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Louisville Fire
Established 2001 Folded 2008 Played in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky
League/conference affiliations
af2 (2001–2008)
National Conference (2001–2004)
American Conference (2005–2008)
Midwestern Division (2001–2004)
Eastern Division (2005–2006)
Midwest Division (2007–2008)
Current uniform
Team colors
Fire red, black and flame
Personnel
Owner(s)
Will Wolford
Head coach
Ron Selesky (2001) Jeff Brohm (2002) Wally English (2003) Tommy Johnson (2003–2008)
Team history
Louisville Fire (2001–2008)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1) 2005
Division championships (3) 2001, 2003, 2004
Playoff appearances (4)
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Home arena(s)
Freedom Hall (2001–2008)
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, 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]
^"Jeff Brohm named as coach of Louisville Fire". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. December 19, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ abJohn 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.
^"Fire name defensive coordinator as coach". www.bizjournals.com. American City Business Journals. April 8, 2003. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
^Louisville Fire Press Release: Fire seek season ticket and ownership support in quest for AFL
^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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