Spokane Shock
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Established 2005 Folded 2015 Played in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington |
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| Team colors | Blue, Orange, Gold, White |
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| Mascot | Shox the Fox | ||||
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| Owner(s) | Nader Naini | ||||
| Head coach | Andy Olson | ||||
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League championships (3) |
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Conference championships (1) 2010 |
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Division championships (8) |
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| Playoff appearances (9) | |||||
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af2 (2006–2009)
Arena Football League (2010–2015)
League championships (3)
Division championships (8)
The Spokane Shock was a professional arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, playing their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was part of the National Conference Pacific Division of the Arena Football League. The franchise folded in October 2015 as the rights to the Shock name belong to the AFL after the previous franchise owned by IFL Partners, LLC (led by Nader Naini), failed to come to terms with the league to use the trademarks and identity, thus forcing the new Spokane IFL franchise to find a new name. The new team is now known as the Spokane Empire.
Formerly a member of arenafootball2 (af2), the Shock won division titles in all four seasons and ArenaCups in 2006 and 2009 before they joined the Arena Football League (AFL) in its 2010 relaunch. The team advanced to the playoffs three times since joining the AFL, winning ArenaBowl XXIII in their first season, making them the first (and as of 2014, the only) arena football franchise to win both the ArenaCup and the ArenaBowl.
For many years, there were proposals to bring an arena football team to Spokane. In summer 2005, owner Brady Nelson teamed up with two additional partners to bring a team to Spokane. On August 26, 2005, during af2 league meetings in Bossier City, Louisiana, league commissioner Jerry Kurz accepted Nelson's proposal for a Spokane af2 team. The Shock was one of three expansion teams to begin playing in 2006. The other two were the Everett Hawks, and the .
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