Spokane Shock
The Spokane Shock are a professional arena football team. They are a member of the Af2. The Shock are one of the four expansion teams that were added in 2006 to the Af2 (the farm system to the Arena Football League). They play at the Spokane Arena. Their first game was on March 30th, 2006.
Franchise history
2006: The Awesome Inaugural
The Shock put together an amazing inagural season, posting a 14-2 regular-season record and a first-place finish in the National Conference Western Division. During the af2 Playoffs, the Shock defeated the Bakersfield Blitz and the Arkansas Twisters en route to winning the af2 National Conference championship and a berth in ArenaCup VII against the Green Bay Blizzard in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On August 26, the Shock defeated the Blizzard by a score of 57-34 to win ArenaCup VII and become the first ever af2 expansion team to win the league championship in its first year of existence.
The Spokane Shock became the first expansion team in af2 history to advance to, and win, the ArenaCup.[1]
As a result of the team's excellent play, head coach Chris Siegfried was named the af2 Head Coach of the Year for the 2006 season. Four Shock players also earned All-af2 National Conference honors as well. WR/LB Charles Frederick, OLS Ed Ta'amu and DS Rob Keefe earned first-team honors while OL/DL Jerome Stevens earned second-team accolades.
Season-by-season
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1st NC Western | Won ArenaCup VII (Green Bay) |
| Totals | 17 | 2 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
Current roster
- 1 Isaiah Trufant DS
- 2 Jesse Hendrix DS
- 4 Johnny Lamar DS
- 7 Rob Keefe DS
- 8 Leo FenceRoy DS
- 13 Andrew Dorsey FB/LB
- 24 Chauncey Ako FB/LB
- 34 Levi Madarieta FB/LB
- 32 Moa Peaua FB/LB
- 56 Chris DiSanto OL/DL
- 77 Christian Harmeyer OL/DL
- 67 Ed Ta'amu OL/DL
- 99 Jerome Stevens OL/DL
- 97 Katon Bethay OL/DL
- 53 Kurt Sigler OL/DL
- 93 Neil Purvis OL/DL
- 95 Rico Ochoa OL/DL
- 6 Antwone Savage OS
- 2 Jesse Hendrix DS
- 11 John Koker K
- 5 Derrick Crudup QB
- 3 Kyle Rowley QB
- 23 Anthony Griffin WR/DB
- 10 Charles Frederick WR/DB
- 22 Chris Stallworth WR/DB
- 9 Kevin Beard WR/DB
- 15 Raul Vijil WR/DB
Current coaching staff
- Head Coach - Chris Siegfried
- Assistant Head Coach - Travis Crusenberry
- Defensive Coordinator - Troy Biladeau
- Assistant Coach - Doug Biddle