Jared Neumeier, seeing a need where no team existed, founded the Idaho Falls Mustangs in 1997 as one of four inaugural teams in the Rocky Mountain Football League (RMFL).  As an invaluable support for RMFL founder, Matt Culbertson, Neumeier instituted the first RMFL All-Star game in December of 1998, dubbed the "Ice Bowl" as it was played in near zero degree temperatures in Pocatello, Idaho.  As a quarterback and place-kicker, led the Mustangs to 3 RMFL Championship appearances in 1997, 1998 and 2000, winning the RMFL MVP award in 2000.  Following his retirement as a player in 2000 the RMFL Managing Board of the Rocky Mountain Football League installed Jared as league "commissioner" in January of 2001.

After the RMFL saw a "purge" losing a number of established teams in 2001, dropping membership down from 9 to 5 teams, Neumeier set out to rebuild the RMFL through his transparent management style and innovative web site and game improvements. The RMFL grew from 5 to 27 teams from 2001 to 2010, expanding from Idaho to include Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada and Colorado organziations.  Over the course of 10 years, Neumeier wrote more than 1,000 articles and press releases, not including game stories for every RMFL game while he was commissioner.  Neumeier also wrote comprehensive pre-season reviews of each team, including player evaluations and predictions for the upcoming seasons.  Neumeier created an integrated statistics data base and reporting system and developed a complete RMFL records database tracking RMFL stats back to its earliest days.  Neumeier created an active game-day game reporting system so that games could be followed in real time on the league web site. Neumeier retired as commissioner of the RMFL after the 2010 season, leading a league with less than 100 total players and building the league to more than 2000 active players.  His Mustangs team he founded in 1997 is still active in 2018 under new leadership, continuing on the path Jared set it on two decades ago.

His selfless dedication to the semi pro game, the elevated integrity of the league, and the recognition of the players efforts on the field made the Rocky Mountain Football League the benchmark in the Northwest during his tenure.  Jared literally helped build something great out of absolutely nothing and his leadership style is one all commissioners should strive to emulate.




Quarterback of the Idaho Falls Mustangs 1998