Storm Finishes off Trio of Teams Headed from AFL to AAF
Tampa Bay Storm Ready to Take over the Alliance
August 20, 2018
Tampa, FL - Jeffrey Vinik and Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment LLC are proud to announce they were granted one of the four Alliance expansion teams for the 2019 season and that they would be bringing the Tampa Bay Storm to the Alliance. Minority owner Derrick Brooks then surprised the crowd by introducing Tony Dungy as the first Head Coach. Tony addressed the shocked crowd.
“This league is all about opportunity, and both, Bill (Polian) and I believed that Byron (Leftwich) and Trey (Brown) we're ready for that opportunity in Birmingham. We weren't going to stand in their way. Plus now I have been afforded the opportunity to come home to Tampa.”
Tony Dungy
Tony has spent the last three seasons as the Head Coach of the Birmingham Iron.
Tampa Bay Storm
Joining Dungy in Tampa Bay will be Terry Robiskie as the Offensive Coordinator and Marquand Manuel as the Defensive Coordinator. Robiskie served as the Tennessee Titans OC for the 2016 and 2017 seasons before spending the 2018 season as the WRs Coach for the Buffalo Bills. Prior to that, Robiskie had coached in the NFL as a WRs Coach since 1982 for five different NFL franchises. Manuel spent the 2017 and 2018 season as the DC for the Atlanta Falcons before being let go. Prior to that, he played in the NFL from 2002 to 2009 before becoming the Secondary Coach for the Seattle Seahawks from 2012-2014 and then with the Falcons from 2014 until he became the DC.
Also joining Dungy in Tampa will be Trent Dilfer as the QBs coach. Dilfer played in the NFL from 1994 to 2007 before becoming a QBs coach for HS athletes. This is his first professional job.
Randy Mueller will serve as the General Manager of the Storm. Mueller worked for the Seattle Seahawks from 1983 to 1999 before becoming the GM for the New Orleans Saints from 2000 to 2001 and the Miami Dolphins from 2005 to 2007. He then spent the next 11 seasons working for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers.
The Storm will be playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL.