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Vegas Knight Hawks

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Vegas Knight Hawks
Current season
Established 2021
Play in Henderson, Nevada
at Lee's Family Forum
KnightHawksFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Football League (2022–present)
  • Western Conference (2022-present)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, red, gold, and white
       
Personnel
Owner(s)Bill Foley
Head coachMike Davis
Team history
  • Vegas Knight Hawks (2022–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
Home arena(s)

The Vegas Knight Hawks are a professional indoor football team based in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. A member of the Indoor Football League (IFL), the Knight Hawks began play in 2022 at Lee's Family Forum. The Knight Hawks are owned by Bill Foley, owner of the Vegas Golden Knights. [1]

The Knight Hawks are the fourth football team to play in the Las Vegas metropolitan area following the arrival of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders, the XFL Las Vegas Outlaws, and the Canadian Football League's Las Vegas Posse, as well as being the fourth arena/indoor football team to play in Vegas following the defunct Las Vegas Sting, Las Vegas Gladiators, and Las Vegas Outlaws, all from the Arena Football League.

History

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In May 2021, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, and Chuck Brennan, the founder and CEO of the then-Dollar Loan Center (now Lee's Family Forum), had purchased an IFL franchise to compete at the new Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada.[2] The Dollar Loan Center was built to be the home of the Golden Knights' American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, with an expected completion in early 2022.[3] On August 23, 2021, the team announced their name and logo, as well as introducing former Nebraska Danger head coach Mike Davis as the team's first head coach.[1]

Head coaches

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Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2022 Indoor Football League season.

Name Season Regular season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Mike Davis 2022 6 10 0 .375 0 0
2023 5 10 0 .333 0 0

Roster

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Vegas Knight Hawks roster
Quarterbacks
  •  2 Ja'Rome Johnson
  • 13 Jorge Reyna

Running backs

  • 20 Taurean Taylor

Wide receivers

  •  1 Caleb Holley
  •  9 Jonathan Johnson
  •  4 Quentin Randolph
  •  7 CJ Windham
Offensive linemen
  • 71 Kordell Brewster
  • 66 Eric Douglas
  • 75 Fred Lauina
  • 77 Moses Mallory
  • 52 Kevin Toote
  • 55 Anthony Whigam

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Lee Autry
  • 45 Rick D'Abreu
  • 11 Jerry Garner
  • 44 Lorenzo Hernandez
  •  0 Maurice Jacksons
  • 10 Gabriel McCoy
Linebackers
  • 25 Makel Calhoun

Defensive backs

  •  3 Ja'Quan Amos
  • 12 James Ceasar
  •  9 Justin Collins
  • 19 Jericho Flowers
  • 13 Bryce Hampton
  • 22 Malik Hausman
  • 21 Darius Williams

Kickers

  • 30 Kevin Macias
Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 26, 2024
27 Active, 0 Inactive

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Season-by-season results

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League champions Conference champions Playoff berth League leader
Season League Conference Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses
2022 IFL Western 5th 6 10
2023 IFL Western 6th 5 10
2024 IFL Western 2nd 11 5 Lost First round (Arizona) 38–39
Totals 22 25 All-time regular season record
0 1 All-time postseason record
22 26 All-time regular season and postseason record


References

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  1. ^ a b "The Vegas Knight Hawks Are The Newest Franchise In The IFL". Our Sports Central. August 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Vegas Golden Knights buy Indoor Football League expansion franchise". KSNV-TV. May 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "AHL Silver Knights to end 2021-22 schedule in new home". Las Vegas Review-Journal. July 23, 2021.
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