Inaugural season When the Dallas team was publicly announced, NPF also revealed its general manager would be
Kevin Shelton, who had experience heading the Texas Glory youth program. The Charge hired former Olympian
Jennifer McFalls to be their first head coach. Later,
Chez Sievers was added as an assistant coach.
Jolene Henderson signed with the Charge in January 2015, becoming their first player. Other transactions included signing former
Texas Longhorns shortstop
Taylor Thom, and the Charge trading their fourth round pick in the
2016 NPF Draft to the
Chicago Bandits for catcher
Kaylyn Castillo. Later, infielder
Natalie Villarreal became the first player from the Dallas area to join the Charge. Then, the Charge signed pitcher
Morgan Melloh, who had played the previous three years in the Japan Softball League after spending 2011 and 2012 in the NPF. The club then added five-year veteran
Angeline Quiocho.
Texas Tech's all-time home run leader, outfielder
Mikey Kenney, and pitcher
Bailey Watts were next to join. Texas native and catcher
Molly Fichtner, and pitcher
Sarah Purvis of
Georgia Southern were the next additions to the Charge. Dallas' next signings were international ones.
Australian National Team pitcher
Vanessa Stokes signed with the Charge. She is the first indigenous softball player ever to pitch for Australia, and the first Australian to sign with the NPF. Next, the Charge set their sights on Japan. Olympic gold medalist outfielder
Eri Yamada, and the Japan League's 2013 and 2014 Catcher of the Year
Kazuki Watanabe joined the Charge. Both played with the
Chicago Bandits in 2013. On the domestic front, Dallas next added Texas native and
Texas A&M Aggie infielder/catcher
Nicole Morgan. Morgan played for the
Pennsylvania Rebellion in 2014. After attending a try out in May 2015, outfielder
Brianna Cherry was offered a deal with the team. Cherry was with the
Akron Racers in 2014.
Kathy Shelton, formerly of
Baylor and general manager Kevin Shelton's daughter, was next to sign. At the
2015 NPF Draft, the Charge drafted several players. In the first round, they selected 3B/C
Danielle Henderson (
California). She is
Jolene's sister. The club then selected utility player
Kaitlyn Richardson (
Minnesota). In the second round, their only pick was INF/OF
Kylee Lahners (
Washington). The third round selection was infielder
Ashley Burkhardt (
Purdue). Dallas was allowed a market pick to select a player from Dallas or who went to a Dallas school. This selection was shortstop
Renada Davis (
NC State). Round four yielded two picks: SS/2B
Kahley Novak (
UCF) and RHP/1B
Lauren Haeger (
Florida). Selected in the fifth round was OF
Janie Takeda (
Oregon). The sixth and final round had three Dallas picks: RHP/UT
Ally Carda (
UCLA), OF
Kaitlyn Thumann (
Baylor), and pitcher
Farish Beard (
South Alabama). Before opening day, the Charge signed draftees
Ashley Burkhardt,
Kahley Novak,
Kaitlyn Richardson,
Danielle Henderson, and
Renada Davis. Other free agents who signed with the Charge included
Renee Erwin of
West Texas A&M,
Nadia Taylor of
Texas and
Akron Racers, and
Victoria Valos of
George Washington. The Charge finished their inaugural season in fourth place at 17-31. The Charge then lost in the 2015 NPF Championship semifinals to the USSSA Pride.
2016 season For the 2016 season, Jennifer Rocha was named head coach succeeding Jennifer McFalls. They ultimately finished in fifth place and missed the playoffs.
2017 season The Charge moved to San Marcos for the 2017 season and hired three-time Olympian
Crystl Bustos to be their head coach. In July, with a 10-11 record, the Charge replaced Crystl Bustos with Roman Foore as head coach. For the second year in a row, they finished in fifth place and missed the playoffs. In a January 2018 release describing the termination of the
Scrap Yard Dawgs' franchise, NPF also indicated that the Charge had been "dismantled after [owner Joel] Bartsch failed to execute an exclusive purchasing option." This was the first official statement by the league about the status of the Charge after the league listed all Charge players as free agents and Justin's World of Softball reported the dissolution of the team in October 2017. ==General managers==