Arizona Rattlers

Arizona Rattlers
Arizona Rattlers
Current season
	Established 1991; Play in Desert Diamond Arena; in Glendale, Arizona; AZRattlers.com
League/conference affiliations
	Arena Football League (1992–2016) American Conference (1992–2008); National Conference (2010–2016) West Division (1992–2015); ; Indoor Football League (2017–present) Intense Conference (2017); Western Conference (2022–present);
	Current uniform
Team colors	Black, Copper, Teal, White;
Mascot	Fang and Stryker
Cheerleaders	The Sidewinders
Personnel
Owner(s)	Ron Shurts
President	Kevin Guy
General manager	Kevin Guy
Head coach	Kevin Guy
Team history
	Arizona Rattlers (1992–present);
Championships
	League championships (6); ArenaBowl championships (5); 1994 (VIII), 1997 (XI), 2012 (XXV), 2013 (XXVI), 2014 (XXVII); United Bowl championships (1); 2017;
	Conference championships (7); AFL National: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016; IFL Intense: 2017; IFL Western: 2021;
	Division championships (12); AFL West: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004; AFL National: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015; IFL Western: 2022, 2023;
Playoff appearances (27)
	AFL: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; IFL: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023;
Home arena(s)
	Footprint Center (1992–2019, 2021–2023), Desert Diamond Arena (2024-present);

The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League and were the third oldest active franchise in the AFL until their departure in 2016. They play their home games at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. They previously played at Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix.

The Rattlers are led by head coach Kevin Guy. Since the team's establishment in 1992, the Rattlers have won ten division titles and have played in nine ArenaBowl Championship games, winning championships in 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013, 2014. The Rattlers also won the 2017 United Bowl in their first season in the IFL.

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