Tennessee Valley Vipers

Alabama Vipers
Established 2000 Folded 2010 Played in Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama
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League/conference affiliations
af2 (2000–2004) National Conference (2000–2002) American Conference (2003–2004) South Central Division (2001) Southern Division (2002–2003) Midsouthern Division (2004) United Indoor Football (2005) Southern Division (2005) af2 (2006–2009) American Conference (2006) National Conference (2007) American Conference (2008–2009) Southern Division (2006) South Division (2007–2009) Arena Football League (2010–2010) American Conference (2010) South (2010)
Team colors	Green, Black, White
Personnel
Owner(s)	Doug MacGregor
President	Corey Remillard
Head coach	Dean Cokinos
Team history
Tennessee Valley Vipers (2000–2004) Tennessee Valley Raptors (2005) Tennessee Valley Vipers (2006–2009) Alabama Vipers (2010–2010)
Championships
League championships (1) af2: 2008
Conference championships (1) American (af2): 2008
Division championships (5) South Central (af2): 2001 Southern (af2): 2002, 2003 Midsouthern (af2): 2004 South (af2): 2009
Playoff appearances (8)
af2: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 UIF: 2005
Home arena(s)
Von Braun Center (2000-2010)

Arena Football League (2010–2010)

Green, Black, White

League championships (1)

Conference championships (1)

Division championships (5)

The Alabama Vipers were a professional arena football team, that played in the Arena Football League. For most of their history, the Vipers played as the Tennessee Valley Vipers in the now-defunct af2, the minor league for the original Arena Football League, where they won ArenaCup IX in 2008. They played their home games at the Von Braun Center. They were coached by Dean Cokinos.

The team moved to Gwinnett County, Georgia for the 2011 AFL season and became a new incarnation of the Georgia Force.

The team played in af2 for five seasons, from 2000–2004, and during that period was one of the league's most competitive teams. The then owner and operator of the team was Art Clarkson. Then following the 2004 season the team left the af2 and joined the United Indoor Football (UIF) league.

The team joined the United Indoor Football league as the Tennessee Valley Pythons. But after legal threats from the AF2 for using the "snake" motif, the team changed its name again, this time to the Tennessee Valley Raptors. The Raptors, after an attendance decline in Huntsville, moved operations to Rockford, Illinois in 2005 and became the Rock River Raptors.

Meanwhile, the af2 returned to Huntsville in 2006. The new team, owned by HSV Sports, LLC (who also owns the local hockey team), was granted the rights to the Vipers name, trademarks, and history that had been vacated by the previous ownership. Prior to the 2007 season, controlling interest in the team was sold to Texas AF2 Holdings, LLC. The team still operated in conjunction with HSV Sports, LLC, now a minority partner with the team.

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