Ohio Valley Greyhounds Explained

Ohio Valley Greyhounds
Helmet:Ohio Valley Greyhounds Helmet Logo.png
Founded:1999
Folded:2007
City:Wheeling, West Virginia
at the WesBanco Arena
Colors:Black, Red, Grey
Coach:Mark Bonar 2002–2003–2004–2005 (partial year) – Record 49–6
President:Sharon Stephan
Cheerleaders:Greyhound Girls
Mascot:Blitz
League:Indoor Football League 1999–2000
National Indoor Football League 2001–2004
United Indoor Football 2005–2007
Team History:
  • Steel Valley Smash (1999–2000)
  • Ohio Valley Greyhounds (2001–2007)
No Conf Champs:2
No Div Champs:3
No League Champs:2
League Champs:2002, 2003
No Playoff Appearances:5
Playoff Appearances:2000, 2001,2002, 2003, 2004
Arena Years:

The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds. After four successful years in the league, they moved to the UIF in 2005 and became a charter member to the new league. However, the Greyhounds failed to reach the same level of success from the NIFL years. Their home games were played at the WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, West Virginia, which is also the home to the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers. After three dismal years in the UIF, the team folded in October 2007.[1]

Season-by-season

|-| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Steel Valley Smash (IFL)|-|1999 || 2 || 10 || 0 || 4th Southern || --|-|2000 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 1st EC Southern || Won Quarterfinal (Green Bay)
Lost Semifinal (Peoria)|-| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Ohio Valley Greyhounds (NIFL)|-|2001 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 1st Atlantic Eastern || Won Round 1 (Lake Charles)
Lost Semifinal (Mississippi)|-|2002 || 12 || 1 || 0 || 1st Atlantic Northern || Won Round 1 (L. Rangers)
Win Semifinal (T. ThunderCats)
Won Indoor Bowl II (Billings)|-|2003 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1st Atlantic Eastern || Won Round 1 (Lexington)
Won Semifinal (Lake Charles)
Won Indoor Bowl III (Utah)|-|2004 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 1st Atlantic East || Won AC Semifinal (Fort Wayne)
Lost AC Championship (Lexington)|-| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Ohio Valley Greyhounds (UIF)|-|2005 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 2nd Midwest || Lost Round 1 (Sioux City)|-|2006 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 3rd East || --|-|2007 || 2 || 13 || 0 || 6th East || --|-!Totals || 73 || 53 || 0|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greyhounds Cease Operation . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926210640/http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=30248&catid=3 . 2011-09-26.