Chris Siegfried is the former

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of the

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of the now-defunct

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. He was previously the offensive coordinator of the

Jacksonville Sharks The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, playing their home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Beginning in 2017, the Sharks began play as charter members of the National Arena Leag ...

(2010) and

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(2007), teams in the

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, the head coach of the

Spokane Shock The Spokane Shock were a professional indoor American football team based in Spokane, Washington, that played their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was initially a member of arenafootball2 (af2), the Shock won divisio ...

(2006), the

South Georgia Wildcats The South Georgia Wildcats were a professional arena football team based in Albany, Georgia. They were member of the South Division of the American Conference of Arenafootball2 (AF2). The Wildcats joined the AF2 in 2002 as an expansion team, aft ...

(2005), and the Cape Fear Wildcats (2002–2004) of the af2. While at Spokane, he led the first year expansion team to a 14-2 regular season record and the

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Championship. On September 15, 2010, he was named the first head coach of the expansion

Pittsburgh Power The Pittsburgh Power were a professional arena football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The team belonged to the East Division of the American Conference (AC) in the Arena Football League (AFL). Founded in 2011, the Power ...

of the Arena Football League. He led the Power to a 9–9 inaugural season, and after a 2–8 start in 2012 he was fired. On June 30, 2016, Siegfried was named the first director of football operations for the new

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. In October 2017, he was named the commissioner of the NAL for its second season.

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