The Miami Sting were a professional indoor football team based in

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. The Sting was to play its home games at the

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on the campus of the

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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

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of the

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(

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), their relocated form the

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), the Miami Morays of the

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(

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), and their relocated form the

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), and the

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(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

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, who had left the league to re-join the

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(CIFL). The Sting had an agreement to host games at

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, as well as other cities throughout Western Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2011, they announced that they would be coached by Paul Pennington. 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

for the 2013 season, to be known as the Miami Sting. The Sting will play their home games at the

, on the campus of the

. The franchise named former head coach of the

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, Keith Evans, as their head coach in October 2012.

Players of note

Current roster

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Coaching staff

Season-by-season results

References

External links

Miami Sting official site
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