The Corpus Christi Sharks were a 2007 expansion member of the

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, an arena American football development league. They played their home games at the

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. Michael Trigg was the team's head coach

Trigg had been a head coach in the Arena Football League (1987–2008), Arena Football League with the Milwaukee Mustangs,

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and

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, coaching the Rampage to victory in

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. The Sharks folded in October 2009 along with AF2 itself and did not join the 2010 revival of the

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as several other AF2 teams did. The team is not to be confused with the

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of the

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, which continued play throughout the Sharks' existence by moving to Robstown (while continuing to call itself a Corpus Christi team). Classic arena football would eventually return to Corpus Christi in 2025 when Arena Football One admitted the

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for the 2025 season.

Season by season

, - , 2007 , , 6 , , 10 , , 0 , , 3rd NC Southwest , , -- , - , 2008 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 4th NC Southwest , , -- , - , 2009 , , 2 , , 14 , , 0 , , 4th NC Southwest , , -- , - !Totals , , 15 , , 33 , , 0 , colspan="2",

Roster

Coaches

* Michael Trigg 2007 Head Coach, Director of Football Operations *Luke Byrnes 2009 Offensive Coordinator *Quinn Cairo 2009 Defensive Coordinator *Johnny Flores 2007 Assistant Coach, OL/DL, FB/LB *Sven Offerson 2007 Equipment Manager

References

External links

Official websiteCorpus Christi Sharks at ArenaFan.com
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