Jacksonville Sharks
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Established 2009 Play in Jacksonville, Florida at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena JAXSharks.com |
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Arena Football League (2010–2016)
National Arena League (2017–present) |
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| Team colors | Blood Red, Midnight Black, White |
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| Mascot | Chum | ||||
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| Owner(s) | Jeffrey Bouchy Steve Curran Diva Nagula, D.O. Rob Storm Jason Green Kevin Wesniak |
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| Head coach | Mark Stoute | ||||
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League championships (1) AFL: 2011 NAL: 0 |
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Conference championships (2) AFL: 2011, 2015 NAL: 0 |
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Division championships (4) AFL: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 NAL: 0 |
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AFL: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 NAL: 0 |
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Arena Football League (2010–2016)
National Arena League (2017–present)
The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, playing their home games at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, known for sponsorship purposes as Sea Best Field. Beginning in 2017, the Sharks will begin play as charter members of the National Arena League (NAL). They were members of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2010 to 2016 and won the championship of their division in the first four seasons of their existence.
The Sharks joined the AFL for the 2010 season, following the league's complete reorganization the previous year. In their inaugural season, they set the league record for most regular season wins by an expansion team, winning twelve of their sixteen games, and ranked third in the league in ticket sales and average attendance. They advanced to the 2010 AFL playoffs, claiming the South Division title. In their second year in the league, they advanced to the ArenaBowl XXIV, defeating the Arizona Rattlers 73-70, for the first AFL Championship in franchise history. The Sharks left the AFL after the 2016 season and joined the NAL.
The Arena Football League originally wanted to place a franchise in Jacksonville in the 1990s, citing the city's historical support for football. The proposal drew the attention of Wayne Weaver, then owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, but the league decided that the Jacksonville Coliseum was too small for AFL standards. In 2000, the Jacksonville Tomcats began play in the af2, the AFL's developmental league. The AFL and Tomcats ownership anticipated the completion of the new 15,000-seat Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, but the Tomcats folded after the 2002 season, before construction of the Arena was completed.
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