The Nashville Knights are a women's American football team of the Legends Football League (LFL) based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Knights are the LFL's 22nd team in the history of the LFL's U.S. league. The team plays its home games at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville.
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History
In 2010, the then-Lingerie Football League almost established a franchise for the Nashville area, but the plans were canceled due to a successful petition by locals to keep it out of the area. This was due to the controversy of the uniforms worn by LFL players when the league started. The league was renamed to reflect the fact that the uniforms became less revealing after the 2011-12 season.
Seven years later, the now-Legends Football League made the announcement that they would expand to include a Nashville-based franchise called the Nashville Knights in April 2018. Former Seattle Mist tight end and middle linebacker Danika Brace was named the Knights' head coach. This makes Brace the first female coach in the history of the LFL, and the first female to coach any kind of professional sports team in the Nashville area, as well as the state of Tennessee. Brace will also serve as the franchise's general manager.
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Future
The Knights are temporarily replacing the Pittsburgh Rebellion as the fourth Eastern Conference team as the Rebellion, a 2017 expansion team, is not competing in the 2018 season due to that franchise searching for a new home venue. The Rebellion will return to competition in the 2019 season to make the Eastern Conference become a 5-team division.
Seasons
2018 season
Open tryouts were held at D1 Sports in Franklin on December 9, 2017. The season began with the Knights hosting the Austin Acoustic on April 21; the home finale is scheduled against the Denver Dream on June 23. The Knights road games include games against the Seattle Mist and Omaha Heart on May 19 and July 7, respectively.
References
External links
- Official website
- Nashville Knights on Facebook
- Nashville Knights on Twitter
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