Arizona Rattlers
| Arizona Rattlers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Current season
|
|||||
|
Established 1992 Play in Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona AZRattlers.com |
|||||
|
|||||
| League/conference affiliations | |||||
|
Arena Football League (1992–2016)
Indoor Football League (2017–present)
|
|||||
| Team colors | Black, Copper, Teal, White |
||||
| Mascot | Fang and Stryker | ||||
| Personnel | |||||
| Owner(s) | Ron Shurts | ||||
| President | Chris Presson | ||||
| General manager | Kevin Guy | ||||
| Head coach | Kevin Guy | ||||
| Team history | |||||
|
|||||
| Championships | |||||
|
League championships (5) AFL: 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014 IFL: 0 |
|||||
|
Conference championships (5) AFL: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 IFL: 0 |
|||||
|
Division championships (10) AFL: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 IFL: 0 |
|||||
| Playoff appearances (21) | |||||
|
AFL: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 IFL: 0 |
|||||
| Home arena(s) | |||||
|
|||||
Arena Football League (1992–2016)
Indoor Football League (2017–present)
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League and were the third oldest active franchise in the AFL until their departure in 2016. They play their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Rattlers are led by head coach Kevin Guy. Since the team's establishment in 1992, the Rattlers have won ten division titles and have played in nine ArenaBowl Championship games, winning championships in 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
In 1987, it was speculated that the Phoenix, Arizona, area would be a target for the newly formed Arena Football League (AFL).
On September 11, 1991, it was announced that Jerry Colangelo had been awarded an expansion franchise in the AFL in Phoenix. Colangelo, owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, first approached Frank Kush to coach his team, but Kush declined the invitation. In October 1991, the team announced that former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White would be the franchise's first head coach. In December 1991, the team announced that they would be named the Arizona Rattlers after more than 250 people suggested that the team's nickname should be the Rattlers, while 55% of their responders picked "Arizona" over "Phoenix".
...
Wikipedia