Billings Wolves

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Billings Wolves
Billings Wolves IFL logo.png
Founded 2014
Current season 2016
League Indoor Football League (2015–present)
Conference Intense (2015–present)
Team history Billings Wolves (2015–present)
Based in Billings, Montana
Arena Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
Colors Red, Black, and Silver
Owner(s) Ron Benzel
Head coach Chris Dixon
General Manager Marc Burr
Championships 0
Division titles 0
Dancers Shewolves
Website http://billingswolves.com/

The Billings Wolves are a professional indoor football team based in Billings, Montana. They are members of the Intense Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL).[1] The Wolves began play in 2015 as an expansion team of the IFL. The Wolves are owned by Ron Benzel, and coached by Chris Dixon. The Wolves play their home games at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.[2][3]

Personnel

The team will operate under the leadership of owner Ron "Shorty" Benzel, general manager Marc Burr, and head coach Chris Dixon.[4][5] The team's defensive coordinator will be Simon Bergen.[5]

History

After receiving unanimous approval by the IFL's existing 9 teams, the new Billings franchise was formally announced by IFL commissioner Mike Allshouse during a press conference on February 19, 2014.[5] The city was previously home to the IFL's Billings Outlaws who folded in 2010 after the so-called Father's Day Tornado heavily damaged their home arena.[4][6]

In April 2014, the team signed a two-year contract with the Yellowstone County Commission making the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark the team's home arena in 2015 and 2016. The lease will cost the team $3,000 per game in 2015 and $3,500 per game in 2016, plus an "improvement fee" of $1.25 to $4.00, varying with the face value of the ticket. The contract waives the rental fee for the final home game of each season.[3] Season tickets went on sale April 7, 2014.[7] The team initially announced James Walton as head coach but on July 31, 2014, they signed just-retired former Billings Outlaws quarterback Chris Dixon for the job.[5][8][9]

Players of note

Current roster

Billings Wolves roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Kickers

 Injured Reserve

Transfer List

  • Currently vacant

Refused to report

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 28, 2016
24 Active, 6 Inactive

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All-League selections

Awards and honors

The following is a list of all Axemen players who have won league Awards

Season Player Position Award
2015 Michael Green Defensive Back Defensive Rookie of the Year[10]

Coaches

Head Coaches

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Chris Dixon 2015-present 11 15 0 .423 0 0

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2015 2015 IFL Intense 4th 5 9 0
2016 2016 IFL Intense 6 6 0
Totals 11 15 0 All-time regular season record (2015-2016)
0 0 - All-time postseason record (2015-2016)
11 15 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2015-2016)

References

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External links

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