The Nebraska Danger was a professional indoor football team based in Grand Island, Nebraska, and a member of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The team was founded in 2011 by Charlie Bosselman as an expansion member of the IFL. The Danger played their home games at Eihusen Arena.
In 2011 and 2012, the Nebraska Danger was selected as having the IFL's Best Fans. In 2013, the Danger were named IFL Franchise of the Year. Former general manager Mike McCoy was named 2013 IFL Executive of the Year and quarterback Jameel Sewell was named the 2013 IFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year.
History On October 4, 2010, Bosselman Entertainment LLC announced the formation of Nebraska Danger as an expansion member of the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the season. At the press conference, team owner Charlie Bosselman announced that Sean Ponder would be the team's inaugural head coach, however after just two months on the job, Ponder left the Danger for personal reasons, and Mike Davis was named head coach. On March 7, 2011, the Danger defeated the Wichita Wild 70–59, in the team's first game.
On June 28, 2014, the Danger traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a second-straight year looking to defeat the Storm for the United Bowl. The Danger came up short again, falling 46–63.
On September 7, 2016, Hurtis Chinn was promoted to head coach after Mike Davis announced he was taking a role with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
After the 2019 season, the Bosselman family announced they were looking to sell the team. No owner was found before the deadline for participating in the 2020 season.
Season-by-season results League championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Finish Wins Losses Ties 2011 IFL United Great Plains 4th 3 11 2012 IFL Intense 6th 5 9 2013 IFL Intense 1st 10 4 Won Intense Conference Championship (Colorado) 55–50Lost 2013 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 40–43 2014 IFL Intense 2nd 10 4 Won Intense Conference Championship (Colorado) 45–15Lost 2014 United Bowl (Sioux Falls) 46–63 2015 IFL Intense 1st 10 4 Won Intense Conference Championship (Fever) 86–43Lost 2015 United Bowl (Storm) 27–62 2016 IFL Intense 3rd 6 10 Won Intense Conference Wild Card (Billings) 64–52Lost Intense Conference Championship (Spokane) 44–55 2017 IFL Intense 2nd 9 7 Lost Intense Conference Championship (Arizona) 36–62 2018 IFL 4th 4 10 Lost Semifinal (Iowa) 17–48 2019 IFL 5th 7 7 Won First Round (Green Bay) 45–40Lost Semifinal (Arizona) 45–62 Totals 64 66 0 All-time regular season record (2011–2019) 5 7 — All-time postseason record (2011–2019) 69 73 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2011–2019)
Notable coaches Head coaches Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards W L T Win% W L Mike Davis – 44 42 0 4 4 Hurtis Chinn 9 7 0 0 1 Mark Stoute 4 7 0 — — (interim co-coaches) 0 3 0 0 1 Pig Brown 7 7 0 1 1 Xzavie Jackson – Defensive line coach Jameel Sewell – Offensive coordinator QB/RB/WR coach
Players
All-League selections QB Jameel Sewell (2) RB Waymon James (1) WR Kayne Farquharson (3), O. J. Simpson (1) OL Darius Savage (4), Trevis Turner (1) DL Claude Wroten (1), Justin Edison (1), Eze Obiora, (1) LB Maurice Simpkins (1), Cornelius Brown (1) DB Jamar Love (1), Jabari Gorman (1), Trey Wafford (1) K Joe Houston (1)
Individual awards The following is a list of all Danger players who have won league awards:
Most Improved Player Season Player PositionRocky HindsQB
Most Valuable Player Season Player PositionJameel SewellQBJameel SewellQB
Offensive Player of the Year Season Player PositionJameel SewellQB
Offensive Rookie of the Year Season Player PositionWaymon JamesRBTommy Armstrong Jr.QB
Defensive Rookie of the Year Season Player PositionJabari GormanDBTrey WaffordDB
References
External links Nebraska Danger official website Nebraska Danger at The Grand Island Independent