Wichita Regulators

American indoor football team

Wichita Regulators

Current season
Established 2023
Play in Park City, Kansas
at Hartman Arena
ICTRegs.com
League/conference affiliations

* Independent (2023)
* Arena Football League (2024)
* Arena Football One (2026-future)
* Central Division (2026-future)

Current uniform

Team colors| Black, orange & blue

Personnel
Owner(s)| Chris Zachary
General manager| Vacant
Head coach| Vacant
Team history

* Wichita (ICT) Regulators (2023–present)

Championships
League championships (0)

Conference championships (0)

Division championships (0)

Home arena(s)

* Hartman Arena (2023–present)

The Wichita Regulators are a professional indoor football team based in Park City, Kansas. They were announced as one of the inaugural teams for the revived Arena Football League (AFL) for 2024, beginning play as an independent semi-pro team in 2023 at Hartman Arena. In 2025, they were to have become inaugural members of the newly-formed Arena Football One, however have gone dormant until 2026.

## History

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### The beginning

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The Regulators began as an independent semi-professional indoor team in 2022 playing a five-game schedule of games, all games at Hartman Arena. The initial coaching staff featured Carlos Cavanaugh Sr. as Head Coach, Rick Lee as Running Game Coordinator, Justin Hurley as Defensive Line Coach and Curtis Williams as Secondary Coach. They finished 5–0 in their inaugural season.[1] They were set to join Champions Indoor Football before that league was absorbed into the second revivial of the Arena Football League.[citation needed]

### Wichita returns to the AFL

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Four years after the AFL folded for the second time, it was announced on February 1, 2023, that the league intended on relaunching in 2024.[2] On July 18, the 16 intended market cities were announced; Kansas was not initially among the 16 regions receiving a team but would join with the league's eventual merger with Champions Indoor Football.

Steven Titus, the owner of the CIF's Gillette Mustangs and Billings Outlaws, joined the AFL in the summer of 2023, choosing the Outlaws as the team that would join, since the arena in Gillette, Wyoming could not accommodate rebound nets needed for the AFL and league bylaws did not at the time allow an owner (other than central league office) to own multiple teams. Since the sale of the team was unfeasible with the CIF merging with the AFL, Titus indicated he would transfer the Mustangs' CIF, later AFL, rights to a team in Kansas,[3] giving an opening for the Regulators to join the league.

On October 5, 2023, the AFL announced that the Regulators would join the CIF's two existing Kansas teams, the Southwest Kansas Storm and Salina Liberty, in the AFL, as it merged with CIF.[4] They will be members of the Central Division.[5]

It is the sixth indoor team to play in Wichita and the first arena-formatted team since the Wichita Stealth played in AF2 from 2000 to 2004. Other teams that played include the Wichita Warlords, Wichita Aviators, Wichita Wild, and Wichita Force.[citation needed]

### Move to Arena Football One

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On September 4, 2024, the Regulators, along with the other seven surviving members of the collapsed AFL, left that league and became charter members of the newly-formed Arena Football One set to play in 2025. They were to play in the Central Division along with the Corpus Christi Tritons, Salina Liberty and Southwest Kansas Storm. However, the team owner Chris Zachary announced on social media that they would go dormant for 2025, but would return for the 2026 season and beyond.

## Current roster

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Wichita Regulators roster Quarterbacks

* Currently vacant

Running backs

* Currently vacant

Wide receivers

* Currently vacant

|  | Offensive linemen

* Currently vacant

Defensive linemen

* Currently vacant

|  | Linebackers

* Currently vacant

Defensive backs

* Currently vacant

Special teams

* Currently vacant

|  | Reserve lists

* Currently vacant

* Rookies in italics
* Roster updated November 19, 2024
* 0 Active, 0 Inactive

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## Staff

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Wichita Regulators staff |

Front office

* Owner - Chris Zachary
* General manager - Vacant

Head coaches

* Head coach - Vacant

Offensive coaches

* Offensive coordinator - TBA
* Offensive coach - TBA

|  |  | Defensive coaches

* Defensive coordinator – Anquanius Frazier

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## References

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1. ^ Nutt, Stephanie (March 14, 2023). "Wichita minor league and professional sports teams you can be cheering for". Retrieved November 24, 2023.
2. ^ Thompson, Jaylon (February 1, 2023). "Arena Football League announces it's returning for 2024 season with 16 teams". USA Today. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
3. ^ "GILLETTE MUSTANGS FOR SALE". Gillette Mustangs. August 30, 2023. Archived from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
4. ^ Press conference posted by the ICT Regulators
5. ^ AFL Staff (November 16, 2023). "Arena Football League announces it's returning for 2024 season with 16 teams". Retrieved November 24, 2023.

## External links

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* Original website
* Official website
* Wichita Regulators at ArenaFan.com

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