About Us

North Attleboro Junior Football (NAJF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving football and cheer participants in the town of North Attleboro. Our family of programs is recognized locally, regionally and nationally as a first-class organization in our community. The organization has delivered thousands of well trained and well-disciplined young athletes to local high schools. These athletes have been seasoned not only in the skills of their sport, but also have learned the essential characteristics of sports competition: Sportsmanship, Work Ethic, and Training. Each program is designed to be both competitive and fun; every season is filled with positive, lifelong memories.

Mission Statement

The North Attleboro Junior Football organization is committed to providing our young student athletes the opportunity to develop disciplined life skills through football and cheerleading. We will use the sports as vehicles to teach our athletes about the values of loyalty, honesty, commitment, work ethic, sportsmanship, pride, integrity, and discipline while preparing them for the demands and expectations they will encounter throughout life. We will do this by creating an atmosphere that:

Promotes Self Respect & Discipline in the Safest Possible Enviroment
Fosters Teamwork & Friendships
Teaches Core Fundamentals & Rules of the Game
Rewards Sportsmanship & Fair Play
Promotes Pride & Leadership
Sets an Example of Community Spirit, Giving back to the Community & Good Citizenship

Our goal is to make this the most positive and influential experience for our athletes as possible.

Most of all, we want everyone to have fun!

History

North Attleboro Junior Football (NAJF) was formed in 1963 as a member of National Pop Warner. NAJF was the first local program to began instructional level tackle football (1980) to eight and nine year-olds. These introdory sessions went on for ten years and lead to the league-wide "Mighty Mite" division.

NAJF left weight-based Pop Warner in 2018 and joined the grade-based Bay State AYF (American Youth Football) league as a member in 2018. NAJF merged with other towns in 2019 to form what would become and remains EMass league of AYF.

NAJF Hall of Fame began in 1982 to honor long time coaches and board members. Former NAJF players Chris Sullivan (Patriots, Steelers) and Anthony Sherman (Cardinals, Chiefs) both have NFL Super Bowl rings.