Atlanta Sharks
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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Atlanta Sharks
| current =
| logo = AtlantaSharks.jpg
| helmet = Atlanta Sharks Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2013
| folded = 2015
| city = Loganville, Georgia
(travel team)
| misc = [https://web.archive.org/web/20141009071016/http://atlantasharks.com/index.php AtlantaSharks.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Red, black, white
{{Color box|#CC0000}} {{Color box|#000000}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}}
| coach = Marcus James
| owner = Marcus James
| chairman =
| president =
| general manager = Marcus James
| mascot =
| nicknames =
| league =
American Indoor Football (2014–2015)
| team_history =
- Atlanta Sharks (2014–2015)
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| conf_champs =
| div_champs =
| playoff_appearances =
| no_playoff_appearances = 0
| arena_years =
}}
The Atlanta Sharks were a professional indoor football team based in Loganville, Georgia. They were members of American Indoor Football (AIF) during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The Sharks joined the AIF in 2013 as an expansion team, by then owner Betty Chaney-Robinson. The Sharks played all of their games on the road as a travel team.
History
The Sharks were announced as an expansion member of American Indoor Football (AIF) on September 6, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4679872 |title=Atlanta Sharks Join AIF |date=September 6, 2013 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=October 14, 2014}} On November 19, 2013, Marcus James was officially named the team's first head coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4707109 |title=Marcus James named Head Coach and Director of Football Operations for the Atlanta Sharks |date=November 19, 2013 |publisher=OurSports Central |work=www.oursportscentral.com |accessdate=October 14, 2014}}
In the franchise's first ever game, they were defeated 87-32 by the Cape Fear Heroes.{{cite web |url=http://www.fayobserver.com/sports/article_5bf7935f-1fb2-5b4b-81a4-5ac828c21c63.html |title=Cape Fear Hereoes defeat Atlanta, 87-32 |author=Junious Smith III |date=March 29, 2014 |publisher=Fayetteville Observer |work=fayobserver.com |accessdate=October 14, 2014}}
{{main|2015 Atlanta Sharks season}}
The Sharks started the 2015 season having agreed to play their home games at Creekside Sports Center in Loganville, Georgia. However, when the Sharks were supposed to host the Saginaw Sting during Week 2 of the season, the game was postponed to Week 10.
The Sharks were listed in the 2016 schedule of the Indoor Football Alliance but were not included in the alliance's inaugural draft.
Coaches of note
=Head coaches=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name
! rowspan="2" | Term ! colspan="4" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards |
|---|
| W
! L ! T ! Win% ! W ! L |
| style="text-align:center;"|Marcus James
| style="text-align:center;"|2014–2015 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|2|5}} | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"| |
=Coaching staff=
| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" |
| colspan="7" style="background:#CC0000; color:white; text-align: center; border:2px solid #000000;"|Atlanta Sharks staff |
|---|
| colspan=7 align="right" | |
| valign="top"|
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Front office
|width="35"| |valign="top"| | style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | Head coach
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches
|
Statistics and records
=Season-by-season results=
Note: The finish, wins, losses, and ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:75%;" |
| style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|League Champions
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|Conference Champions | style="text-align:center; background:#d0e7ff;"|Division Champions | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"|Wild Card Berth | style="text-align:center; background:#c8a2c8;"|League Leader |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
| rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2" | Team !rowspan="2" | League !rowspan="2" | Conference !rowspan="2" | Division !colspan="4" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Finish
!Wins !Losses !Ties | ||
| background:#fcc;"
! style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | style="text-align:center;"| AIF | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| 6th | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | | ||
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015
| style="text-align:center;"| 2015 | style="text-align:center;"| AIF | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| 6th | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | | ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" colspan="6"|Totals
! style="text-align:center;"|2 ! style="text-align:center;"|5 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season record (2014-2015) | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 | 0
| |
| colspan="3"|All-time postseason record (2014-2015) | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|2
! style="text-align:center;"|5 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season and postseason record (2014-2015) |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140506023342/http://atlantasharks.com/ Official website]
Category:Former American Indoor Football teams
Category:American football teams established in 2013