Las Vegas Outlaws- Arena Football League
Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League
The team practiced at Las Vegas Sports Park at 1400 N. Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV.
Played their home games at the Thomas & Mack center on the campus of UNLV.
The team was owned by a group called Rockstar Sports and majority owners alike.
Owner Vince Neil, one of the leaders in Rockstar Sports
The General Manager was Bob Hewko, formerly of the NFL.
Head Coach Aaron Garcia ran things as he had the experience of being one of the AFL's all time greats!
Assistant Coaches Corey Mayfield and Ty Peace helped run practices and the team. Coach Mayfield directed both sides of the ball for linemen, Coach Garcia
had control of the Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers, Coach Peace coached the Defensive Backs.
Director of Player Personnel, Sean Coen, also coached the Special Teams. His versatility and work ethic made him a great fit for these roles.
Director of Scouting, Nathan Cooper, participated in practices as support and assisted the director of Player Personnel.
Director of Football Operations, Luis Class and he set up public appearances, sponsorships and other daily necessities.
The team practiced at Las Vegas Sports Park at 1400 N. Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas, NV.
Played their home games at the Thomas & Mack center on the campus of UNLV.
The team was owned by a group called Rockstar Sports and majority owners alike.
Owner Vince Neil, one of the leaders in Rockstar Sports
The General Manager was Bob Hewko, formerly of the NFL.
Head Coach Aaron Garcia ran things as he had the experience of being one of the AFL's all time greats!
Assistant Coaches Corey Mayfield and Ty Peace helped run practices and the team. Coach Mayfield directed both sides of the ball for linemen, Coach Garcia
had control of the Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers, Coach Peace coached the Defensive Backs.
Director of Player Personnel, Sean Coen, also coached the Special Teams. His versatility and work ethic made him a great fit for these roles.
Director of Scouting, Nathan Cooper, participated in practices as support and assisted the director of Player Personnel.
Director of Football Operations, Luis Class and he set up public appearances, sponsorships and other daily necessities.
Head Coach of the Outlaws and League Record holder: Aaron Garcia
I worked many hours for this unpaid internship including at practices and games, and spent many more hours at home scouting and recruiting.
Goals:
During this experience I expected to learn appropriate ways to scout and recruit players, incorporate my education with the practical experience, make connections and network, as well as participate within multiple facets of the organization and be able to learn from that.
Expected Learning Outcome:
Goals:
- My personal goal is to learn and take this experience into future endeavors. Specifically I wanted to see how a professional organization operates and to be a part of successful tasks.
- Invite players to tryout
- Generate well-developed scouting reports
- Become well-rounded with different position groups
- Network and create professional relationships with agents, teams and players.
- Recruit solid players at all positions
During this experience I expected to learn appropriate ways to scout and recruit players, incorporate my education with the practical experience, make connections and network, as well as participate within multiple facets of the organization and be able to learn from that.
Expected Learning Outcome:
- Develop Scouting knowledge
- Recruit potential players
- Create connections and networks with players, coaches and agents
- Develop relationships with local businesses
- Participate in daily operations
DUTIES
- Assisting in various administrative duties for the coaching staff and personnel department.
- Maintain scouting database with league rosters, transactions, and prospect board.
- Research prospective players from various collegiate teams and professional leagues.
- Talent evaluation; written scouting reports on prospective players, along with breaking down game film of upcoming opponents.
- Assist with planning Outlaw tryouts throughout the season.
- Developing relationships with scouts from other leagues: NFL, CFL, IFL, CIFL and the PIFL to schedule workouts throughout the seasons.
- Scouts will be assigned various projects throughout the season such as attending regional college pro days, quality control tasks, and assisting with the weekly game plan.
- Assisting with position coach's both on the field, in meetings, and in the film room
- Assisting with all equipment duties (practice & home games)
- Perform operational duties required to run a professional football organization.
- This includes assisting with food scheduling & distribution, set up & take down of practice equipment, maintaining clean offices & locker rooms, providing transportation to both roster & waiver players.
- This includes assisting with food scheduling & distribution, set up & take down of practice equipment, maintaining clean offices & locker rooms, providing transportation to both roster & waiver players.