Tri - Cities Fever The Tri - Cities Fever are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League . Their first season was in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League . Though they represent the entire Tri - Cities region , they play their home games exclusively at the Toyota Center in Kennewick , Washington . When the Fever play at the Toyota Center , the arena is known as ' Gesa Field at the Toyota Center ' . The teams Head coach is Adam Shackleford . History . National Indoor Football League ( NIFL ) . The Fever were founded in 2005 as part of the National Indoor Football League ( NIFL ) , and they won their first " Indoor Bowl " championship on July 30 , 2005 , defeating the Rome Renegades 47 - 31 in Kennewick . Move to af2 . After the 2006 season , the Fever announced they were leaving the NIFL . On September 4 , it was confirmed that they were moving to United Indoor Football , along with the Billings Outlaws and River City Rage . The league was expected to make an official announcement at a press conference sometime on the weekend of September 11 , and was also hoping to add the Rapid City Flying Aces and Wyoming Cavalry soon . However , Tri - Cities instead joined the af2 which had in - state rival Spokane . New ownership , new logo . The new ownership had introduced a new logo , with team colors and uniforms that were reminiscent of the Miami Dolphins on December 13 , 2006 ( left ) , but because of general fan dislike , the team announced on January 9 , 2007 that they would be switching back to their old color scheme and logo . Back to the Carrs , on to the IFL . There had been speculation that the Fever would fold after the 2009 season , however , on September 6 , it was announced that J . R . and Terri Carr had bought back the team from Texas af2 holdings , ensuring the Fever would return for the 2010 season . Later that month , it was announced that the af2 was shutting down and the new Arena Football 1 was taking its place , including the Fever as a charter team . The Fever would drop out of the AF1 however on November 19 as the Tier 2 division , which the Fever were slated to be in , was scrapped by the league due to a lack of teams . So the Fever joined the Indoor Football league based in Richmond , Va . The Fever joined former rival ( NIFL ) and defending IFL champion the Billings Outlaws and new in - state rival the Kent Predators . Season - by - season . ! Totals | | 45 | | 53 | | 0 < nowiki > * < / nowiki > = Current Standing Head coaches . On April 26 , 2009 Head coach Richard Davis was fired after an 0 - 5 start to the season . On April 27 , Pat O ' Hara , Head coach of the Arena Football League ' s Los Angeles Avengers was named Head coach of the Fever while the AFL was suspended . O ' Hara was going to remain Fever coach for the 2010 season in the IFL until he was offered head coaching job of the Orlando Predators of the af1 . He was replaced by former Spokane Shock head coach Adam Shackleford . Media coverage . The Fever have seen a vast mix of media coverage through its years . Previously 106 . 5 FM Eagle was the home of the Fever . Currently 610 KONA is the home of game broadcasts and a weekly Fever talk . Also Tri - Cities Fever is generally the main topic on local blog talk radio show “ Tri - Cities Sports Talk Live with Jeremy Burnham and Braydon Smith . ” The Fever have had a few games shown on local television channels , no word yet on this for the 2010 season .