Football

Northside Middle School Football

Hello! My name is Austin Fisher, and I am the head coach for the football team at Northside Middle School. Here is some information regarding football at Northside Middle School. For any questions, you can email me at fisherab712@gmail.com.

NMS football holds open fields on Mondays. The next open field date is on May 19th. On this date, the time will be after school dismissal at 3:45-5:30. When school is out for the summer, open fields will be held on Monday nights from 6:00-7:30 pm. Please try to be there on time. All dates are attached at the bottom. It is important to attend these sessions if you are planning on playing. We will go over receiver routes, lineman steps, and condition in preparation for the season. It is not mandatory to attend, but it is highly suggested to attend. If there were to be bad weather on any of these days, we would go in the gym. Open field dates will never be cancelled. This will help all players in preparation for the season. If you will not be able to attend on certain dates, please try to let me know.

For all information regarding our program at NMS, please sign up for the 2025 Football Remind Me text. There is a new Remind Me class each season. I will send out any information you need to know through that. I have attached how to join on the bottom of this email. 

All players will have a team fee to play. The team fee price consists of a t-shirt, shorts, and mouthpiece for each player. All other equipment consisting of a helmet, shoulder pads, girdle, practice pants, practice jersey, knee pads, and belt are also provided by the team. The price for the team fee for the 2025 season is $60. You will not pay for this until equipment pickup date, which will be held July 21^st at 6:00 pm. Arrive to the back of NMS where open fields are held.

Remind Me Information: Send a text message to 81010 with the message @nmsnms25

- This will add you to the remind me text chain. If you want to be on the app, download the Remind Me app from your phone's app store and search for the class name NMS Football 2025.

There are no specific try outs for NMS Football. All players will make the team. We have two teams at NMS. One is an A team and one is a B team. Both teams have their own schedules. Most of the time, rising 6th graders are on the B team. Some players that are on the B team will also dress for the A team. 

Key Dates: Open Field (OF)

June 2^nd : OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

June 9t^h: OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

June 16^th: OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

June 23^rd: OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

June 30^th: OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

July 7^th: OF 6:00 - 7:30 pm on back field.

July 14^th: OF 6:00- 7:30 pm on back field

July 21^st: EQUIPMENT PICK UP 6:00 - 7:00 pm. 

-          $60 Team Fee will be due on this day.

July 24^th: FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE 3:30-5:45 pm 

July 25^th: SECOND DAY OF PRACTICE 3:30-5:45 pm 

July 26^th: SATURDAY PRACTICE 10:00 am -12:00 pm 

July 28^th through August 1^st: Practice 3:30-5:45 pm 

*All players must have a 2025 VHSL athletic physical and it must be completed and signed to be able to participate in open fields. There is a free physical date on May 17th at 2331 Franklin Road. The time slot for NMS is 12:10 pm and the walk in slot is at 1:10 pm*