The Salina Liberty are a professional indoor football team based in

Salina, Kansas Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889. In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory. In 1858 ...

. They began play in 2016 as members of the

Champions Indoor Football Champions Indoor Football (CIF) was a professional indoor American football minor league created in 2014 out of the merger between the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) and Lone Star Football League (LSFL), plus one team fr ...

(CIF) and played in the

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in 2024. In 2025, they will become inaugural members of the newly-formed Arena Football One. The team plays their home games at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center.

History

Indoor football in Salina started in 2012 as the Salina Bombers, an expansion franchise for the

Champions Professional Indoor Football League The Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) was an indoor football minor league based along the Midwestern United States region. The league began play in February 2013. In August 2014, the CPIFL and Lone Star Football League (LSFL) ...

(CPIFL), were announced for the 2013 season. The Bombers then joined

(CIF) due to a merger between the CPIFL and the

Lone Star Football League The Lone Star Football League (LSFL) was a regional professional indoor football minor league that played three seasons from 2012 to 2014. All of the LSFL's charter teams were based in the state of Texas, with five teams coming from the Souther ...

for 2015. However, during their first season in the CIF, the league ejected the Bombers for a "business violation" on May 28 and they would cease operations later that month. In July 2015, the CIF announced it had replaced the Bombers with a new expansion team in Salina called the Salina Liberty. The Liberty began play in the Champions Indoor Football League in 2016 finishing last in the Northern Division and failing to qualify for the playoffs. In 2017 Salina Liberty received their first win on the road against Bloomington Edge 47-34 after promoting Offensive Coordinator Mike Bonner to Head Coach. The team finished 1-4 under Coach Bonner. General Manager Ricky Bertz decided to go in another direction after the 2017 season. After hiring Herron O’Neal The Liberty finished first in the CIF's North Conference regular season in 2018 and 2019. They won the conference playoff championship in 2019 and played in the Champions Bowl for the league title, but lost to the

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29–35. On September 25, 2023, the Liberty were implicitly announced to be joining the

after the AFL announced it would be absorbing CIF's remaining franchises. Then nearly one year later on September 4, 2024, the Liberty announced their move to the new Arena Football One following the collapse of the AFL. They will play in the league's new Central Division along with the Corpus Christi Tritons and Southwest Kansas Storm with the

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going dormant for 2025.

Current roster

Staff

Front Office * Co-Owner - Roy Lawrence * Co-Owners - Dan and Linda Mendicina * Co-Owner - Tom Perez * Co-Owner - Josh Perez * Co-Owners - Jimmy and Robyne Sponder * Co-Owners - Dan Kieborz and Jennifer Main * General manager - Sam Sellers * Director of player personnel - Brandon Davis * Marketing - Katie Junk * Equipment manager - Jimmy Stevens * Equipment manager - Cameron Pflaum * Equipment manager - Tyler Kepple * Video coordinator - Terry Tebrugge Head Coaches * Head coach - Heron O'Neal * Assistant head coach - Jorge Martinez Offensive Coaches * Offensive coordinator - Jorge Martinez * Offensive analyst - Dylan Mendicina

Season-by-season results

References

External links

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Salina Liberty at ArenaFan.com
{{Kansas Sports American football teams in Kansas Champions Indoor Football teams Sports clubs and teams in Kansas Sports in Salina, Kansas American football teams established in 2015 2015 establishments in Kansas Arena Football One (2025) teams Arena Football League (2024) teams