Colleges That Have Traveled with AFW
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Jim Barnes dedicated over 25 years to coaching NCAA Division III football, including 16 seasons as a head coach. Since founding American Football Worldwide (AFW) in 2012, he has led high school select and college teams on international tours, providing athletes with unmatched competition, educational experiences, and personal growth opportunities.
A lifelong advocate for the educational value of international travel, Barnes is dedicated to providing young athletes with opportunities to learn about history, culture, and teamwork through football. Through American Football Worldwide, he to creates life-changing experiences that combine competition, travel, and personal growth.
Beyond AFW, Coach Barnes has been a clinic speaker and coach for all-star and select teams across North America, Europe, and Africa. He served as Head Coach and Camp Director for IFAF’s U19 World Team, leading an international squad against a U.S. High School Select team at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
For a period of time, Barnes also coordinated the International Coaches speaking line-up at the annual American Football Coaches Association convention.
Barnes never had a losing season in his 25-year college coaching career, amassing 116 head coaching wins and over 200 total victories as a player and coach at Augustana College and The College of Wooster.
At Wooster, he turned a 1-9 team into a 9-1 conference co-champion in just three years, setting a program-best .740 winning percentage. At Augustana, he became the second-winningest coach in school history, leading the Vikings to three conference titles and two national playoff appearances.
Barnes has coached and led American teams into competition in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Mexico. As a clinic speaker and instructor in England, France, Denmark, Sweden, and Nigeria, he continued to help expand and develop the game worldwide.
Coach Inserra frequently serves as the head coach for AFW ELITE high school select teams. He is one of the most successful and highly respected coaches in Illinois high school football and nationally. The Hawks of Maine South in Park Ridge are perennially one of the best teams in the state (often ranked in the top-five in the largest enrollment classification – 8A) and this region of the country. Maine South has been to the state playoffs every year since 1992 and they have won six state championships in football. Coach Inserra has been named the Chicago Bears High School Coach of the Week and sent over a hundred players on to compete at FBS, FCS, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA schools.
Coach Domin is a University of Notre Dame graduate where he played for their 1977-78 National Championship team. He also played in a Gator Bowl win over Penn State and a Cotton Bowl win over Texas. He was a 2x All-State football player in Illinois and a HS All-American in 1974. Tom coached for 30 years at the varsity level and has also served as an athletic administrator at Willowbrook High School.
John has served as a head high school football coach in both California and Illinois. At Francis Parker he earned a position as the 15th winningest coach in San Diego HS football. His team won numerous conference championships and participated in the state championship game in 2009. He also served as the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Lake Forest Academy in Illinois. He has had players go on to compete at over a dozen FBS colleges and numerous other schools at all college levels. John has coordinated the offense for several AFW ELITE teams who competed in both Italy and Ireland.
Highly successful Head Football Coach at The Delbarton School for 21 seasons leading the Green Wave to 12 conference championships and to five state championship games. Coach Bowers has been named “Coach of the Year” by the Morris County Football Coaches Association multiple times. Prior to Delbarton, Coach Bowers served on the staffs at Williams College, the University of Pennsylvania and Stony Brook University. Graduate of Union College where he played tight end in their National Championship appearance in 1989.
After an outstanding collegiate career, Aaron has coached as a defensive assistant at Augustana College (IL) for fifteen years. Aaron has traveled extensively and is tremendous in coordinating all team matters prior to departure and on the ground at AFW destinations.
Assistant coach at Nordonia and Orange High Schools in Ohio. Played at the College of Wooster.
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