Fort Wayne Firehawks
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| Founded | 2009 |
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| League | Continental Indoor Football League |
| Team history | Fort Wayne FireHawks (2010-) |
| Based in | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Arena | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum |
| Colors | Black, Red, White |
| Owner(s) | Championship Sports Enterprises, LLC |
| President | J. Michael Loomis |
| Head coach | Vacant |
| General manager | J. Michael Loomis |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 0 |
| Cheerleaders | Lady Hawks |
The Fort Wayne FireHawks were a professional indoor football team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League as an expansion team during the 2010 season. The FireHawks were the fourth attempt at indoor football in Fort Wayne after the original Fort Wayne Freedom (NIFL & UIF, 2003–06), Fort Wayne Fusion (af2, 2007), and the second Fort Wayne Freedom (CIFL, 2008–09). The Owner of the FireHawks was Championship Sports Enterprises LLC. The FireHawks played their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
The team saw financial problems before the season had started, when Co-Owner and General Manager, John Christner, was unable to stay with the team. As a result, J. Michael Loomis became the sole owner and only principal of Championship Sports Enterprises, and attempted to filed an LLC. With Christner's departure, Loomis became general manager, handling day-to-day operations of the team. Following the 2010 season, Loomis attempted to find additional investors or buyers of the team, without success. The team sat out the 2011 season. Before the 2011 season ended, Loomis sought to reorganize the CIFL, but when those negotiations broke down, Loomis decided against rejoining the CIFL. There were media reports that the FireHawks, along with several members of the CIFL, were going to form the Stadius Football Association (SFA), to be based in Indianapolis. The new league did not materialize after two teams, Marion and Cincinnati, joined the United Indoor Football League almost as quickly as the press release was floated. Thereafter, the FireHawks did not attempt to re-join the CIFL, nor did it join another league.
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