Tampa Tornadoes | |
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Established 2017 Play in Leto High School in Tampa, Florida | |
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Current uniform | |
Team colors | Burgundy, black, grey, white |
Personnel | |
Owner(s) | Alton Walker David J. Daniels, Jr. Luther Lee Marcus Dupree |
President | Alton Walker |
General manager | David J. Daniels, Jr. |
Head coach | D.J. Daniels |
Team history | |
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League championships (0) | |
Conference championships (0) | |
Division championships (0) | |
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The Tampa Tornadoes are a professional developmental football team based in Tallahassee, Florida.
The team was founded in 2017 as the indoor football team the Tampa Bay Tornadoes and later joined American Arena League (AAL) for the 2020 season, but did not play due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The team was announced to have joined the National Arena League for the 2021 season; however, the team was terminated from the league after failing to provide letters of credit. Following the dismissal from the National Arena League, the team rejoined the AAL and began play in 2021 as a member of the East division, but did not finish the season. They then left the AAL for a newly formed league called the American Indoor Football Alliance for the 2022 season. The team succeeded the region's previous arena football team, the Tampa Bay Storm, that ceased operations in 2017.
The team "relocated" to Tallahassee after the 2022 season as the Capital City Cyclones, but played as a traveling team from that point until 2024 when they became an 11-man developmental team and rebranded as the Tampa Tornadoes.