They don't yet have any opponents, but the flag football players at Sugar Hill Christian Academy have a coach who would be the envy of any team.

Veteran Atlanta Falcons kicker Morten Andersen, one of the highest-scoring, most accurate and oldest-playing professionals in National Football League history, has been coaching the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade boys and girls.

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Morten Andersen, here stretching before a workout at a Suwanee gym, was the oldest player in the NFL last season.

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"He uses everybody on the team; everybody plays," said Arlette Hernandez, 10, a fifth-grader. "It's fun."

Andersen's 8-year-old son, Sebastian, is a second-grader at Sugar Hill Christian. His 3-year-old son, Aiden, attends preschool there as well. Principal Jerry Jones asked Andersen if he wanted to help coach, and Andersen said yes.

This marks the first season the small private school of 160 students has fielded a flag football team, but it won't be the last. Sports is something Jones wants to develop as an extracurricular activity for middle-schoolers, who number about 25 this year.

"Depending on our attendance next year, I'll be looking around for a league we can join so we can play other schools, in different sports," said Jones, who played semi-pro baseball in California before becoming a minister.

The Sugar Hill Christian Academy students ended up fielding teams and playing each other. Everyone described the experience as "awesome."

"Mr. Andersen has so much patience and experience, and he knows what he's doing," said Shane Hesling, 11.

Rob Allen, the father of 11-year-old Grant Allen, was one of two other parents who volunteered to coach. Grant said Andersen "is a lot different from my dad. He's had more experience and basically, he tells us every play the Falcons have ever used."

And best of all, said quarterback Dustin Ross, 12, "he acts like a normal guy, not like a professional football player."

For his part, the Denmark native said the experience was fun for him as well. He enjoyed seeing the kids gain confidence as they learned the plays. He said that since his own children attend the school, he wants to be involved.

Andersen said he had coached children before — a flag football team that includes Sebastian, a soccer team and a baseball team. He had to learn a little about baseball before teaching others, he said.

With the middle-schoolers, "you have to have a plan going in," Andersen said. "If you leave it up to the kids, it's anarchy. So I wore the hat and I said I was in charge and this was what we would be doing."

He also tried to teach the students that no one person is bigger than the team. That everyone needs to be treated with respect. And that sportsmanship and improving your game are more important than winning.

Will he return for another coaching season next year?

"I don't know where life takes me next year," said Andersen, who, at 47, had the most accurate kicking season of his career with the Falcons this past season. "I'll be 48 years old in August. I can't predict the future."