2024 Indoor Football League season

The 2024 Indoor Football League season will be the sixteenth (and fifteenth complete) season of the Indoor Football League (IFL).

2024 IFL season
LeagueIndoor Football League
SportIndoor football
DurationTBD
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)

Offseason

IFL to XFL

During the 2023 XFL Draft, reigning IFL Most Valuable Player, T. J. Edwards, and Defensive Rookie of the Year, Kordell Jackson, were drafted by the San Antonio Brahmas and the Orlando Guardians respectively.[2]

Expansion

On August 20, 2023, the league announced they would be adding the three-time, and defending, National Arena League champions in the Jacksonville Sharks as their 15th franchise.[3] On September 26, the league added the San Antonio Gunslingers as their 16th franchise to even out the conferences.[4] On October 24, the IFL announced that Indy Indoor Football would be joining the IFL starting in 2025, pushing its member count to 17, and 19 if you include Columbus and Bismarck.[5]

Teams
TeamLocationArenaCapacityFoundedJoinedHead coach
Eastern Conference
Frisco Fighters Frisco, TX Comerica Center 3,500 2019 2020 Billy Back
Green Bay Blizzard Ashwaubenon, WI Resch Center 8,600 2003 2010 Corey Roberson
Iowa Barnstormers Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena 15,181 1995 2015 Dave Mogensen
Jacksonville Sharks Jacksonville, FL VV Memorial Arena 13,011 2009 2023 Jason Gibson
Massachusetts Pirates Worcester, MA DCU Center 12,339 2017 2021 Mark Stoute
Quad City Steamwheelers Moline, IL Vibrant Arena 9,200 2017 2019 Cory Ross
Sioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls, SD DS Premier Center 10,678 2000 2009 Kurtiss Riggs
Tulsa Oilers Tulsa, OK BOK Center 16,582 2022 2023 Marvin Jones
Western Conference
Arizona Rattlers Phoenix, AR Footprint Center 18,422 1992 2017 Kevin Guy
Bay Area Panthers San Jose, CA SAP Center 17,562 2019 2020 Darren Arbet
Duke City Gladiators Rio Rancho, NM RR Events Center 6,000 2015 2020 Sherman Carter
Northern Arizona Wranglers Prescott Valley, AR Findlay Toyota Center 6,000 2020 2021 Les Moss
San Antonio Gunslingers San Antonio, TX Freeman Coliseum 9,800 2020 2024 Tom Menas
San Diego Strike Force San Diego, CA Pechanga Arena 12,000 2018 2019 Taylor Genuser
Tucson Sugar Skulls Tucson, AR Tucson Arena 8,962 2018 2019 Hurtis Chinn
Vegas Knight Hawks Henderson, NV Dollar Loan Center 6,019 2021 2022 Mike Davis
To Be Announced
Bismarck Bucks Bismarck, ND Bismarck Event Center 10,100 2016 2019 Rod Miller
Columbus Wild Dogs Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena 19,500 TBD TBD

Regular season

Awards

References
  1. "CBS Sports To Televise The Next Three IFL National Championship Games". xflnewshub.com.
  2. Van Beek, Eric. "IFL MVP AND DROY DRAFTED INTO XFL". goifl.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. Van Beek, Eric. "IFL ADDS JACKSONVILLE SHARKS". goifl.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. Van Beek, Eric. "IFL ADDS SAN ANTONIO GUNSLINGERS". Indoor Football League. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. Van Beek, Eric. "INDIANAPOLIS TO JOIN IFL IN 2025". Indoor Football League. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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