Miami Sting

Miami Sting
Founded	2011
Folded	2013
League	UIFL 2012
Team history	Western Pennsylvania Sting (2012); Miami Sting (2013)
Based in	Coral Gables, Florida (2013)
Arena	BankUnited Center (2013)
Colors	Red & Black
Owner	TBA
President	TBA
Head coach	Keith Evans
Championships	(0)
Conference titles	(0)
Playoff berths	(0)
Dancers	The Honeybees

The Miami Sting were a professional indoor football team based in Coral Gables, Florida. The Sting was to play its home games at the BankUnited Center on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The Sting folded just before the 2013 season began.

The Sting were the fourth indoor/arena football team to call South Florida home, following the Miami Hooters of the Arena Football League (1993-1995), their relocated form the Florida Bobcats (1996-2001), the Miami Morays of the National Indoor Football League (2005 National Indoor Football League season), and their relocated form the Florida Frenzy (2006), and the Miami Vice Squad (which only played a portion of the 2007 NIFL season before they were suspended and the league folded).

Franchise history

2012

The Sting were originally created to replace the Saginaw Sting, who had left the league to re-join the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL).^[1] The Sting had an agreement to host games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as well as other cities throughout Western Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2011, they announced that they would be coached by Paul Pennington.^[2]

Pennington, his staff, and all signed players resigned after the sale of the team to Jeff Bollinger a Pittsburgh Businessman, after which the Sting were coached by Bollinger, Jeff Hether and Bill Miller during the 2012 season.

The Sting finished their inaugural season with an 0–7 record, last place in the Northern Conference.

2013

The franchise moved to Coral Gables, Florida for the 2013 season, to be known as the Miami Sting.^[3] The Sting will play their home games at the BankUnited Center, on the campus of the University of Miami.^[3] The franchise named former head coach of the Ontario Warriors, Keith Evans, as their head coach in October 2012.^[4]

Players of note

Current roster

Miami Sting roster

Quarterbacks

-- Anthony Andre

Running backs

-- Chris Pointdexter

Wide receivers

-- Stefon Ceaser
-- Phillip Goodman
-- Solomon Jones
-- John Roberson
-- Timothy Smith

Offensive linemen

currently vacant

Defensive linemen

-- Christopher Dirksz
-- LaRonn Zimmerman

Linebackers

-- Andrew Gamboa

Defensive backs

-- Mikell Mair

Special teams

-- Joe Lindway

Reserve lists

currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster updated October 29, 2012
12 Active, 0 Inactive

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Name	Term	Regular season				Playoffs		Awards
Name	Term	W	L	T	Win%	W	L	Awards
Jeff Bollinger	2012	0	7	0	.000	0	0
Keith Evans	2013	0	0	0	–	0	0

Coaching staff

Miami Sting staff

Front office

Founder/Owner/President – UIFL

Head coach

Head coach – Keith Evans

Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator –

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator – Anthony Atkins

Season-by-season results

League Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions	Wild Card Berth	League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Postseason results
2012	2012	UIFL	Northern		5th	0	7	0
Totals						0	7	0	All-time regular season record (2012)
						0	0	-	All-time postseason record (2012)
						0	7	0	All-time regular season and postseason record (2012)

References

^ "Former Freeze/RiverRats coach hired by UIFL team". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News, GoErie.com & CyberInk. December 1, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
^ "Western Pennsylvania Sting hires Pennington". TheUIFL.com. UIFL. November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Sting Fly South to Coral Gables, FL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
^ "Sting Already Causing Pain". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.

External links

Miami Sting official site

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[1] "Former Freeze/RiverRats coach hired by UIFL team". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News, GoErie.com & CyberInk. December 1, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2015.

[2] "Western Pennsylvania Sting hires Pennington". TheUIFL.com. UIFL. November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[South_Florida-3] "Sting Fly South to Coral Gables, FL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 28, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.

[4] "Sting Already Causing Pain". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.

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