The Northern Arizona Wranglers are a professional indoor football team based in

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. They are members of the

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and play their home games at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley beginning in the 2021 season.

History

On August 25, 2020, the

(IFL) held a press conference at the Findlay Toyota Center to announce a new expansion team in Prescott Valley. The team is the third IFL franchise in the state of

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, along with the Arizona Rattlers and Tucson Sugar Skulls, for the 2021 season. They will be the third indoor football team to play in Prescott Valley. The

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played in the

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before that in 2008 and also played in the IFL in 2011. The

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played in the AIF in 2012. The team hired Dominic Bramante as the inaugural head coach after previously serving in the same role with the

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, winning the

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title in 2018 and 2019. On October 6, 2020, the team name was announced as the Northern Arizona Wranglers. Former

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and

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head coach Les Moss was named the head coach for the 2022 season. The Wranglers won their first

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in 2022, defeating the

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47–45.

Current roster

Statistics

Season-by-season results

References

External links

Northern Arizona Wranglers official site
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