The Rio Grande Valley Magic were a professional indoor football team based in Hidalgo, Texas. The Magic were charter members of the

Lone Star Football League The Lone Star Football League (LSFL) was a regional professional indoor football minor league that played three seasons from 2012 to 2014. All of the LSFL's charter teams were based in the state of Texas, with five teams coming from the Southern ...

(LSFL) in 2012, after playing as an

expansion team An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also ...

in the

Southern Indoor Football League The Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) was an indoor football league based in the Southern and Eastern United States. The most recent incarnation of the league was a consolidation of an earlier league of the same name that was formed by Thom H ...

(SIFL) in 2011. The Magic played their home games at the State Farm Arena.

History

In July 2010, team owner Chad Dittman announced that he would be bringing an

of the

(SIFL) to Rio Grande Valley. On August 19, 2010, Dittman announced the team's nickname would be the Magic and that the team would be coached by former NFL quarterback,

John Fourcade John Charles Fourcade, Jr. (born October 11, 1960) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints and recent head coach of the New Mexico Stars of American Indoor Football. Fourc ...

Head coaches

Season-by-season results

Players

References

External links

Official website

Magic's 2011 stats
Defunct American football teams in Texas Former Lone Star Football League teams American football teams in Texas Hidalgo County, Texas American football teams established in 2010 American football teams disestablished in 2013 2010 establishments in Texas 2013 disestablishments in Texas {{Texas-sport-team-stub