Wichita Force

The Wichita Force are a professional indoor football team based in Park City, Kansas. They are members of the Champions Indoor Football league with home games in Hartman Arena. The team was founded in 2014 as an expansion franchise.[1]

Wichita Force
Current season
Established 2014
Play in Hartman Arena
in Park City, Kansas
WichitaForce.com
Wichita Force logo
League/conference affiliations
Champions Indoor Football (2015–present)
  • Northern Division (2016)
  • South Conference (2017–2018)
  • North Conference (2019–)
Team colorsBlack, yellow, white
              
Personnel
Owner(s)Wichita Arena Football, LLC
Head coachPat Pimmel
Team history
  • Wichita Force (2015–present)
Championships
League championships (1)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (1)
Playoff appearances (3)
Home arena(s)

History

For the inaugural 2015 season, the Force hired former Wichita Wild head coach Paco Martinez.[2] The Force opened the season with a home loss to the Salina Bombers,[3] then regrouped to win four consecutive games in a five-week span.[4][5] After that stretch, results have been mixed with road losses to the two teams that would end up playing in the Champions Bowl—Texas Revolution and Sioux City Bandits—then, a home win over the Salina Bombers, and a road win over the Dodge City Law.[6][7]

In 2017, the Force underwent an ownership change and head coach Martinez was fired after three seasons with the team.[8] He was replaced by Morris Lolar as the head coach and Stuart Schake was named general manager for the 2018 season.[9] Brian Turner was named general manager for the 2019 season,[10] but head coach Lolar left for a position with Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League and Rick Lee and Jerry Taylor were named co-coaches in March 2019.

For the 2020 season, the Force hired Pat Pimmel as head coach.[11] The team also moved from the larger Intrust Bank Arena, where the team had played for the first five season, to the smaller Hartman Arena, where the Wichita Wild used to play.[12]

Season-by-season results
League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Playoff berth League leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2015 2015CIF 3rd[lower-alpha 1]840Lost Semifinal 27–39 (Texas)
2016 2016CIFNorthern 1st1020Won Divisional Championship 52–51 (Bloomington)
Won Champions Bowl II 48–45 (Amarillo)
2017 2017CIFSouth 6th750
2018 2018CIFSouth 4th480Lost Conference Semifinal (Duke City) 39–50
2019 2019CIFNorth 4th2100
Totals 31290All-time regular season record (2015–2019)
22—All-time postseason record (2015–2019)
33310All-time regular season and postseason record (2015–2019)
  1. During the 2015 season, the CIF did not have divisions. Listed finish is each team's position in the overall league standings.

Roster
Wichita Force roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Joe Hubener
  •  12 Daren Ross Jr.

Running backs

  •  2 Dontaye Rivera
  •  6 Mikhail Lindsay

Wide receivers

  •  5 Jack Tomlinson
  • 10 Montero Dubose
  •  13 Gary Jolivet Jr.
  •  7 Adrian Palmore
  •  9 Torrey Gill
 Offensive linemen
  • 74 Clint Barley
  • 76 Darren Marquez
  • 50 Darrius Moore
  • 53 Kameron Neal

Defensive linemen

  • 22 Michael Bell
  • 11 Francis Tusa
  • 51 David Powell
  • 3 Chaquil Reed
  • 29 Ian Knight
 Linebackers
  • 1 Marcus Carter


Defensive backs

  • 20 Zach Miller
  •  4 Kionce Roberts
  • 24 Sean Kelley
  • 21 Evan Ray
  • 19 Hunter Jameson
  • 43 John DePalma

Special teams

  • 23 Jordan Drake
 Reserve lists


Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 21, 2018
25 Active, 2 Inactive

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References
  1. Suellentrop, Paul (August 21, 2014). "Indoor football to return with same players, coach – but with new name, owner, league". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  2. Heck, Josh (March 2, 2015). "Wichita Force launch new era of indoor football". Wichita Business Journal. Wichita, KS: Advance Publications. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  3. Lutz, Jeffrey (February 28, 2015). "Salina rallies past Force football team in inaugural game". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  4. "Beef come up short against Wichita". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, NE: Berkshire Hathaway. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. Adame, Tpny (April 3, 2015). "Wichita Force grabs fourth straight win". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  6. Seminoff, Kirk (May 8, 2015). "Force knocks off league-leading Dodge City 52-49". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, KS: The McClatchy Company. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  7. Curtis, John (May 9, 2015). "Law early miscues lose to Force". Dodge City Daily Globe. Dodge City, KS: GateHouse Media. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  8. "Paco Martinez out as head coach of the Force". KWCH. August 11, 2017.
  9. "Stuart Schake named General Manager of Force". Wichita Force. September 11, 2017.
  10. "Contact Wichita Force Football". Wichita Force Football. October 23, 2018.
  11. "Wichita Force Announce New Head Coach". OurSports Central. November 15, 2019.
  12. "Indoor Football Returns to Hartman Arena for 2020 Season". OurSports Central. December 20, 2019.
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