The Quad City Steamwheelers really are a professional arena football team, playing their house games in the MARK from the Quad Metropolitan areas in Moline, Illinois.
They was founded on September 1, 1999 once the Quad Metropolitan areas, Controlling Owner (and inventor of arena football) Jim Promote created the team’s nickname.
The Steamwheelers performed its inaugural season in 2000 and centered the league because of its first couple of seasons. Trained by af2 legend Wealthy Ingold 2002-4 seasons, the Steamwheelers remained as effective because they clinched two more division game titles. However, they unsuccessful to win any extra league titles and lost 14 games over that three-year span. Ingold left the ‘Wheelers following the 2004 season and was changed by Ron Frasier, former coach for that Milwaukee Mustangs from the AFL. The 2006 season, underneath the direction of coach Frasier, was the very first losing season for that franchise in the history.
In October of 2006, the league granted the authority to operate the franchise to a different possession group, along with a new mind coach Sean Ponder. Ponder was the team’s offensive coordinator throughout the 2006 season. Mike Bawden was granted charge of the franchise in the af2 office, marking the very first complete alternation in operators in team history. Bawden’s PR firm, Bawden & Lareau Pr, provided marketing and pr help they in 2005.
Back-to-back ArenaCup wins
The Steamwheelers performed their inaugural season in 2000 and centered the league because of its first couple of seasons. They went undefeated in 2000 behind coach Frank Haege, even winning one game with a score of 103-3, on the way to taking the very first-ever ArenaCup Championship. In 2001, the Steamwheelers nearly repeated that accomplishment by finishing 18-1 and winning another-straight league title. Throughout this two season span, the Steamwheelers set an archive for that longest winning streak within the af2 at 24 consecutive wins.
Banned from 2002 2010 NFL playoffs
Accusations of rules violations affected the Steamwheelers throughout the 2nd season plus they were eventually banned in the 2002 2010 nfl playoffs for salary cap violations under Haege.
Second coach
Trained by Wealthy Ingold from 2002¨C2004, the Steamwheelers remained as effective because they clinched two more division game titles. However, they unsuccessful to win any extra league titles and lost 14 games over that three-year span. Ingold left the Steamwheelers following the 2004 season and was changed by Ron Frazier, former coach for that Milwaukee Mustangs from the Arena Football League.
The 2006 season, under coach Frazier, was the very first losing season for that franchise in the history.
New Possession and the quest for a brand new League
In October 2006, the league granted the authority to operate the franchise to a different possession group. The resulting alternation in possession oversaw the modification in team leadership from Frazier to new mind coach Sean Ponder. Ponder was the team’s offensive coordinator throughout the 2006 season. In ’09, the tenth and final af2 season, the Steamwheelers had their second losing season in franchise history.
Using the folding of af2 the Steamwheelers considered joining Indoor Football League and also the recently created Arena Football League (2010).