Wheeling Miners
Established 2023
Play in WesBanco Arena
in Wheeling, West Virginia
League/conference affiliations
American Arena League/AAL2 (2024–)
Current uniform
Team colorsNavy blue, gold, white
     
Personnel
Owner(s)Chris Duffy
Mac Davis
Head coachMansfield Dinkins III
Team history
  • West Virginia Miners (2023)
  • Wheeling Miners (2024–future)
Championships
League championships ()
Conference championships ()
Division championships ()
Home arena(s)

The Wheeling Miners are a future professional indoor football team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are current members of the American Arena League 2 and will play their home games at the WesBanco Arena starting in 2024. They replaced the now-defunct West Virginia Roughriders.

History

Original logo (2023)

The team were originally to have been known as the West Virginia Miners and were to have played in the American Indoor Football league. On July 14, 2023, the AIF announced that Wheeling, West Virginia, would become the fourth city in the newly-revived league to host a new expansion franchise owned by Chris Duffy and former indoor football head coach and general manager Joshua Resignalo.[1] Just three days later, the name, logos and colors were unveiled as those of the West Virginia Miners,[2][3] sharing its name with the defunct Prospect League summer collegiate baseball franchise. They are the latest team be set to play at the WesBanco Arena. Past teams include the Ohio Valley Greyhounds and West Virginia Roughriders.

Just a couple of months later, the AIF dropped the Miners from their website and the team began looking for a new league. On November 1, 2023, the announced their intention to play in the American Arena League's AAL2 and were renamed the Wheeling Miners. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ohio Valley Athletics (July 31, 2023). "Indoor Football Returning to the Ohio Valley". aif-proindoorfootball.com.
  2. ↑ American Indoor Football (July 31, 2023). "American Indoor Football (AIF) Announces Wheeling, WV Team Name and Venue for the 2024 Indoor Season". aif-proindoorfootball.com.
  3. ↑ John Lynch, Scott Nolte (July 31, 2023). "West Virginia has a new indoor football team, what's the name?". WTRF.com.
  4. ↑ Wheeling Miners staff (November 9, 2023). "Wheeling Miners". Facebook.com.
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