships that will last a lifetime!"

"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."

"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."

"Coaches wives coming together to support and encourage each other with our daily lives and our husbands' coaching careers. Of course also for the love of football."

"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."