The Coralville Chaos are a professional indoor football team based in Coralville, Iowa. They will play their home games at the Xtream Arena in Coralville starting in 2025.
| Coralville Chaos | |
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| Established 2001 Play in Coralville, Iowa at the Xtream Arena CoralvilleChaos.com | |
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| League/conference affiliations | |
American Indoor Football
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Black, Gold, White |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Dominic Montero |
| President | Drake Roach |
| General manager | Frank Haege |
| Head coach | Jim Cox |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
| League championships (0) | |
Conference championships (1)
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| Division championships (2) | |
| Playoff appearances (6) | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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They previously played home games as the St. Louis Renegades, then the RiverCity Rage at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri, in past seasons, played in the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis in the 2006 season, and returned to the Family Arena for the 2007 UIF season. They were set to move to Council Bluffs and play at the Mid-America Center for 2024. They relocated to Coralville and decided to rebrand as the Chaos.
History
editOrigins of the Chaos
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Started as the Renegades and Rage
editThe Chaos began play in 2001 as the St. Louis Renegades of the Indoor Professional Football League, finishing fourth in the league with a 2–11 record. After the IPFL folded, the team moved to the National Indoor Football League in 2002 and became the RiverCity Renegades.[1] The team finished its first season in the NIFL with a 1–13 record. For 2003–2004, the team was renamed the Show-Me Believers. In the first season under the new name, the team finished with a 4–10 record that showed improvement, despite being a losing record. In 2004, the team's skill increased vastly, and completed the season with a winning record for the first time at 9–5. In 2005, the team was renamed the RiverCity Rage. The Rage won the 2005 East Atlantic Conference Division with a record of 10–4. With this record, the team was locked in a three-way tie for the best regular-season record; however, the team lost its Conference Quarter Finals game 67 to 64 to the Cincinnati Marshals.
The next season, the team finished in a four-way tie for the regular season record at 13–1, and advanced to the Atlantic Conference championship game, losing to the Fayetteville Guard.
After the 2006 season, the Rage announced they were joining United Indoor Football for 2007. The Rage continued their membership in the United Indoor Football for 2008.[1]
In 2008, the RiverCity Rage struggled through a seven-game losing streak before winning three of their last four games to make the playoffs. They won (37–33) by a last minute touchdown in a home playoff game against the Sioux City Bandits, but lost the Conference Finals on the road to the Bloomington Extreme, 33–7.
In 2009, the Rage played in the Indoor Football League, a new league created out of the merger between the UIF and the Intense Football League. On August 15, 2009, the Rage lost the United Bowl to the Billings Outlaws by the score of 71–62.
Jeff Sprowls, who also owned the IFL team Omaha Beef, announced about a month after the Rage's loss in the IFL Championship game that the RiverCity Rage would be ceasing operations and will not play in the 2010 season, due to financial issues in Omaha.[2] According to the Indoor Football League website the RiverCity Rage could return in 2011, if new owners are found. In the team's final season, leading the way at quarterback was former two-time ArenaBowl champion John Dutton.
Return of the Rage, then rebranding as the Chaos (2024)
editThe Rage will return to the field in 2025 under new ownership of Dominic Montero (also owner of the Cedar Rapids River Kings) and were announced as one of the newest members of the relaunched American Indoor Football league. They initially announced that they would be playing at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs for 2024. However, due to careful analysis of the financial outlook of the team—and the Arena Football League's laying stake to Council Bluffs by establishing the Iowa Rampage there (a team that would ultimately never play there[3])—the Rage announced that they will play in the AIF starting in the 2025 season at the Xtream Arena in Coralville,[4] rebranding themselves the Coralville Chaos on March 26, 2024.[5] On March 28, the Chaos hired arena football veteran Frank Haege, two-time af2 champion with the original Quad City Steamwheelers, as the team's general manager.[6]
Season-by-season
edit| League champions | Conference champions | Division champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | ||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | ||||||
| 2001 | 2001 | IPFL | 4th | 2 | 11 | Did not qualify | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NIFL | Atlantic | Northern | 4th | 1 | 13 | Did not qualify |
| 2003 | 2003 | NIFL | Pacific | Northern | 5th | 4 | 10 | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | 2004 | NIFL | Atlantic | Northern | 2nd | 9 | 5 | Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Fort Wayne) 28–45 |
| 2005 | 2005 | NIFL | Atlantic | Eastern | 1st | 10 | 4 | Lost Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Cincinnati) 64–67 |
| 2006 | 2006 | NIFL | Atlantic | Northern | 1st | 13 | 1 | Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Cincinnati) 48–30 Lost Atlantic Conference Championship (Fayetteville) 70–72 |
| 2007 | 2007 | UIF | Eastern | 2nd | 9 | 6 | Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (Lexington) 33–48 | |
| 2008 | 2008 | UIF | Eastern | 2nd | 6 | 8 | Won Quarterfinals (Sioux City) 37–33 Lost Semifinals (Bloomington) 7–33 | |
| 2009 | 2009 | IFL | United | Atlantic | 3rd | 8 | 6 | Won Atlantic Conference Quarterfinals (Rochester) 45–42 Won Atlantic Conference Semifinals (Maryland) 55–31 Won Atlantic Conference Championship (Wichita) 43–30 Lost 2009 United Bowl (Billings Outlaws) 62–71 |
| 2010 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2011 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2012 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2013 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2014 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2015 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2016 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2017 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2018 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2019 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2020 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2021 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2022 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2023 | Dormant year | |||||||
| 2024 | Dormant year | |||||||
| Totals | 62 | 64 | All-time regular season record | |||||
| 5 | 6 | All-time postseason record | ||||||
| 67 | 70 | All-time regular season and postseason record | ||||||
Current roster
editQuarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Staff
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Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
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References
edit- ^ "Renegades jump to the NIFL". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 20, 2001. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Owner shuts down IFL's River City". 17 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- ^ Glover, Maury (2024-05-06). "Arena Football League questions arise after Iowa team leaves league". FOX 9. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ River City Rage Announces Relocation to Coralville IA for 2025 Indoor Football Season Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, AIF website, October 3, 2023
- ^ https://www.press-citizen.com/story/entertainment/2024/03/25/coralville-chaos-to-join-american-indoor-football-league-in-2025-aif/73094905007 Coralville Chaos to join the American Indoor Football League in 2025], Ryan Hansen, Iowa City Press-Citizen, March 26, 2024
- ^ Hansen, Ryan (2024-03-28). "'A complete entertainment event': Coralville Chaos to debut at Xtream Arena in 2025". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 2024-11-10.