Peoria Pirates

Peoria Pirates
Peoria Pirates
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General information
Founded	2001
Folded	2009
Headquartered	Carver Arena; in Peoria, Illinois
Colors	Black, silver, white;
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Personnel
Owners	Doug MacGregor (49%); Jim Foster
Head coach	Bruce Cowdrey; Mike Hohensee
Team history
	Peoria Pirates (1999–2004); Peoria Rough Riders (2005–2006); Peoria Pirates (2008–2009);
Home fields
	Carver Arena (1999–2006, 2008–2009);
League / conference affiliations
	Indoor Football League (1999–2000) North Division (1999); Eastern Conference (2000) Northern Division (2000); ; AF2 (2001–2004) National Conference (2001–2004) Midwestern Division (2001–2004); ; United Indoor Football (2005–2006) Midwestern Division (2005); Central Division (2006); AF2 (2008–2009) American Conference (2008–2009) Midwest Division (2008–2009); ; ;
Championships
	League championships: 2; 2000, 2002;
	Conference championships: 3; 2000, 2002, 2004;
	Division championships: 3; 1999, 2000, 2002;
Playoff appearances (4)
	1999, 2000, 2002, 2004;

The Peoria Pirates were a professional arena football team that last played in AF2, the minor league to the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games at Carver Arena, part of the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, and were coached by Mike Hohensee and Bruce Cowdrey. The Pirates originally began play as a charter member of the original Indoor Football League in 1999.

In their existence, the Pirates played in the Indoor Football League (IFL), AF2 (twice), and United Indoor Football (UIF). They also won the 2000 IFL Championship. They were also, while in the UIF, known as the Peoria Rough Riders.