Vegas Knight Hawks

The Vegas Knight Hawks are a professional indoor football team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that competes in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Knight Hawks began play in 2022 at Lee's Family Forum. The franchise is owned by Bill Foley, the owner of the Vegas Golden Knights. ^[1]

Vegas Knight Hawks
Current season
Established 2021 Play in Henderson, Nevada at Lee's Family Forum KnightHawksFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
Indoor Football League (2022–present) Western Conference (2022-present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Black, red, gold, and white
Personnel
Owner(s)	Bill Foley
Head coach	Mike Davis
Team history
Vegas Knight Hawks (2022–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (1) 2025
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (2)
2024, 2025
Home arena(s)
Lee's Family Forum (2022–present)

The Knight Hawks are the fourth football team to play in the Las Vegas metropolitan area following the arrival of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders, the XFL Las Vegas Outlaws, and the Canadian Football League's Las Vegas Posse, as well as being the fourth arena/indoor football team to play in Vegas following the defunct Las Vegas Sting, Las Vegas Gladiators, and Las Vegas Outlaws, all from the Arena Football League.

History

In May 2021, the Indoor Football League (IFL) announced that Bill Foley, owner of the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, and Chuck Brennan, the founder and CEO of the then-Dollar Loan Center (now Lee's Family Forum), had purchased an IFL franchise to compete at the new Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada.^[2] The Dollar Loan Center was built to be the home of the Golden Knights' American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, with an expected completion in early 2022.^[3] On August 23, 2021, the team announced their name and logo, as well as introducing former Nebraska Danger head coach Mike Davis as the team's first head coach.^[1]

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct as of the 2022 Indoor Football League season.

Name	Season	Regular season				Playoffs		Awards
		W	L	T	Win%	W	L
Mike Davis	2022	6	10	0	.375	0	0
	2023	5	10	0	.333	0	0

Roster

Vegas Knight Hawks roster

Quarterbacks  2 Ja'Rome Johnson 13 Jorge Reyna Running backs 20 Taurean Taylor Wide receivers  1 Caleb Holley  9 Jonathan Johnson  4 Quentin Randolph  7 CJ Windham

Offensive linemen 71 Kordell Brewster 66 Eric Douglas 75 Fred Lauina 77 Moses Mallory 52 Kevin Toote 55 Anthony Whigam Defensive linemen 90 Lee Autry 45 Rick D'Abreu 11 Jerry Garner 44 Lorenzo Hernandez  0 Maurice Jacksons 10 Gabriel McCoy

Linebackers 25 Makel Calhoun Defensive backs  3 Ja'Quan Amos 12 James Ceasar  9 Justin Collins 19 Jericho Flowers 13 Bryce Hampton 22 Malik Hausman 21 Darius Williams Kickers 30 Kevin Macias

Reserve lists Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated June 26, 2024 27 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

Season-by-season results

League champions

Conference champions

Playoff berth

League leader

Season	League	Conference	Regular season			Postseason results
			Finish	Wins	Losses
2022	IFL	Western	5th	6	10
2023	IFL	Western	6th	5	10
2024	IFL	Western	2nd	11	5	Lost First round (Arizona) 38–39
Totals				22	25	All-time regular season record
				0	1	All-time postseason record
				22	26	All-time regular season and postseason record