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Louisville Fire

Louisville Fire

Arena football team

For 2021-22 Fire in Louisville, Colorado, see Marshall Fire.

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.

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On December 19, 2001, Jeff Brohm was named the head coach of the Louisville Fire arena football team.[1] 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.[2]

In 2003, English was hired to replace Brohm as the head coach of the Louisville Fire af2 team.[2] He was fired after just two games with a record of 2–2.[3]

In July 2007, it was announced that the team planned on selling portions of the team to local ownership (aka 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.[4]

In November 2008, the Louisville Fire ceased operations.[5]

Award winners

  • 2004 – Takua Furutani – International Player of the Year
  • 2005 – Matthew Sauk – Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2005 – Danny Kight – Kicker of the Year
  • 2006 – Brett Dietz – Rookie of the Year
  • 2006 – Rob Mager – Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2008 – Elizabeth "Liz" Horrall – Miss Louisville Fire Football

Season-by-season

On offense against Birmingham in May 2006 at the BJCC Arena.
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Coaching staff

Louisville Fire staff
Front office

Head coach

  • Head coach – Tommy Johnnson
  • Assistant head coach/special teams coach – George Eskridge
   Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Anthony Payton
  • Quarterbacks coach – Oscar Brohm
  • Offensive assistant – Roy McMillen

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive line coach – Darrel Ryan
  • Defensive assistant – Pat Padrone
  • Defensive assistant – Tyronne Young

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Jeff Brohm named as coach of Louisville Fire". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. December 19, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. [2]
    John R. Karman III (March 31, 2003). "Arena football officials hope to improve on, off field". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Fire name defensive coordinator as coach". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. April 8, 2003. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. [4]
    Louisville Fire Press Release: Fire seek season ticket and ownership support in quest for AFL
  5. [5]
    Hall, C. Ray (2008-11-12). "Fire ceases operations as af2 team; Fair board says it recently received notice of the move". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2008-11-26.


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