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Current season
  
2016

Founded
  
2015

Division
  
Southern (2016)

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League
  
American Indoor Football (2016)

Team history
  
Myrtle Beach Freedom (2016)

Based in
  
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Colors
  
Navy Blue, Red, Silver, White

Arena
  
Myrtle Beach Convention Center

Location
  
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Color
  
Navy Blue, Red, Silver, White

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The Myrtle Beach Freedom were a professional indoor football team based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and played their home games at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. They were a member of American Indoor Football for one season until the league ceased operations in the summer of 2016.

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The Freedom are the second indoor football team to call Myrtle Beach home, following the Myrtle Beach Stingrays of the National Indoor Football League, which only played part of the 2003 season in Myrtle Beach before moving to Florence, South Carolina the following season.

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History

The Freedom had originally joined X-League Indoor Football (X-League), but the Freedom were forced to choose a new league after the X-League ceased operations. The Freedom joined American Indoor Football (AIF) in October, 2015.

On April 19, 2016, the Freedom replaced coach Ryan David with Terry Foster. Coach David, along with two assistant coaches, resigned from the team in protest of what they considered dangerous conditions for their players. Coach Foster came in from the recently defunct travelling team, the Steel City Menace.

Following the conclusion of the 2016 season, the AIF announced that it was ceasing operations, thus leaving the Freedom without a league.

In March 2017, the Freedom and the AIF were sued for providing unsafe field conditions during their May 23, 2016, home game against the Columbus Lions. Two of the Lions' players, Christopher Donnell Smith and David Toussaint, claim the turf came loose from the floor, which then caught their feet causing permanent damage to their knees and ending their careers.

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through end of the 2016 American Indoor Football season.

Season-by-season results

Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

References

Myrtle Beach Freedom Wikipedia