Georgia Force

Georgia Force
Georgia Force
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General information
Founded	2002 (Original incarnation)
Folded	2012 (Second incarnation)
Headquartered	Arena at Gwinnett Center; in Duluth, Georgia
Colors	Blue, black, white;
Mascot	Blu
Personnel
Owner	Doug MacGregor
Head coach	Dean Cokinos
President	Corey Remillard
Team history
	First franchise Nashville Kats (1997–2001); Georgia Force (2002–2008); ; Second franchise Tennessee Valley Vipers (2000–2004, 2006–2009); Alabama Vipers (2010); Georgia Force (2011–2012); ;
Home fields
	Philips Arena (2002, 2005–2007); Arena at Gwinnett Center (2003–2004, 2008, 2011–2012);
League / conference affiliations
	Arena Football League (2002–2012) American Conference (2002–2008, 2011–2012) South (1997–2001, 2005–2007); ; ;
Championships
	Conference championships: 1; 2005; Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games
	Division championships: 3; 2005, 2007, 2008;
Playoff appearances (6)
	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012;

The Georgia Force was an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States (part of suburban Atlanta) that played in the South Division of the American Conference. The team was owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings.

Following the termination of operations of the Arena Football League on August 4, 2009, Georgia Force officials quickly followed with a release that indicated that they, too, were ceasing operations.

In 2010, the Alabama Vipers announced they would leave Huntsville, and would move to suburban Atlanta for the 2011 AFL season, once again playing home games at Arena at Gwinnett Center.

Following the 2012 season, the franchise folded citing, "The market never responded to our extensive marketing and sales campaign," said team president Corey Remillard. "With all of the outreach, marketing, community and public relations that we put forward, it would have been impossible to not know that we were playing here, and the city simply did not respond. Atlanta is simply not a football town."