Carolina Havoc

Carolina Havoc
Established 2017
Play in Florence Center
in Florence, South Carolina
CarolinaHavoc.com
Logo
League/conference affiliations
American Arena League (2018–)
Personnel
Owner(s) Chris Duffy[1]
Kelli Powers
Heath Tate[2]
General manager Steven Smith
Head coach Vacant
Team history
  • Atlanta Havoc (2018)
  • Carolina Havoc (2019–)
Championships

League championships (1)

  • AAL: 2018
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
  • AAL: 2018
Home arena(s)

The Carolina Havoc are a professional indoor football team based out of Florence, South Carolina. They are members of the American Arena League and will play their home games at the Florence Center. In the 2018 season, the team was known as the Atlanta Havoc .

History

Atlanta Havoc logo (2018)

The franchise announced themselves as the Atlanta Havoc, an expansion team who were charter members of the new American Arena League (AAL) on September 10, 2017.[3] The team was added to the AAL on September 22 where it was revealed the owner was Tim Viens, who already owned the Vermont Bucks in the AAL until he sold that team in December 2017.[4] The team also announced that they would play their inaugural 2018 season out of the Buford Arena, a local arena used by Buford High School, in Buford, Georgia.[5][6]

Atlanta Havoc helmet (2018)

On April 14, 2018, founder and majority owner Tim Viens stepped away from the team.[7] After going undefeated for the first six league games, the Havoc initially lost their first game due to a forfeit to the Cape Fear Heroes for not having their field goal posts ready for their home game on May 26. Although the team appealed the forfeit claiming the opponent did not wait long enough before leaving;[8] the forfeit win was still awarded to the Heroes but no loss was given to the Havoc on the league standings.[9] The Havoc were than allowed to schedule another league game for the following week, traveled to play the Carolina Energy instead of their non-league home game against the Peach State Cats, and lost their first actual game 45–41.[10] The Havoc also lost the following game, and last regular season, to the Georgia Doom, dropping to the second seed for the playoffs. However, the third-seeded Doom then opted out of participating in the playoffs,[11] leading to a scheduled match-up against the Heroes at home. The league then announced that the Heroes would host the semifinal game instead despite retaining the third seed.[12] The Havoc would win the semifinal game over the Heroes 61–54 to face the top-seeded Richmond Roughriders in the AAL championship. They defeated the Roughriders 58–50.

On July 26, 2018, general manager Josh Resignalo announced they had signed a one-year lease to play at the Florence Center in Florence, South Carolina. The team was rebranded as the Carolina Havoc.[13] Resignalo also took over head coaching responsibilities as Boo Mitchell stayed in Georgia and was named general manager of the Peach State Cats. However, on September 29, Resignalo announced that he stepped down as head coach and general manager of the Carolina Havoc to take a new position as assistant coach of the National Arena League's defending champion Carolina Cobras.[14]

Current roster

Atlanta Havoc roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Michael Eubank

Running backs

  • 10 Zach Brown

Wide receivers

  • -- Corey Alberty
  • -- Josh Holderfield
  •  2 Isaiah Jupiter
  •  6 Thyron Lewis Sr.
  • 89 Martell Moore
  • -- Brian Robinson
 Offensive linemen
  • 70 Israel Evans Jr.
  • 72 Tyshon Henderson
  • 79 Zack Hooks
  • -- Eric Janeau Jr.
  • -- Royce Roxas

Defensive linemen

  • 94 Brandon Lampkin
  • 54 Larry Stalling
  • 90 Donte Rumph
 Linebackers
  • 12 Derrick Cannon
  •  9 Eric Crosby
  • -- Chann Gardner
  • 44 Jordan Grant

Defensive backs

  •  4 Laroche Jackson
  •  5 Thyrell Lewis
  • -- Byron Mulkey
  • 21 Laronji Vason

Kickers

 Reserve list
  • Vacant


  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated March 26, 2018
  • 30 Active, 0 Inactive

References

  1. ↑ "ATLANTA HAVOC CO-OWNER CHRIS DUFFY". Arena Football Insider. October 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta Havoc Front Office". Atlanta Havoc. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ "UPDATE: the Atlanta Havoc will join the American Arena League for their inaugural season in 2018". Inside The Arena Facebook page. September 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta Havoc Join American Arena League". American Arena League. September 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta Havoc to bring pro indoor football to Buford City Arena". Gwinnett Daily Post. October 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Indoor pro football franchise lands in Buford, Ga". Atlanta Business Chronicle. October 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "American Arena League Co-Founder Tim Viens Steps Down". Inside the Arena. April 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Blunder In Buford". lockedinmagazine.com. May 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Heroes get forfeit win, await playoff fate". The Fayetteville Observer. May 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Carolina Energy Finishes Regular Season 5-2". WFAE. June 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ "GEORGIA DOOM WON'T PLAY IN AMERICAN ARENA LEAGUE PLAYOFFS". WMGT-TV. June 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Havoc-Heroes rescheduled". June 12, 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Georgia arena football team will relocate to Florence". The Morning News. July 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Arena Football Nation Powered by Action VR Network". Mixlr.com. September 29, 2018.
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