Vegas Knight Hawks
{{Short description|Professional indoor football team based in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Vegas Knight Hawks
| current = 2024 Indoor Football League season
| logo = Vegas_Knight_Hawks_Logo.svg
| helmet =
| founded = 2021
| city = Henderson, Nevada
at Lee's Family Forum
| misc = [https://knighthawksfootball.com/ KnightHawksFootball.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Black, red, gold, and white
{{color box|black}} {{color box|#CE1126}} {{color box|#B5985A}} {{color box|white}}
| coach = Mike Davis
| owner = Bill Foley
| chairman =
| COO = Chase Jolesch
| general manager =
| mascot =
| nicknames =
| league =
Indoor Football League (2022–present)
- Western Conference (2022-present)
| team_history =
- Vegas Knight Hawks (2022–present)
| no_league_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| no_conf_champs = 0
| conf_champs =
| no_div_champs = 0
| div_champs =
| no_playoff_appearances = 1
| playoff_appearances = *{{IFL Year|2024}}
| arena_years =
- Lee's Family Forum (2022–present)
}}
The Vegas Knight Hawks are a professional indoor football team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Knight Hawks began play in 2022 at Lee's Family Forum. The franchise is owned by Bill Foley, the owner of the Vegas Golden Knights. {{Cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/the-vegas-knight-hawks-are-the-newest-franchise-in-the-ifl/n-5737367 |title=The Vegas Knight Hawks Are The Newest Franchise In The IFL |date=August 23, 2021 |website=Our Sports Central }}
The Knight Hawks are the fourth football team to play in the Las Vegas metropolitan area following the arrival of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders, the XFL Las Vegas Outlaws, and the Canadian Football League's Las Vegas Posse, as well as being the fourth arena/indoor football team to play in Vegas following the defunct Las Vegas Sting, Las Vegas Gladiators, and Las Vegas Outlaws, all from the Arena Football League.
History
In May 2021, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, and Chuck Brennan, the founder and CEO of the then-Dollar Loan Center (now Lee's Family Forum), had purchased an IFL franchise to compete at the new Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada.{{Cite web |url=https://news3lv.com/amp/newsletter-daily/vegas-golden-knights-indoor-football-league-franchise-henderson |title=Vegas Golden Knights buy Indoor Football League expansion franchise |website=KSNV-TV |date=May 11, 2021}} The Dollar Loan Center was built to be the home of the Golden Knights' American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, with an expected completion in early 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/silver-knights/ahl-silver-knights-to-end-2021-22-schedule-in-new-home-2405376/ |title=AHL Silver Knights to end 2021-22 schedule in new home |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 23, 2021}} On August 23, 2021, the team announced their name and logo, as well as introducing former Nebraska Danger head coach Mike Davis as the team's first head coach.
=Head coaches=
Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2022 Indoor Football League season.
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| rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"|Name
! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="4" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
| rowspan=2 | Mike Davis | 2022 | 6 | 10 | 0 | {{winperc|6|10}} | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 10 | 0 | {{winperc|5|10}} | 0 | 0 |
Roster
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|+ colspan=7 style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Vegas Knight Hawks|border=2}};"|Vegas Knight Hawks roster |
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks
{{NFLplayer| 2|Ja'Rome Johnson|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|13|Jorge Reyna|link=no}} Running backs {{NFLplayer|20|Taurean Taylor|link=no}} Wide receivers {{NFLplayer| 1|Caleb Holley|link=no}} {{NFLplayer| 9|Jonathan Johnson|link=no}} {{NFLplayer| 4|Quentin Randolph|link=no}} {{NFLplayer| 7|CJ Windham|link=no}} | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Offensive linemen {{NFLplayer|71|Kordell Brewster|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|66|Eric Douglas|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|75|Fred Lauina|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|77|Moses Mallory|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|52|Kevin Toote|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|55|Anthony Whigam|link=no}} Defensive linemen {{NFLplayer|90|Lee Autry|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|45|Rick D'Abreu|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|11|Jerry Garner|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|44|Lorenzo Hernandez|link=no}} {{NFLplayer| 0|Maurice Jacksons|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|10|Gabriel McCoy|link=no}} | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Linebackers {{NFLplayer|25|Makel Calhoun|link=no}} Defensive backs {{NFLplayer| 3|Ja'Quan Amos|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|12|James Ceasar|link=no}} {{NFLplayer| 9|Justin Collins|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|19|Jericho Flowers|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|13|Bryce Hampton|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|22|Malik Hausman|link=no}} {{NFLplayer|21|Darius Williams|d=defensive back}} Kickers {{NFLplayer|30|Kevin Macias|link=no}} | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Reserve lists
Rookies in italics [https://knighthawksfootball.com/sports/football/roster/2022?&sort=position Roster] updated June 26, 2024 27 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters |
Season-by-season results
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| style="background:#fcc;"|League champions
| style="background:#dfd;"|Conference champions | style="background:#96cdcd;"|Playoff berth | style="background:#c8a2c8;"|League leader |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" | ||
| rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2" | League !rowspan="2" | Conference !colspan="3" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses |
| 2022
| IFL | Western | 5th | 6 | 10 | | ||
| 2023
| IFL | Western | 6th | 5 | 10 | | ||
| 2024
| IFL | Western | style="background:#96cdcd| 2nd | 11 | 5 | align=left|Lost First round (Arizona) 38–39 | ||
| rowspan="4" colspan="4"|Totals
! 22 | 25 | All-time regular season record |
| 0 | 1 | All-time postseason record |
| 22 | 26 | All-time regular season and postseason record |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://knighthawksfootball.com/}}
- [https://www.goifl.com Indoor Football League website]
{{IFL}}
{{Nevada sports}}
{{Las Vegas Sports}}
Category:Indoor Football League teams
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Las Vegas
Category:American football teams established in 2021