The No Coast Roller Derby is a co-ed flat track roller derby league based in

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. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues. No Coast is a member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

(WFTDA).

League history

The league was founded after a Lincoln-based band toured to

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, and got to know members of Texas Rollergirls. This inspired Jackie Geist and her friends to establish No CoastCara Pesek,
Domesticated roller derby just for the grrrrls
, ''

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'', 27 August 2005 in Lincoln, the home of the National Museum of Roller Skating. Roughly 350 fans attended No Coast's first exhibition bout in 2005, and the league played its first public bout in March 2006, attracting a crowd of around 2,000 fans.Josh Swartzlander,
Roller Derby expo packs Pershing Center
, ''

'', 25 March 2006 In May 2007, No Coast was announced as a new member of the

(WFTDA). Although the league initially had several of its own teams, these were later abolished, in order to focus on interleague play. As of 2016, No Coast fields two teams, the Mad Maxines (A team) and the Road Warriors (B team). A JRDA-aligned program, the No Coast Junior Derby league, is run by No Coast. Their A team, the Furies, complete nationally. From the league's formation until 2014, No Coast played its games at the

Pershing Center The Pershing Center (originally known as Pershing Auditorium) is a 4,526-seat multi-purpose arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Although still physically in place, it is no longer in use. History On February 12, 1900, Lincoln's first municipal auditoriu ...

, where they were used to drawing up to 2700 fans for events. Upon Pershing's closure in 2014, No Coast hosted at least one event that year at

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before moving to the

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WFTDA competition

In 2010, No Coast hosted the

WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament The WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament or WFTDA South Central Region Playoffs was one of four annual roller derby regional qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships. The Tournament was organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Assoc ...

at the

,August 2010 Featured League: No Coast Derby Girls
, WFTDA, 1 August 2010 billed as the "biggest roller derby weekend in Lincoln history". No Coast themselves competed, entering the weekend as the eight seed and finishing in fifth place.Amber Waves of Pain 2010 South Central Region Playoffs
, WFTDA No Coast hosted the South Central Regional Tournament again in 2012, also at the Pershing Center. At the 2012 event, seventh-seed No Coast finished the weekend in fifth place with a victory over fourth-seeded

Nashville Rollergirls Nashville Roller Derby is a women's flat-track roller derby league based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded as Nashville Rollergirls, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History and structure The league was f ...

. No Coast has consistently qualified for WFTDA Playoffs every season since 2009. No Coast was the ninth seed at the WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs and Championship in 2017 in

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, and finished in twelfth place.

Rankings

References

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