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2013 Marion Blue Racers season

The 2013 Marion Blue Racers season is the third season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise.

2013 Marion Blue Racers season
OwnerLaMonte and Shavonne Coleman
General managerLaMonte Coleman
Head coachMartino Theus (fired March 14: 1-4 record)
Marc Huddleston (interim)
Home fieldVeterans Memorial Coliseum
220 East Fairground Street
Marion, OH 43302
Results
Record2–8
League place8th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The Blue Racers announced they would be leaving the UIFL following the conclusion of the 2012 season. A few days later, the franchise returned to the CIFL.[1] On September 18, 2012, the Blue Racers named CEO and General Manager LaMonte Coleman as the team's fifth head coach in franchise history.[2] Three weeks prior to the season's start, offensive coordinator Martino Theus was promoted to head coach.

Every home game of the 2013 season will be shown on WMNO Marion TV 22, available via broadcast on UHF channel 22 and on Time Warner Cable channel 3 (Marion only).[3]

Roster edit

2013 Marion Blue Racers roster

Quarterbacks

  •  2 Brian Harris
  •  5 James Moreland

Offensive backs

  •  6 Maurice Douse

Wide receivers

  • 23 Nate Ford
  •  4 Marc Huddleston
  • 15 Maurice Jones
  • 25 Danny Keenan
  • 80 LaRoi Johnson TE
  • 28 Deanco Oliver
  •  8 Jeremy Satchel
  •  9 Abrielle Taylor
 

Offensive linemen

  • 50 J. T. Haynes
  • 75 Robert Price
  • 70 Demitri Visvardis

Defensive linemen

 

Linebackers

  • 88 William Haase
  • 33 Raymond Saunders
  • 34 Author Smith

Defensive backs

  • 10 Chris Crayton
  • 24 Brandon Davies
  • 27 Wesley Edwards
  • 21 Bryceson Lawrence

Kickers

Injured reserve
  • currently vacant

Exempt list

  • currently vacant

Practice squad

  • currently vacant
  • rookies in italics
  • Roster updated March 22, 2013
  • 25 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS
Archived August 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Schedule edit

Regular season edit

Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 February 8 7:30 P.M. EST at Saginaw Sting L 28-49 0-1 Dow Event Center
2 February 16 7:00 P.M. EST Erie Explosion L 40-42 0-2 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3 February 23 7:00 P.M. EST at Kane County Dawgs W 2-0 (forfeit) 1-2 Seven Bridges Ice Arena
4 March 2 7:00 P.M. EST Dayton Sharks L 28-47 1-3 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
5 March 10 2:00 P.M. EST at Erie Explosion L 13-45 1-4 Erie Insurance Arena
6 Bye
7 March 23 7:00 P.M. EST Owensboro Rage L 38-39 1-5 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8 March 30 7:00 p.m. EST Kentucky Extreme L 47-55 1-6 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
9 Bye
10 April 13 7:30 P.M. EST at Kentucky Drillers L 51-74 1-7 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
11 April 21 4:00 p.m. EST at Kentucky Extreme L 47-55 1-8 Freedom Hall
12 April 27 7:00 p.m. EST Port Huron Patriots W 23-22 2-8 Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Standings edit

2013 Continental Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
y-Erie Explosion 10 0 0 1.000 467 218 46.7 21.8 W10
x-Dayton Sharks 8 2 0 .800 478 303 47.8 30.3 L2
x-Saginaw Sting 8 2 0 .800 377 320 37.7 32.0 W3
x-Kentucky Xtreme 7 3 0 .700 497 328 49.7 32.8 W2
Detroit Thunder 4 6 0 .400 282 389 28.2 38.9 L1
Port Huron Patriots 4 6 0 .400 255 336 25.5 33.6 L1
Kentucky Drillers 2 8 0 .200 270 475 27.0 47.5 W1
Marion Blue Racers 2 8 0 .200 317 428 31.7 42.8 W1
Owensboro Rage 5 5 0 .500 195 267 19.5 26.7 L2
Kane County Dawgs† 0 1 0 .000 13 69 13 69 L1

y - clinched home playoff game

x - clinched playoff spot

†Kane County played the second game on their schedule, but forfeited the other nine.


Coaching staff edit

2013 Marion Blue Racers staff
Front office
  • CEO/General Manager – LaMonte Coleman
  • CFO/Owner – Shavonne Coleman
  • Assistant general manager and vice president of operations – Ryan Sawyer
  • Director of Design & Graphics – Justin Boyd

Head coach

  • Head coach – LaMonte Coleman

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Brandon Ikard
  • Running Backs - Open
  • Wide receivers – Open
  • Offensive line –
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – LaMonte Coleman
  • Defensive line –
  • Linebackers – Open
  • Secondary – Open

References edit

  1. ^ "CIFL Welcomes Back Marion Blue Racers". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 13, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "Blue Racers Name Head Coach". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "Theus Promoted to Lead 2013 Blue Racers". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.

(http://www.marionstar.com/article/20130321/SPORTS/303210004/Blue-Racers-new-coach)

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