Mike Flynt's TRUE STORY: Playing College Football at the age of 59: The Film "THE SENIOR"

Mike Flynt, the real-life inspiration behind the new movie, The Senior. 

He attended Sul Ross State University on a full football scholarship and earned a degree in Physical Education and Business. 

He served as the first Strength and Conditioning Coach in the PAC-10 at the University of Oregon, supporting 16 men’s ad women’s varsity teams. He later held the same role at Texas A&M University, overseeing training for 18 sports programs. 

In 2007, at age of 59, Flynt returned to Sul Ross State University and made history as the oldest starting linebacker in NCAA football. 

In THE SENIOR, nearly four decades later and after being kicked off his team, Mike returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he fights for one last shot at the ending he still believes is possible.

Ladies and gentlemen, in 2007 at the age of 59, Mike Flynt may be too old to be on a college football field, but not too old to feel the weight of unfinished business. 

After nearly four decades, he returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he pushes for one more game, not for glory, but for the teammates he lost, the family he fractured, and the ending he still believes is possible. 

THE SENIOR is the inspirational film we need right now. Some of you have unfinished business in your own life, so maybe it’s time you suit up and forgive people along the way. 

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