Fort Wayne Freedom

Fort Wayne Freedom
Established 2003
Folded 2009
Played in Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana
League/conference affiliations
National Indoor Football League (2003–2004)
  • Atlantic Conference (2003–2004)
    • East Division (2003)
    • North Division (2004)

United Indoor Football (2005–2006)

  • Midwestern Division (2005)
  • Eastern Division (2006)

Continental Indoor Football League (2008–2009)

  • Great Lakes Conference (2008)
    • East Division (2008–2009)
Current uniform
Team colorsRed, White, & Blue
     
MascotSuper Sam and Kooka Bird
Cheerleaders2003 - 2004 The Stars The First Ladies
Personnel
Owner(s)2003-2004 Rich Coffey
PresidentRICH Coffey
General managerBrad Harris
Head coachRich Huff (2003–2004)
Matt Land (2005, 2008–2009)
Dan Pifer (2006)
Willie Davis Jr. (2008)
Team history
  • Fort Wayne Freedom (2003–2006, 2008–2009)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (2)
  • UIF: 2005 CIFL: 2009
Playoff appearances (3)
NIFL: 2004

UIF: 2005

CIFL: 2009
Home arena(s)

The Fort Wayne Freedom was a professional indoor football team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The team was most recently a member of the Continental Indoor Football League, but originally began play in 2003 as an expansion team in the National Indoor Football League.

The Freedom were the original indoor football team to be based in Fort Wayne. After four years of being the only indoor team in Fort Wayne, the franchise was sold to AF2 and the Fort Wayne Fusion was established as part of the AF2 in 2007.

After a failed year in AF2, the Freedom came back in 2008 with new ownership and continued through the 2009 season. In 2010, another indoor team, the Fort Wayne FireHawks, replaced the Freedom in the CIFL.

The owner of the second version of the Freedom was Bill Fahlsing. The Freedom played their home games at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.