Peach State Cats

The Peach State Cats are a professional indoor football team based in Athens, Georgia. They originally announced to play home games at Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia, for the 2018 season but were eventually made a travel-only team. They moved to Athens the following season. Their owner is Tim Freeman.

History
The Cats were founded in 2017, originally announced as members of the regional semi-professional Elite Indoor Football and coached by Mareno Philyaw. However, after the American Arena League (AAL) lost the Vermont Bucks, the league add the Cats to fill in for the lost away games. They were scheduled to play at least two home games at Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia, but were forced to be a road team due to constant schedule changes causing the team to be unable to secure the arena. Their first game was at the Georgia Doom on March 30, 2018. They finished the season with a 0–6 record.

For the 2019 season, owner Tim Freeman announced it had hired former Atlanta Havoc head coach Boo Mitchell as the new general manager and that the team had secured a new home arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, for the 2019 season. They finished second in their division to the Carolina Energy, ahead of the Carolina Cowboyz and the folded Georgia Doom, but the Energy elected to use its division champion clause to have a bye week instead of hosting a playoff game due to scheduling issues with their arena. This led to the Cats being to only division runner-up to not make the playoffs in the 2019 season.

Following the season, the Cats hired Tony Pierce as the head coach for the 2020 season. They then announced they had formed a new league, called the United Arena League, for the 2020 season along with former EIF team the Georgia-Lina Lions and a new travel-team called the Atlanta Pirates.