Tampa Bay Vipers
Tampa Bay Vipers | |
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Founded in 2018 Playing in Tampa , Florida |
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XFL (2020-present) Division East |
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owner | Alpha Acquico, LLC (RedBird Capital, Dwayne Johnson , Dany Garcia ) |
president | Josh Bullock |
General manager | Marc Trestman |
Head coach | Marc Trestman |
Team history | |
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successes | |
XFL Winner (0) | |
Division Winner (0) | |
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Raymond James Stadium (since 2020) |
The Tampa Bay Vipers are an American football team based out of Tampa , Florida . The team is a member of the XFL, which started in 2020, and plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium , which is also used by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from the NFL and the South Florida Bulls university team .
The team is headquartered at Plant City Stadium in Plant City , Florida, where the players are housed and training sessions take place.
history
Tampa Bay joined Dallas , Seattle , Houston , New York City , Los Angeles , St. Louis, and Washington, DC as the founding cities of the league.
Unlike other XFL teams, the Vipers were granted three years of freedom to rent at Raymond James Stadium under the first lease.
On March 5, 2019, Marc Trestman was appointed Head Coach and General Manager of the team.
On February 9, 2020, the Vipers played the first game in their history and lost to the New York Guardians 23: 3.
Web links
- Tampa Bay Vipers at xfl.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Perry, Mark: More Details On The Rock Purchase Of The XFL, How Many Bidders . August 3, 2020.
- ↑ XFL turns eyes to Plant City. In: Plant City Observer. August 15, 2019, accessed February 27, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Mike Chiari: XFL Announces New York, Los Angeles, More Inaugural Cities for 2020 Launch. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ XFL 2020: As the relaunch nears, answers to your burning questions. Retrieved February 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Trestman hired as coach of Tampa Bay XFL team. March 5, 2019, accessed February 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Takeaways from Tampa Bay Vipers' XFL season opener in New York. Retrieved February 27, 2020 (English).