Sacramento Mountain Lions

Sacramento Mountain Lions
Year founded: 2009
Helmet Logo
City	Sacramento, California
Head coach	Dennis Green
Owner(s)	Paul Pelosi (majority)
General manager	Dennis Green
Affiliations
United Football League (2009–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Dark Metallic Gold, Sac Black, Sac Tan, Sac Dark Gold
Team history
California Redwoods (2009) Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Home fields
AT&T Park (2009) Spartan Stadium (2009) Hornet Stadium (2010–present)

The Sacramento Mountain Lions are a professional American football team based in Sacramento, California that plays in the United Football League. The franchise originated as the California Redwoods, and played its home games in San Francisco and San Jose. The team will play its 2010 home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, home of the Sacramento State Hornets. Former Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green is the team's head coach and general manager.

Contents 1 Franchise history 1.1 California Redwoods (2009) 1.1.1 Schedule 1.2 Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–present) 1.2.1 2010 season 1.2.1.1 Schedule 2 Season-by-season records 2.1 California Redwoods 2.2 Sacramento Mountain Lions 3 Current personnel 3.1 Current staff 3.2 Current roster 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Franchise history

[edit] California Redwoods (2009)

The team began play as the California Redwoods in October 2009. In the league's 2009 season, the Redwoods played were originally slated to play all of its home games at AT&T Park in San Francisco, including the first ever UFL game. Due to a conflict with the San Francisco Giants, the UFL's first game was instead played in Las Vegas. Poor attendance in San Francisco led to the league relocating one of the Redwoods' home games to Spartan Stadium in San Jose.

Former NFL head coach Dennis Green was hired as the Redwoods' head coach prior to the season. He led the team to a 2–4 record in its first season, finishing in third place.

[edit] Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Thursday, October 8	9:00 p.m. ET	at Las Vegas Locomotives	L 17–30	0–1	Sam Boyd Stadium	18,187	Versus
2	Saturday, October 17	9:00 p.m. ET	New York Sentinels	W 24–7	1–1	AT&T Park	6,341	HDNet
3	Thursday, October 22	7:00 p.m. ET	at Florida Tuskers	L 7–34	1–2	Citrus Bowl	12,021	Versus
4	Thursday, October 29	7:00 p.m. ET	at New York Sentinels	W 20–13	2–2	Giants Stadium	10,818	Versus
5	Bye
6	Saturday, November 14	9:00 p.m. ET	Las Vegas Locomotives	L 10–16	2–3	Spartan Stadium	4,312	HDNet
7	Thursday, November 19	9:00 p.m. ET	Florida Tuskers	L 27–34	2–4	AT&T Park	6,837	Versus

[edit] Sacramento Mountain Lions (2010–present)

[edit] 2010 season

League commissioner Michael Huyghue announced shortly after the end of the 2009 regular season that the team would "likely" move permanently to San Jose for the 2010 season.^[1] On March 3, 2010, the league declared that the team would permanently relocate instead to Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California for 2010, as part of a deal with Sacramento State University that will see the UFL provide a new artificial turf for the facility.

Despite the "California Redwoods" name still being valid (as the team remained the only UFL team in the state), league officials also announced that the California Redwoods branding would be abandoned. A new name was decided through a fan vote, though the name "Redwoods" remained a possible choice.^[2] On April 6, 2010, the league announced that the franchise would be known as the Sacramento Mountain Lions.^[3]

Additionally, head coach Dennis Green added the title of general manager following the season; he replaced league-wide general manager Rick Mueller, who handled the duties in 2009.

[edit] Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	TV
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, September 18	11:30 a.m. PT	at Hartford Colonials			Rentschler Field	NESN
2	Saturday, September 25	8:00 p.m. PT	Florida Tuskers			Hornet Stadium	Versus
3	Saturday, October 2	5:30 p.m. PT	at Omaha Nighthawks			Rosenblatt Stadium	HDNet
4	Bye
5	Friday, October 15	8:00 p.m. PT	Las Vegas Locomotives			Hornet Stadium	HDNet
6	Thursday, October 21	4:00 p.m. PT	at Florida Tuskers			Citrus Bowl	HDNet
7	Saturday, October 30	8:00 p.m. PT	Hartford Colonials			Hornet Stadium	Versus
8	Saturday, November 6	8:00 p.m. PT	at Las Vegas Locomotives			Sam Boyd Stadium	Versus
9	Saturday, November 13	8:00 p.m. PT	Omaha Nighthawks			Hornet Stadium	Versus
10	Bye

