2021 Class

	KURTISS RIGGS (Head Coach, Sioux Falls) Coach Riggs is one of the IFL’s most successful head coaches ever. Under his leadership, the Storm won 11 League Championships, including consecutive titles from 2005-2008 and 2011-2016 seasons. With Coach Riggs at the helm, the Storm achieved the longest winning streak of any professional sports team with 40 consecutive wins and compiled a career record of 268-67. During his tenure with the team, Riggs was named Coach of the Year four times – 2004 of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL), consecutively, in 2006-2007 of the United Indoor Football (UIF) and in 2015 of the Indoor Football League (IFL). In addition, Kurtiss led the Storm to four undefeated season including back-to-back undefeated seasons in 2006 & 2007, 2012 & 2015.
	JOHN PETTIT (Owner, Iowa) Pettit's accomplishments, successes, and accolades are quite extensive. Pettit was a key figure in helping Barnstormers’ owner Jeff Lamberti bring the Arena Football League team back to Des Moines in 2008, and then later into the IFL. Pettit worked within many leagues as an executive and was named the IFL's Executive of the Year in 2018. Prior to that he was named the Arena Football League's Executive of the Year in 2012 with the Barnstormers. Pettit had more than 30 years of executive level management experience in pro sports, having previously worked for championship teams in both the NHL and AHL, including the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Wolfpack. Along the way he also played key roles with other former AFL franchises, the Detroit Drive and the Connecticut SeaWolves. Pettit passed away in December 2020.
	HERON O’NEAL (Head Coach, Billings, Colorado) O’Neal won the first inaugural IFL United Bowl in 2009. He followed that up with another in 2010. During his time in the IFL, he won two United Bowls and one Coach of the Year award with the Colorado Ice in 2014. He boasts a career record of 128-58. O’Neal also won a championship in 2006 with Billings while part of the NIFL. He is currently coaching for the Salina Liberty in the CIF where he won the 2019 coach of the year.
	FRED JACKSON (RB, Sioux City) Jackson, a once-in-a-generation player, played in the UIF/IFL for the Sioux City Bandits in 2005 before going on to having an outstanding NFL career. During his 2005 campaign, Jackson was named the 2005 league MVP while helping get the Bandits to the first ever United Bowl. During that 18-game season, he rushed for 1,770 yards while scoring 53 touchdowns, records that both still stand today. Jackson would go on to join the NFL’s Buffalo Bills where he led the Bills in yards rushing during four of his eight seasons in Buffalo. He still ranks third on the team list with 5,646 yards rushing and 15 100-yard games, and fourth with 30 touchdowns rushing.