2026 Ultimate Frisbee Association season

The 2026 Ultimate Frisbee Association season is the league's fourteenth and third since rebranding as the UFA. It is scheduled to begin on April 24, 2026 and will culminate in Championship Weekend at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin on August 28–29, 2026.

Games will again be broadcast on the league's streaming platform, WatchUFA.tv, with one game per week broadcast for free on YouTube as part of the "Friday Night Frisbee" program.

Following the 2025 season, the Los Angeles Aviators and the Detroit Mechanix ceased operations and left the league.^[1] Detroit's departure left the Indianapolis AlleyCats as the only active franchise that has been with the league since the founding of the AUDL in 2012. The divisions were rebalanced, with the Vegas Bighorns moving from the West to the South division.^[2] The Colorado Summit rebranded as the Colorado Apex^[3] after giving up their former name to a new NWSL team in Denver.

A larger-than-usual number of coaching positions turned over during the offseason:^[4]

• Austin replaced Steven Naji with Casey Hogg, a former player, and Joe Iannacone.^[5]
• Chicago's Dave Woods stepped down, leaving his co-coach Charlie Furse alone in charge
• Joe Durst took over in Colorado, with team executive Tim Kefalas stepping back into an assistant position.
• DC's Lauren Boyle left by mutual consent^[6]; she was replaced by Xavier Maxstadt, an assistant coach with the Breeze for several years.^[7]
• Bex Forth, head coach in Houston since their 2023 debut, announced she would not be returning; Sean McCall was appointed for the 2026 season.^[8]
• Indianapolis fired Drew Shepherd and appointed Nathan Bussburg^[9] in his place.
• Max Browski left Pittsburgh by mutual consent^[10] after four years, replaced by David Berg, Browski's assistant and a former player.^[11]
• In Philadelphia, Adam Callaghan^[12] replaced David Brandolph, becoming the Phoenix's third head coach in three seasons.
• Oakland's Caleb Merriam stepped down for personal reasons; Liam Kreiss takes his place behind the bench.
• Vegas lost their head coach Matt Bode near the beginning of the 2025 season, leaving assistant coach Dan Silverstein in charge; Ryan Courtney takes over for 2026.^[13]

The following rule changes went into effect for the 2026 season:^[14]

• If the defense commits a foul in the last five seconds of a quarter, they are no longer allowed to set a double-team on the thrower during the restart.
• If a defensive foul is called in the end zone but a goal is still scored, a 10-yard penalty will be added to the ensuing pull.
• A "team technical" foul (and 20-yard penalty) can be assessed on the head coach if the referees determine that there is a pattern of "behavior detrimental to the game" across an entire team, rather than any individual player.
• Officials have been directed to apply a zero-tolerance policy on jersey tugging; one-game suspensions will be awarded on any incident, including those found through post-game video review.