Louisville Fire
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Established 2001 Folded 2008 Played in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Team colors | Fire red, black and flame |
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| Owner(s) | Will Wolford | ||
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Ron Selesky (2001) Jeff Brohm (2002) Wally English (2003) Tommy Johnson (2003–2008) |
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League championships (0) |
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Conference championships (1) 2005 |
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Division championships (3) 2001, 2003, 2004 |
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| Playoff appearances (4) | |||
| 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 | |||
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The Louisville Fire was an arena football team that played its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator was former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team was somewhat successful. After a rocky first few seasons they finally found success in 2004 and then made it all the way to the Arena Cup in the 2005 season.
On December 19, 2001, Brohm was named the head coach of the Louisville Fire arena football team. The Fire started the 0–7 before they defeated the Carolina Rhinos 31–28 to improve to 1–7. The Fire would finish the season 2–14.
In 2003, English was hired to replace Brohm as the head coach of the Louisville Fire af2 team. He was fired after just two games with a record of 2–2.
In July 2007, it was announced that the team planned on selling portions of the team to local ownership (ala the NFL's Green Bay Packers) in an attempt to boost season ticket sales and then buy the shares back in time before the team joined the AFL.
In November 2008, the Louisville Fire ceased operations.
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