Vegas IFL team reveals team name, head coach

Vegas’ indoor shot squad volition beryllium called the Knight Hawks, the enactment revealed Monday.

The Indoor Football League enlargement franchise is acceptable to statesman play successful 2022 successful the soon-to-be-completed Dollar Loan Center successful Henderson and volition beryllium the league’s 18th team.

Mike Davis besides was named caput manager and wide manager of the franchise.

“Words can’t enactment it into perspective,” Davis said. “It’s a imagination travel existent for america to beryllium capable to travel backmost and commencement this.”

Davis was the antiaircraft enactment manager for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League successful 2020. He coached the antiaircraft enactment for Saskatchewan successful 2019 and was the CFL franchise’s manager of subordinate unit from 2016-18.

Prior to his clip successful Canada, Davis coached the IFL’s Nebraska Danger to 3 Intense Conference championships betwixt 2011 and 2016. He was inducted into the team’s hallway of fame successful 2017.

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