Billings Wolves

Billings Wolves
Founded 2014
Current season 2015
League Indoor Football League (2015-present)
Conference Intense (2015-present)
Team history Billings Wolves (2015-present)
Based in Billings, Montana
Arena Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
Colors Red, Black, and Silver
Owner(s) Ron Benzel
Head coach Chris Dixon
General Manager Marc Burr
Championships 0
Division titles 0
Dancers Shewolves
Website http://billingswolves.com/

The Billings Wolves are a professional indoor football team based in Billings, Montana. They are members of the Intense Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL).[1] The Wolves we begin play in 2015 as an expansion team of the IFL. The Wolves are owned by Ron Benzel, and coached by Chris Dixon. The Wolves will play their home games at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.[2][3]

Personnel

The team will operate under the leadership of owner Ron "Shorty" Benzel, general manager Marc Burr, and head coach Chris Dixon.[4][5] The team's defensive coordinator will be Simon Bergen.[5]

History

After receiving unanimous approval by the IFL's existing 9 teams, the new Billings franchise was formally announced by IFL commissioner Mike Allshouse during a press conference on February 19, 2014.[5] The city was previously home to the IFL's Billings Outlaws who folded in 2010 after the so-called Father's Day Tornado heavily damaged their home arena.[4][6]

In April 2014, the team signed a two-year contract with the Yellowstone County Commission making the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark the team's home arena in 2015 and 2016. The lease will cost the team $3,000 per game in 2015 and $3,500 per game in 2016, plus an "improvement fee" of $1.25 to $4.00, varying with the face value of the ticket. The contract waives the rental fee for the final home game of each season.[3] Season tickets went on sale April 7, 2014.[7] The team initially announced James Walton as head coach but on July 31, 2014, they signed just-retired former Billings Outlaws quarterback Chris Dixon for the job.[5][8][9]

Players of note

Current roster

Billings Wolves roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Darakatalib Britt
  • 12 Jamal Londry-Jackson

Running Backs

  • 22 Charles Davidson

Wide Receivers

  •  2 D. A. Allen
  •  9 Travis Browne
  • 10 Reginald Lewis
  • -- Zach Pendleton
  •  4 Carl Sims
Offensive Linemen
  • 54 Nick Chartain
  • 79 Jarrod Hernandez
  • 51 Nathaniel Ryan

Defensive Linemen

  • 42 Lloyd Allen
  • -- Eric Banford
  • 20 Marquaveus Jackson
  • -- Kameron Neal
  • 52 Cory Richardson
  • 99 Christopher Turner
Linebackers
  • -- Arthur Smith
  • 33 Ricardo Thompson

Defensive Backs

  • 21 Omar Cook
  • -- E. J. Frain
  • 26 Michael Green
  •  5 Chris Hemphill
  •  7 Travonti Johnson
  •  3 Norris Wrenn III

Kickers

  • 24 Thomas Chameraud
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Refused to report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 30, 2015
26 Active, 0 Inactive

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Coaches

Head Coaches

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Chris Dixon 2015-present 1 6 0 .143 0 0

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2015 2015 IFL Intense 1 6 0
Totals 1 6 0 All-time regular season record (2015)
0 0 - All-time postseason record (2015)
1 6 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2015)

References

  1. ↑ "Indoor football to return to Billings in 2015". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Breen, Scott (January 6, 2014). "Billings close to deal with Indoor Football League". Missoula, MT: KPAX-TV. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zimmer, Mike (April 1, 2014). "Wolves sign 2-year deal with Metra". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Crisp, David (January 9, 2014). "Indoor football returns". The Billings Outpost (Billings, MT). Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Zimmer, Mike (February 19, 2014). "Billings Wolves to bring indoor football back to Billings in 2015". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Krieger, Dan (January 13, 2014). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Season tickets on sale for Wolves". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Billings Wolves name Chris Dixon head coach". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ Welsch, Jeff (July 31, 2014). "Dixon ready to take IFL by storm as coach". Billings Gazette (Billings, MT). Retrieved August 2, 2014.

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