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Professional arena football team

The Wyoming Cavalry are a future professional indoor football team based in Gillette, Wyoming. They will play their home games at the Wyoming Center at the CAM-PLEX in Gillette starting in 2026 as members of American Indoor Football. They are owned by Dominic Montero (former owner of the Cedar Rapids Titans) and Drake Roach (former co-owner of the Coralville Chaos).

History

American Indoor Football co-owner Dominic Montero, also owner of the Cedar Rapids River Kings and Coralville Chaos, announced the founding and addition of the expansion Wyoming Cavalry to the league to begin play in the 2026 season. The team would be based in Gillette, Wyoming, and are expected to play their home games at Wyoming Center at the CAM-PLEX in Gillette replacing the since-folded Gillette Mustangs, formerly of Champions Indoor Football. In an interview with KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, representatives with Cedar Rapids and Coralville originally indicated plans to revive the Mustangs,^[1] but to avoid legal challenges (Steven Titus, the chairman of Arena Football One, owns the rights to that name), opted to adopt the Cavalry name instead with the Mustang colors of sage green and Vegas gold. The official website and Facebook profile^[2] were launched in March 2025. The official announcement was released on March 28, 2025, and a press conference took place on May 1, 2025, in Gillette.^[3]

The Cavalry are named after the original Wyoming Cavalry franchise that played in several leagues including the original Indoor Football League in 2000, National Indoor Football League from 2001 to 2007, the then-American Indoor Football Association (now the AIF) from 2008 to 2010 and finally the current Indoor Football League from 2011 to 2014 before folding. Mike and Argeri Layton, who owned the original incarnation of the Wyoming Cavalry, have given their approval to the new franchise.^[4]^[5]

The Cavalry would become the fourth franchise to join the existing AIF league with Cedar Rapids, Coralville and the West Michigan Ironmen for 2026. (The Pennsylvania Union would join shortly after.) On May 1, 2025, in addition to the Cavalry officially being announced as the league’s fourth franchise in the league, the team announced that Ken Hessler would be the team’s first official head coach. As of July 2025, Montero and team president (and then-new sole owner of the Coralville Chaos) Drake Roach are now listed as co-owners of the Cavalry. The team colors were changed back to those of the original franchise, navy blue, old gold and white, on September 18, 2025.

Current roster

**Wyoming Cavalry roster**
Quarterbacks Running backs Wide receivers		Offensive linemen Defensive linemen		Linebackers Defensive backs Special teams		Reserve lists Rookies in italics updated March 27, 2025 0 Active, 0 Inactive

Staff

Source: Team website ^[6]

**Wyoming Cavalry staff**
	Front office Owner – Dominic Montero President – Drake Roach General manager – Michael Coleman Head coaches Head coach – Ken Hessler Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – TBA			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – TBA

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 The Cavalry are named after the original [[Wyoming Cavalry]] franchise that played in several leagues including the [[Indoor Football League (1999–2000)|original Indoor Football League]] in 2000, [[National Indoor Football League]] from 2001 to 2007, the then-[[American Indoor Football Association]] (now the AIF) from 2008 to 2010 and finally the [[Indoor Football League|current Indoor Football League]] from 2011 to 2014 before folding. Mike and Argeri Layton, who owned the original incarnation of the Wyoming Cavalry, have given their approval to the new franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madison |first=David |date=April 28, 2025 |title=Wyoming Cavalry Will Return To Arena Football — In Gillette With A New Owner |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/04/27/wyoming-cavalry-will-return-to-arena-football-in-gillette-with-a-new-owner/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Cowboy State Daily |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zbroszczyk |first=Preston |date=June 27, 2025 |title=Indoor football will return to Gillette next year with the Wyoming Cavalry |url=https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/sports/local/article_0730e391-47d8-4143-a139-62f6ac0e6e0c.html |access-date=2025-07-12 |website=Gillette News Record |language=en}}</ref>
+[[File:Wyoming Cavalry AIF V2.png|150px|right|thumb|Second planned logo]]
 The Cavalry would become the fourth franchise to join the existing AIF league with Cedar Rapids, Coralville and the [[West Michigan Ironmen]] for 2026.  (The Pennsylvania Union would join shortly after.)  On May 1, 2025, in addition to the Cavalry officially being announced as the league’s fourth franchise in the league, the team announced that Ken Hessler would be the team’s first official head coach.  As of July 2025, Montero and team president (and then-new sole owner of the [[Coralville Chaos]]) Drake Roach are now listed as co-owners of the Cavalry.  The team colors were changed back to those of the original franchise, navy blue, old gold and white, on September 18, 2025.