Dallas Desperados
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Established 2002 Folded 2009 Played in American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas |
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Arena Football League (2002–2008)
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Blue, White, Black |
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| Mascot | Kid Coyote | ||||
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| Owner(s) | Jerry Jones | ||||
| President | Shy Anderson | ||||
| Head coach | Will McClay | ||||
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League championships (0) 0 |
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Conference championships (0) 0 |
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Division championships (0) 0 |
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| Playoff appearances (3) | |||||
| 2003, 2006, 2007 | |||||
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Arena Football League (2002–2008)
Blue, White, Black
The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. The Desperados played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008.
The franchise began play in 2002 as an expansion team, and have posted a winning record in all but one of their seasons in existence. The team was owned by Jerry Jones, who also owns the Dallas Cowboys. Jones' son-in-law Shy Anderson was the COO of the team, and oversaw the day-to-day operations of the franchise.
The team folded effective August 4, 2009, upon the dissolving of the original AFL. Unlike most AFL teams, Jones maintains the intellectual property rights to the Desperados.
During a halftime interview at a Cowboys preseason game on August 12, 2000, Jerry Jones revealed to Babe Laufenberg that the AFL had granted him an expansion franchise to begin play in 2002. The team was originally going to be named the "Dallas Texans", following in the footsteps of Dallas’ former AFL franchise which existed from 1990–1993. However, that same year he sold the rights to the name "Texans" for a reported $10 million to the new Houston franchise. After a contest in which fans voted via the team’s official website, the new Dallas team was eventually named the Desperados. Jones appointed Cowboys special teams coach Joe Avezzano as head coach, and on November 21, 2001 in the AFL expansion draft, they acquired their first player, lineman Aaron Hamilton.
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