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Salina Liberty
| Salina Liberty | ||
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| Logo | Logo | |
| Logo | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Tony’s Pizza Events Centerin Salina, Kansas | ||
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| Sideline Sam | ||
| www.salinaliberty.com | ||
| Precision Sports, LLCRoy LawrenceDan and Linda MendicinaTom PerezJosh PerezJimmy and Robyne SponderDan Kieborz and Jennifer Main | ||
| Mike McCoy | ||
| Heron O'Neal | ||
| Salina Liberty (2016–present) | ||
| Tony’s Pizza Events Center (2016–present) | ||
| Champions Indoor Football (2016–2023) | ||
| Northern Division (2016) | ||
| North Conference (2017–2019) | ||
| Arena Football League (2024) | ||
| Arena Football One (2025) | ||
| Central Division (2025) | ||
| National Arena League (2026-) | ||
| League championships: 1 | ||
| 2022 | ||
| Conference championships: 1 | ||
| 2019 | ||
| 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
The Salina Liberty are a professional indoor football team based in Salina, Kansas. They began play in 2016 as members of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) and played in the Arena Football League in 2024. In 2025, they played in Arena Football One. In 2026, the team will move to the National Arena League. The team plays their home games at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center.
Team logo from 2018-2023
Indoor football in Salina started in 2012 as the Salina Bombers, an expansion franchise for the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL), were announced for the 2013 season. The Bombers then joined Champions Indoor Football (CIF) due to a merger between the CPIFL and the Lone Star Football League for 2015. However, during their first season in the CIF, the Bombers’ membership was suspended after the organization failed to comply with league bylaws and guidelines by a specified deadline, pending further investigation. The Bombers would cease operations later that month. In July 2015, the CIF announced it had replaced the Bombers with a new expansion team in Salina called the Salina Liberty.
The Liberty began play in the CIF in 2016, finishing last in the Northern division and failing to qualify for the playoffs. In 2017, the Liberty received their first win on the road against Bloomington Edge 47-34 after promoting offensive coordinator Mike Bonner to head coach. The team finished 1-4 under Bonner.
General Manager Ricky Bertz decided to go in another direction after the 2017 season. After hiring Heron O’Neal, the Liberty finished first in the CIF's North Conference regular season in 2018 and 2019. They won the conference playoff championship in 2019 and played in the Champions Bowl for the league title but lost to the Duke City Gladiators 29–35.
Logo used in the AFL in 2024.
On September 25, 2023, the Liberty were implicitly announced to be joining the Arena Football League after the AFL announced it would be absorbing CIF's remaining franchises. Then nearly one year later on September 4, 2024, the Liberty announced their move to the new Arena Football One following the collapse of the AFL. They played in the league's new Central Division along with the Corpus Christi Tritons and Southwest Kansas Storm with the Wichita Regulators going dormant for 2025.
At a media conference held September 19, 2025, it was announced the Liberty were moving to the National Arena League in 2026, part of a series of moves by the league to compact its footprint to the midwest.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
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| League Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIF | Northern | 6th | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| CIF | North | 7th | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| CIF | North | 1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Won Conference Semifinal (Bismarck) 81–51Lost Conference Championship (Sioux City) 39–45 | |
| CIF | North | 1st | 8 | 4 | 0 | Won Conference Championship (Omaha) 44–42Lost Champions Bowl (Duke City) 29–35 | |
| CIF | North | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
| CIF | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | Won Semifinal (Dodge City) 55–31Lost Champions Bowl (Omaha) 39–40 | ||
| CIF | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 0 | Won Semifinal (Billings) 26–14Won Champions Bowl (Omaha) 38–34 | ||
| CIF | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | Won Semifinal (Gillette) 37–30Lost Champions Bowl (Omaha) 30–50 | ||
| AFL | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | Won Round One Semifinal (Dodge City) 41–35Lost Semifinal (Albany) 59-80 | ||
| AF1 | 4th | 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost Round One Semifinal (Albany) 44-75 | ||
| 7 | 6 | — | All-time postseason record (2016–2024) |
See Category:Salina Liberty players
- Official website
- Salina Liberty at ArenaFan.com
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