The goal of the El Dorado Jr Cougars Football and Cheer (EDJC) program is to develop the expectation of success through respect, character, work ethics, and attitude; In turn, creating a confident individual who will carry these lessons into all aspects of life.  

To achieve the goal of developing this type of individual and organization, we choose to be a league based on age divisions without weight limits because we believe that age is a much more important factor than weight at this point in a young athlete’s life.  EDJC uses the “Heads Up” certified football coaches.  “Heads Up Football” is USA Football’s comprehensive approach for a better, safer game with an emphasis on player safety, and requires all of its organization's coaches to be certified as well.  Heads Up Football was created by USA Football with support from the NFL.  The youth football program focuses on:
1) Concussion awareness
2) Proper equipment fittingCoaching education
3) Heads up tackling - which aims to take the head out of the line of contact,
All of this combined to make your young athlete a more confident and efficient tackler while helping to improve safety.

The youth cheer program coaches are all ASEP Certified coaches.  This is the same program used by schools nationwide.  We also follow all USASF safety rules and guidelines set for stunting safety.  The USASF sets the safety standards to be followed for youth, school, and competitive cheerleading across the nation.  We focus on teaching the basics of cheer motions, voice projection, jumps, and stunts.  Our goal is to provide a fun learning experience that will help build character and confidence.  We aim to prepare those young athletes that want to continue to cheer beyond youth level with a strong knowledge of the basic skills, attitude, enthusiasm, and confidence needed for more advanced cheerleading.  

Family of several organizations that operate on the belief and principle that every athlete who wants to participate in the sport of football and cheerleading should be developed in a program that is designed to make them successful as an individual and as part of a team.