Louisiana Bayou Beast
| Louisiana Bayou Beast | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Folded | 2001 | ||
| Headquartered | Monroe, Louisiana at the Monroe Civic Center | ||
| Colors | Black, Red, White, & Yellow | ||
| Mascot | Blitz | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Owners | James & Carolyn Shiver Sr. | ||
| Head coach | John Fourcade | ||
| Team history | |||
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| Home fields | |||
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| League / conference affiliations | |||
| Professional Indoor Football League (1998) Indoor Professional Football League (1999) National Indoor Football League (2001) | |||
| Championships | |||
| League championships: 1 PIFL: 1998 | |||
The Louisiana Bayou Beast were a team in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) in 1999 and reincarnated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). The Bayou Beast franchise was owned by James (Sr.) and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and operate the NIFL which is based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Bayou Beast competed in the PIFL in 1998, playing their home games at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The team colors were red, black, and white. In 1999, the PIFL changed its name to the IPFL, and the Beast changed arenas, moving to the Riverside Centroplex in downtown Baton Rouge for that season.
After two seasons, the Bayou Beast moved to Alexandria. and were renamed the Louisiana Rangers for the IPFL 2000 season.
The team was reincarnated in 2001 for the National Indoor Football League, and based in Monroe, Louisiana. Following that season, the franchise folded.