[edit] Season-by-season records

[edit] California Redwoods

Season	W	L	T	Avg.	Finish	Post Season	Awards
2009	2	4	0	.333	3rd
Totals	2	4	0	.333	-	-	-

[edit] Sacramento Mountain Lions

Season	W	L	T	Avg.	Finish	Post Season	Awards
2010	0	0	0	.000	TBD
Totals	0	0	0	.000	-	-	-

[edit] Current personnel

[edit] Current staff

Sacramento Mountain Lions staff v • d • e
	Front Office Majority Owner – Paul Pelosi Minority Owner – Angelo Tsakopoulos Minority Owner – George Zimmer Minority Owner – Dave Lucchetti Minority Owner – George Marcus Director of Football Operations – Sid Pillai Player Personnel – Robert Griffith Head Coaches Head Coach/General Manager – Dennis Green Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Mike Kruczek Running Backs – Mike McDaniel Wide Receivers – Charles Collins Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line – Bill Khayat Offensive Line – Art Kehoe			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Ricky Hunley Defensive Line – DeChon Burns Defensive Backs – Steve Shafer Special Teams Coaches Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Assistant – Martin Bayless Special Teams Assistant – Steven Hoppe Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Michael Rehfeldt → Coaching Staff → Management → More UFL staffs

[edit] Current roster

Sacramento Mountain Lions roster view • talk • edit
Quarterbacks  8 Daunte Culpepper  2 Justin Goltz -- Liam O'Hagan Running Backs 45 Jon Abbate FB 26 Steve Baylark 33 Terrence Blevins 24 Chris Perry 20 Cory Ross 28 John David Washington Wide Receivers 18 Otis Amey 83 Antonio Chatman -- Cameron Colvin -- Chris Hannon 17 Chido Nwokocha 80 Sonny Shackelford 19 Joe West -- Rod Windsor -- Aaron Woods Tight Ends -- Teyo Johnson 82 Darrell Strong		Offensive Linemen -- Martin Bibla G -- Bryan Deemer G 67 Matt Lentz G/C 75 Sam Lightbody T 77 Tyler Luellen T 65 Mike Mabry C 71 Derrick Morse G -- Erik Robertson G 74 Carl Spitale T 76 Tavita Thompson T Defensive Linemen 93 John Faletoese DT 69 Louis Holmes DE 54 Dwayne LeFall DE 95 Josh Leonard DT 92 Jermaine McGhee DE 90 Jason Parker DE 94 Bobby Payne DE 91 A. J. Schable DE 99 Jason Stewart DT 96 Ekom Udofia DT 98 Udeme Udofia DT 58 Curtis Young DE		Linebackers 41 Kai Brown OLB 55 Maurice Crum OLB 59 Liam Ezekiel ILB 50 Richard Kiesel-Kauhane OLB 52 Prince Kwateng OLB 57 Zeke Moreno ILB 40 Clinton Snyder ILB -- Michael Tauiliili ILB 97 Kurtis Taylor OLB 56 Dontarrious Thomas OLB Defensive Backs 31 Robert Bourne DB 32 Tim Clark CB -- Marcus Ezeff S  5 Willie Glasper CB  6 Dennis Keyes S -- Kelly Malveaux CB 27 Ryan McFoy S 21 Ronnie Prude CB -- Andrew Sendejo FS 25 Stephen Tate CB -- Ahmad Treaudo CB -- Scott Ware S Special Teams 44 Tyler Clutts LS  3 Parker Douglass K -- Aaron King LS  1 Tom Malone P -- Aaron Perez P -- Fabrizio Scaccia K		Reserve Lists Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated August 28, 2010 70 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official webpage
• Official uniform style guide

v • d • e Sacramento Mountain Lions Formerly the California Redwoods • Founded in 2009 • Based in Sacramento, California The Franchise Franchise • Players Stadiums AT&T Park • Spartan Stadium • Hornet Stadium Head Coaches Green Key Personnel Owner: Paul Pelosi • Head Coach/General Manager: Dennis Green Seasons (2) 2009 • 2010 Current League Affiliation United Football League

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