The Buffalo Stampede was a basketball team in the
Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League (ACPBL) that started as a franchise in the
Premier Basketball League
The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is an American professional men's basketball minor league that began play in January 2008. The league folded after the 2017 season. It was announced that the league would be revived un ...
(PBL) in the 2009 season. The team was originally the NexxNow Buffalo Dragons (called Buffalo Dragons in shorthand)
The team was first owned by NexxNow Inc.
However, Vincent Lesh, the owner of the modern
American Basketball Association Buffalo Sharks (the team formerly known as the ''Silverbacks'' and ''Rapids'') folded that club, left the ABA, and bought the Dragons from NexxNow, renaming them the Buffalo Stampede.
The team was to play their home games at the
Burt Flickinger Center at
Erie Community College,
however with Lesh's purchase they moved to what was going to be the Sharks venue, the
Koessler Athletic Center
Koessler Athletic Center is a 2,196-seat multi-purpose arena in Buffalo, New York on the campus of Canisius College. It was built in 1968, is home to the Canisius College Golden Griffins men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball ...
at
Canisius College.
On December 15, the team announced that head coach
Richard Jacob stepped down and would be replaced on an interim basis by General Manager Roosevelt Bouie.
On December 23, John Fitzpatrick was named head coach.
On March 22, 2009, Fitzpatrick was removed as assistant coach Aaron Clark would take over
running the team for its final two games, before leaving for the Rochester razorsharks the following season.
For 2010, Lesh hired Jim Condill as the head coach of the Buffalo Stampede. In February 2010, Condill resigned and Vern Hall, his assistant coach, took over. During the 2010 season Vern Hall was unable to attended two games in Canada on the Stampede's schedule, due to personal reasons. Assistant coach/Team manager Jordan Ellis interimed for Hall and ended up with a 1-1 record on the trip. Becoming the youngest coach in PBL history to ever record a win at the age of 21.
On May 24, 2010, the PBL announced that the league was severing ties with the Stampede.
On August 10, 2010 the Stampede announced their move to the ACPBL and a pending change in venue to
Daemen College
Daemen University is a private university in Amherst, New York and Brooklyn, New York. Formerly Daemen College and Rosary Hill College, the now-nondenominational school was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis in 1947.
As of fall 2020, 2,536 s ...
.
After playing one season in the ACPBL, the Stampede folded, their place in the ACPBL being taken by a team called the
Buffalo Warriors.
References
External links
Buffalo Stampede official website
Former Premier Basketball League teams
Former American Professional Basketball League teams
Sports in Buffalo, New York
Basketball teams in New York (state)
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