The Everett Hawks were a professional minor league

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team based in

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. The team was in existence for five years (2002–07) in three leagues, the Northwest Football League (NWFL), the

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(NIFL), and

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and in two locations, the Eastside and Everett. They were first members of the Northwest Football League as the Eastside Hawks. After the 2004 season, they became a member of the NIFL as the Everett Hawks. In 2006 they switched to the

. They played their home games at

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. On May 14, 2006, after losing their first six af2 games,

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was fired from the head coach position. The Hawks got their first win in af2 history by defeating the

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41–40 on May 27, 2006. Nonetheless, soon after the end of the 2007 season, the team folded.

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National Indoor Football League teams Sports in Everett, Washington Defunct af2 teams 2002 establishments in Washington (state) 2007 disestablishments in Washington (state) {{Washington-sport-team-stub