Sioux Falls Storm

Sioux Falls Storm
Current season
Established 2000
Play in Denny Sanford Premier Center
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
SiouxFallsStorm.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Football League (2000)
  • Western Conference (2000)
    • Northern Division (2000)

National Indoor Football League (2001–2004)

  • Pacific Conference (2001–2004)
    • Central Division (2001)
    • Western Division (2002–2003)
    • Northern Division (2004)

United Indoor Football (2005–2008)

    • Northern Division (2005)
    • Western Division (2006–2008)

Indoor Football League (2009–present)

  • United Conference (2009–2017)
    • Central Division (2009)
    • Central West Division (2010)
    • Great Plains Division (2011)
  • Eastern Conference (2022–present)
Current uniform
Team colorsNavy blue, red, white
     
MascotBlitz
CheerleadersLightning Girls
Personnel
Owner(s)David and Stephanie Richter
Patrick and Amber Garry[1]
PresidentAmber Garry[2]
Head coachAndre Fields[3]
Team history
  • Sioux Falls Cobras (2000)
  • Sioux Falls Storm (2001–present)
Championships
League championships (11)
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Conference championships (13)
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Division championships (6)
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
Playoff appearances (20)
2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Home arena(s)

The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[4] The Storm joined the original Indoor Football League as an expansion team in 1999 as the Sioux Falls Cobras, and first took the field for the 2000 season.[5] They currently participate in another iteration of the Indoor Football League; prior to that, the Storm were in United Indoor Football (UIF), where they won all four of the league's championship games. In the newer IFL, the Storm have won seven of the eleven championships in the league as of 2019.

They play their home games at Denny Sanford Premier Center. In mid-April 2014, the team announced that the 2014 season would be its last at the aging Sioux Falls Arena (also known as the Storm Shelter), originally constructed in 1961. In 2015, the Storm followed the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League to the newly constructed Denny Sanford Premier Center.[6]

  1. ^ "Storm Announce New Ownership". OurSports Central. October 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sioux Falls Storm sold to group of three couples". Argus Leader. October 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "SIOUX FALLS STORM NAME ANDRE FIELDS NEXT HEAD COACH". Sioux Falls Storm. August 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "IFL Teams". www.goifl.com. Indoor Football League. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  5. ^ "Sioux Falls Cobras win IFL opener". www.keloland.com. KELO-TV. April 4, 2000. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  6. ^ Zimmer, Matt (April 20, 2014). "Sharing home game dates was new for the Stampede and Skyforce – the crowds still came". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Retrieved April 25, 2014.