Huntington Hammer

The Huntington Hammer were a professional indoor football team that began play as a charter member of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) for its inaugural 2011 season. The Hammer were based in Huntington, West Virginia, with home games played at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

Huntington Hammer
Established 2010 Folded 2012 Played in Huntington, West Virginia at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena
League/conference affiliations
Ultimate Indoor Football League (2011-2012)
Current uniform
Team colors	Blue, Orange, and White
Mascot	Thoran
Personnel
Owner(s)	Cecil Van Dyke Bill Nichols Rick Kranz Daniel Fisher
Head coach	Michael Owens
Team history
Huntington Hammer (2011-2012) Sarasota Thunder (2013)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
2011
Home arena(s)
Big Sandy Superstore Arena (2010-2012)

The Hammer were the third indoor football team to play in Huntington, succeeding the National Indoor Football League's River Cities LocoMotives (2001) and the American Indoor Football Association's Huntington Heroes (2006–2008). A team called the West Virginia Wild was set to play in the Continental Indoor Football League for 2009, but the franchise was revoked prior to the team's inaugural season.

History

2011

Main article: 2011 Huntington Hammer season

The team was owned by principal owner, Cecil Vandyke, along with co-owners Bill Nichols and Rick Kranz.^[1] On January 6, 2011, Josh Resignalo was named the first head coach in Hammer history.^[2] Resignalo was relieved on his coaching duties following an April 9 loss to the Saginaw Sting. Defensive coordinator, Michael Owens, was named the interim head coach. The Hammer experienced and up and down season, but managed to earn a 7–7 record, earning a playoff berth while winning the final game of the season.^[3] However, the Hammer experienced a season-low point total for the season, scoring just four points in a Semifinal matchup with the Eastern Kentucky Drillers.^[4]

2012

The Hammer were set to return to the UIFL in 2012, with the league expanding to 16 teams.^[5] However, before the season started, the UIFL announced that 6 of the 16 teams announced for 2012 would be folding, this included the Hammer.

Notable players

Roster

Huntington Hammer roster
Quarterbacks -- Jermaine Davis -- Noel Johnson-Alexander Running backs -- Romiell Dunlap Wide receivers -- Na Brown -- Alijah Evans 80 Hiram Moore -- Mark Littlejohn -- Jermaine Payton 81 Victor Smith		Offensive linemen -- John Burrows -- Jesse Carmon -- John Johnson -- Michael Jones -- Drew Robinson -- Nigil Wells Defensive linemen -- Ryan Miller -- LaRonn Zimmerman		Linebackers -- Taurean Charles -- Courtney Dailey -- Phillip Gamble -- Martino Montague Jr.  9 Andre Portis -- Kaleb Slaughter Defensive backs -- Dominique Darden -- Ashton Hall -- Andre Moore -- Christopher Royal -- Enrique Shaw Kickers -- Rob Avriett -- Merf Trout		Injured reserve Currently vacant Exempt list Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated October 3, 2011 30 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

All-League selections

• RB Dray Mason
• DL Michael Robinson
• DB Jaret Sanderson
• KR Dray Mason

Head coaches

Name	Term	Regular season				Playoffs		Awards
		W	L	T	Win%	W	L
Josh Resignalo	2011	4	3	0	.571	0	0
Michael Owens	2011	3	4	0	.429	0	1

Season-by-season results

League Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Wild Card Berth

League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason results
					Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
2011	2011	UIFL			4th	7	7	0	Lost Semifinal 4–20 (Eastern Kentucky)
Totals						7	7	0	All-time regular season record (2011)
						0	1	-	All-time postseason record (2011)
						7	8	0	All-time regular season and postseason record (2011)