The Louisville Fire was an arena football team that played its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator was former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team was somewhat successful. After a rocky first few seasons they finally found success in 2004 and then made it all the way to the Arena Cup in the 2005 season.
On December 19, 2001, Jeff Brohm was named the head coach of the Fire. The Fire started the 0âÂÂ7 before they defeated the Carolina Rhinos 31âÂÂ28 to improve to 1âÂÂ7. The Fire finished the season 2âÂÂ14.
In 2003, English was hired to replace Brohm as the head coach. He was fired after just two games with a record of 2âÂÂ2.
In July 2007, it was announced that the team planned on selling portions of the team to local ownership (aka the NFL's Green Bay Packers) in an attempt to boost season ticket sales and then buy the shares back in time before the team joined the AFL.
In November 2008, the Fire ceased operations.
|- | 2001 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 6th NC Midwest || -- |- | 2002 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 4th NC Midwest || -- |- | 2003 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 3rd NC Midwest || -- |- | 2004 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 2nd NC Midwest || Won NC Round 1 (Quad City 53âÂÂ48)<br />Lost NC Semifinal (Tulsa 49âÂÂ42) |- | 2005 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 2nd AC East || Won AC Round 1 (Macon 55âÂÂ54)<br />Won AC Semifinal (Manchester 69âÂÂ56)<br />Won AC Championship (Florida 70âÂÂ40)<br />Lost ArenaCup VI (Memphis 63âÂÂ41) |- | 2006 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 4th AC East || Lost AC Round 1 (Memphis 83âÂÂ61) |- | 2007 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Midwest || Won AC Round 1 (Spokane 62âÂÂ35)<br />Lost AC Semifinals (Green Bay 37âÂÂ27) |- | 2008 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 4th AC Midwest || -- |- !Totals || 62 || 71 || 0 | colspan="2"| (including playoffs)