Humber Warhawks
| Established | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Team Home colours | Red Helmets Green Shirts Red Pants Black Socks |
| Away Team Colours | Red Helmets White Shirts Red Pants Black Socks |
| Home Field | West Campus Sports Field, University of Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Conference Alignment | British American Football Association National Leagues - NFC South 2 |
| General Manager | Pete Scorah |
| Head Coach | Pete Scorah |
| Defensive Coach | Steve Waldron |
| Special Teams Coach | Graham McCoid |
| Team Captain | Thomas Barker |
| 2016 regular season record | (3-7) |
| Playoff record | None |
| Playoff appearances | None |
| Divisional Championships | None |
| BritBowl appearances | None |
The Humber Warhawks are a British American football team based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire who play in the BAFA NFC South 2. The club represent the counties of East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire by taking their name from the Humber Estuary that flows between the two counties and the Humber Bridge which connects them. The club were formed in 2014 when the Kingston Warhawks merged with fellow associate team the Grimsby Scorpions. They were later granted official BAFA status and debuted in the 2015 season.
American football was first played in the City of Hull in the late 1980s, with the first club being the Hull Kingston Liberators. Over the next few years, the team were known by several other names, such as the Kingston Liberators, before disbanding as the Humberside Liberators in the early 1990s. The next team to come out of the City were the Hull Pirates, who achieved a third-place position in the National League in their only season of existence. Next came the Hull Rockets, before the Kingston Barbarians entered the league in 2001, then folded after two games.
The Hull Hornets were formed in 2005 and were awarded BAFA League Status in 2005. The Hornets became the City's only American football club until it folded in 2011. The following year former Doncaster Mustangs coach Pete Scorah formed the Kingston Warhawks. The Warhawks operated for two seasons as an associate American football team before a deal was struck to merge with rival team the Grimsby Scorpions who are from neighbouring town Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Hull was chosen as the base city for the new club with the majority of players from both teams forming into one squad with the exception of some who opted to join the Lincolnshire Bombers.
The Humber Warhawks' inaugural match was a friendly against BAFA side Lincolnshire Bombers. Other games came against the University of Hull Sharks before playing in the associate bowl against Halton Spartans at the Select Security Stadium, in which both clubs were eventually invited to become BAFA clubs for the 2015 season.
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