Alabama Vipers

Established 2000
Folded 2010
Played in Von Braun Center
in Huntsville, Alabama

Logo

League/conference affiliations

af2 (2000–2004)
- National Conference (2000–2002)
- American Conference (2003–2004)
  - South Central Division (2001)
  - Southern Division (2002–2003)
  - Midsouthern Division (2004)
United Indoor Football (2005)
- Southern Division (2005)
af2 (2006–2009)
American Conference (2006)
National Conference (2007)
American Conference (2008–2009)
- Southern Division (2006)
- South Division (2007–2009)

Arena Football League (2010–2010)

American Conference (2010)
- South (2010)

Team colors

Green, Black, White

Personnel

Owner(s)

Doug MacGregor

President

Corey Remillard

Head coach

Dean Cokinos

Team history

Tennessee Valley Vipers (2000–2004)
Tennessee Valley Raptors (2005)
Tennessee Valley Vipers (2006–2009)
Alabama Vipers (2010–2010)

Championships

League championships (1)

af2: 2008

Conference championships (1)

American (af2): 2008

Division championships (5)

South Central (af2): 2001
Southern (af2): 2002, 2003
Midsouthern (af2): 2004
South (af2): 2009

Playoff appearances (8)

af2: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UIF: 2005

Home arena(s)

Von Braun Center (2000-2010)

Arena Football League (2010–2010)

Green, Black, White

League championships (1)

Conference championships (1)

Division championships (5)

The Alabama Vipers were a professional arena football team, that played in the Arena Football League. For most of their history, the Vipers played as the Tennessee Valley Vipers in the now-defunct af2, the minor league for the original Arena Football League, where they won ArenaCup IX in 2008. They played their home games at the Von Braun Center. They were coached by Dean Cokinos.

The team moved to Gwinnett County, Georgia for the 2011 AFL season and became a new incarnation of the Georgia Force.

The team played in af2 for five seasons, from 2000–2004, and during that period was one of the league's most competitive teams. The then owner and operator of the team was Art Clarkson. Then following the 2004 season the team left the af2 and joined the United Indoor Football (UIF) league.

The team joined the United Indoor Football league as the Tennessee Valley Pythons. But after legal threats from the AF2 for using the "snake" motif, the team changed its name again, this time to the Tennessee Valley Raptors. The Raptors, after an attendance decline in Huntsville, moved operations to Rockford, Illinois in 2005 and became the Rock River Raptors.

Meanwhile, the af2 returned to Huntsville in 2006. The new team, owned by HSV Sports, LLC (who also owns the local hockey team), was granted the rights to the Vipers name, trademarks, and history that had been vacated by the previous ownership. Prior to the 2007 season, controlling interest in the team was sold to Texas AF2 Holdings, LLC. The team still operated in conjunction with HSV Sports, LLC, now a minority partner with the team.

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