Vegas Knight Hawks

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Vegas Knight Hawks
AmericanFootball current event.svg Current season
Established 2021
Play in Henderson, Nevada
at Lee's Family Forum
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Vegas Knight Hawks Logo.svg
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Football League (2022–present)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, red, gold, and white
    
MascotRisk
Personnel
Owner(s) Bill Foley
Head coachMike Davis
Team history
  • Vegas Knight Hawks (2022–present)
Championships
League championships (1)
2025
Conference championships (1)
2025
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (2)
Home arena(s)

The Vegas Knight Hawks are a professional indoor football team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Knight Hawks began play in 2022 at Lee's Family Forum. The franchise is owned by Bill Foley, the owner of the Vegas Golden Knights. [1]

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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

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]

In Davis’ 3rd season as head coach, the Knighthawks achieved their 1st winning season, as well as clinched their 1st appearance in the Indoor Football League Playoffs, where they would fall in the 1st round to the Arizona Rattlers. The following season, the Knighthawks would again achieve a winning season, however in the playoffs, the Knighthawks would go all the way, achieving their 1st ever playoff win in the 1st round against the Bay Area Panthers, winning the Western Conference Championship against the San Diego Strike Force, before ultimately winning the IFL National Championship for the 1st time in franchise history over the Green Bay Blizzard on August 23, 2025.

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2025 Indoor Football League season.

NameSeasonRegular seasonPlayoffsAwards
WLTWin%WL
Mike Davis20226100.37500
20235100.33300
20241150.68801
20251060.62530IFL Champions

Roster

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

League championsConference championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season League Conference Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLosses
2022 IFL Western5th610
2023 IFL Western6th510
2024 IFL Western2nd115Lost First round (Arizona) 38–39
2025 IFL Western4th106Won League Championship (Green Bay) 64-61
Totals3231All-time regular season record
31All-time postseason record
3531All-time regular season and postseason record

References

  1. 1 2 "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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