The Knoxville NightHawks are a professional indoor football team in the Professional Indoor Football League

Professional Indoor Football League (2012)

The Professional Indoor Football League is a regional professional indoor football league set to begin its inaugural season in 2012. Like the Lone Star Football League, the PIFL is mainly composed of teams formerly from Southern Indoor Football League .Despite the name, this PIFL has no...

 due to begin play for its inaugural 2012 season. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

, the NightHawks will play their home games at the James White Civic Coliseum

James White Civic Coliseum

General James White Memorial Civic Auditorium and Coliseum is a 7,141-seat multi-purpose arena, in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was built in 1961....

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The NightHawks are the second indoor/arena football team based in Knoxville, following the Tennessee ThunderCats

Johnstown Riverhawks

The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....

 which played in the Indoor Professional Football League

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...

 for the 2001 season before joining the National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...

 where they played the 2002

2002 National Indoor Football League season

The 2002 National Indoor Football League season was the second season of the National Indoor Football League. The league champions were the Ohio Valley Greyhounds, who defeated the Billings Outlaws in Indoor Bowl II.-Standings:...

 and 2003

2003 National Indoor Football League season

The 2003 National Indoor Football League season was the third season of the National Indoor Football League. The league champions were the Ohio Valley Greyhounds, who wrapped up a perfect season by defeating the Utah Warriors in Indoor Bowl III and becoming the first team in league history to win...

 seasons (the latter of which they played as the Tennessee Riverhawks) before moving to Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina

-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...

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External links

• Knoxville Nighthawks official site