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The Stockton Crusaders are a future professional indoor football team based in Stockton, California. They were announced as one of the inaugural teams for the new Arena Football One that will begin play in 2025.
| Stockton Crusaders | |
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| Established 2024 Play in Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California StocktonCrusaders.com | |
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| Personnel | |
| President | Scott McKibben |
| General manager | Greg Pearce |
| Head coach | Kurt Bryan |
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| League championships (0) | |
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History
editThe Crusaders are the second official California-based team to play in the AFL system and the first since the Stockton Lightning who played in af2 fron 2006 to 2009. The logo was made using Artificial intelligence
Birth of the Crusaders
editThe Stockton Crusaders were founded in June of 2024. On September 9, 2024, the Crusaders announced their intentions to join the newly-formed Arena Football One. Its head coach Kurt Bryan was a co-creator of the A-11 offense briefly used in outdoor football.[1] Team president Scott McKibben had previously been chairman of the Oakland Coliseum authority.[2]
References
edit- ^ "AF1 Announces Stockton Crusaders as Expansion Team for 2025". TheAF1.com. 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ Matier, Phil (2019-08-10). "Oakland Coliseum chief resigns over role in RingCentral naming rights deal". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-01-17.