Shreveport Rouxgaroux
{{Short description|American indoor football team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Shreveport Rouxgaroux
| current = 2025 National Arena League season
| logo = ShreveportRouxgaroux.png
| helmet =
| founded = 2024
| folded =
| city = Shreveport, Louisiana
at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
| misc = [https://www.geauxrouxgaroux.com/ GeauxRouxgaroux.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Maroon, silver, black
{{color box|maroon}} {{color box|silver}} {{color box|black}}
| owners = Keith Carter, Richard Rodgers, Keith Russ
| president =
| general manager =
| coach = James Hampton
| mascot = Roux
| cheerleaders =
| nicknames =
| league =
- National Arena League (2025–)
| team_history =
- Shreveport Rouxgaroux (2025–)
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs =
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs =
| no_playoff_appearances =
| playoff_appearances =
| arena_years =
- Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (2025–)
}}
The Shreveport Rouxgaroux are a professional indoor football team of the National Arena League scheduled to begin play for its 2025 season. Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, the Rouxgaroux will play their home games at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum.
History
On July 31, 2024, the Rouxgaroux announced their intentions to begin play in 2025 at Hirsch Coliseum, with further details coming at a press conference in two weeks.{{Cite web |last=Roux Media |date=2024-07-31 |title=Buckle Up, Shreveport: Big News is Dropping! |url=https://www.geauxrouxgaroux.com/news/welcome-to-our-new-website |access-date=2024-08-20}}{{Cite news |date=2024-08-01 |title=Rouxgaroux bringing Arena Football back to Shreveport |url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/rouxgaroux-bringing-arena-football-back-to-shreveport/article_9a2562de-5045-11ef-b45a-1f9465497d65.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |work=KTBS-TV}} On August 15, the NAL officially announced the Rouxgaroux as their newest team, with veteran indoor football coach James Hampton serving as the team's inaugural head coach.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Shreveport Rouxgaroux Join the National Arena League |url=https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/news/shreveport-rouxgaroux-join-the-national-arena-leag |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=National Arena League}}{{Cite news |last=Lang III |first=Roy |date=2024-08-15 |title=Shreveport Rouxgaroux aim to take advantage of local flavor with return of indoor football |url=https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/sports/shreveport-rouxgaroux-aim-to-take-advantage-of-local-flavor-with-return-of-indoor-football/article_ae4b6c1c-5b31-11ef-ac8d-3359433069fe.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |work=The Shreveport–Bossier City Advocate}}{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Rachael |date=2024-08-15 |title=Arena football team coming to Shreveport |url=https://www.ksla.com/2024/08/15/arena-football-team-coming-shreveport/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |work=KSLA}}
The Rouxgaroux will be the first indoor football team to play in the city of Shreveport since the Shreveport-Bossier Bombers played their only season as a member of the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000; coincidentally, the Bombers' fellow 2000 IPFL expansion team the Omaha Beef still exists to this very day (as the longest continuously running indoor football team in history), and are the Rouxgaroux's NAL leaguemates and defending champions. In addition, the Rouxgaroux will be the first indoor/arena team to play in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area since the Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings played from 2001 to 2010 as a member of the af2 and the Arena Football League.
=Team nickname etymology=
The Rouxgaroux are named after the mythical beast of Cajun folklore similar to a werewolf. Team owner Keith Carter told of the legends of parents and grandparents warning their children to get in bed lest the rouxgaroux "get them," as well as farmers who believe the rouxgaroux was responsible for their cattle's death, pointing out his team will continue that legacy particularly against the Omaha Beef.
Current roster
| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" id="Roster"
! colspan="7" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Shreveport Rouxgaroux|border=2}};text-align:center;" | Shreveport Rouxgaroux roster |
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks
{{NFLplayer |
| -|Larry Moton|link=no |
Running backs
- Currently vacant
Wide receivers
{{NFLplayer|--|Aaron Dilworth|link=no|}}
{{NFLplayer|--|Malik Honeycutt|link=no|}}
{{NFLplayer|--|Eric Thomas|d=wide receiver|link=yes|}}
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Offensive linemen
- Javon Ross
Defensive linemen
{{NFLplayer|--|Dave Calderon|link=no|(FB)}}
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" |
Linebackers
{{NFLplayer|--|D’Nerius Antoine|link=no|(RB/DB)}}
Defensive backs
--Trayoun Maxie
Special teams
- Currently vacant
|
| style="width: 25px;" |
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Reserve lists
- Currently vacant
{{ubl
|Rookies in italics
|[https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/stats#/1200/team/325914/roster Roster] updated August 26, 2024
|6 Active, Inactive
}}
|-
|}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.geauxrouxgaroux.com/ Official Website]
{{NAL}}
{{Louisiana Sports}}
Category:2024 establishments in Louisiana
Category:American football teams in Shreveport, Louisiana