Lincoln Haymakers | |
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Established 2004 Folded 2014 Played in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Pershing Center | |
League/conference affiliations | |
American Professional Football League (2004–2012) Champions Professional Indoor Football League (2013–2014) | |
Current uniform | |
Team colors | Midnight Blue, Vegas Gold, Black & White |
Mascot | HayWire |
Cheerleaders | Haymakers' Knockouts |
Personnel | |
Owner(s) | Richard Tokheim |
Team history | |
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Championships | |
League championships (2)
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Conference championships (0) | |
Division championships (0) | |
Home arena(s) | |
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The Lincoln Haymakers were a professional indoor football team based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Haymakers played their 2013–2014 home games at the Pershing Center.
The Haymakers were the second indoor football team to call Lincoln home, following the Lincoln Lightning/Capitols which played in the original Indoor Football League (1999–2000), arenafootball2 (2001), and the National Indoor Football League (2002–2006). The Haymakers were last coached by Cory Ross. In 2013, Ross served as an interim head coach after previous coach Dave Brumagen was suspended for the season after pushing an Omaha Beef player to the ground after the player had scored a touchdown on May 11. Brumagen was replaced by Trever Whiting on July 22, 2013, as the Haymakers Head Coach. Three months later Whiting was dismissed from the organization. On October 28, 2013, Ross was officially announced by the team as the new head coach for the second season of play.
After playing in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League for two seasons, the league merged with the Lone Star Football League to create Champions Indoor Football for the 2015 season, Lincoln was left out of the league.