Port Huron Patriots

The Port Huron Patriots are a professional Indoor Football team based in Port Huron, Michigan. The team is a member of the Continental Indoor Football League. The Patriots joined the CIFL in 2012 as an expansion team. The Patriots are the third indoor football team to be based in Port Huron, the first being CIFL charter members and inaugural champions the Port Huron Pirates (2006–2007), and the other being the CIFL based Port Huron Predators. The Owners of the Patriots are Jude Carter, Lonnie Nichols, Lance Nichols, David Nichols, Larry Page, Matt Wuchte and Nick Kennedy-Saura. The Patriots will play their home games at the McMorran Arena.

Play begins: 2012
After the disappointing end to the Port Huron Predators season in 2011, Dave and Cyndi Kinsman wanted to bring back a team to Port Huron in 2012 and the future. Kinsman stated, "We are aware of the history of teams in this city and the bottom line is that you have to win on and off the field to make this succeed. Other teams could win on the field, but couldn't win off the field meaning they didn't have the front office and leadership it takes to succeed. We are confident in the direction this franchise will head and we are thrilled to be in Port Huron." The team also announced that they would be playing at McMorran Arena during Kinsman's press conference. In early September 2011, the Patriots signed former Predators head coach John Forti, as well as re-signed local players who had played for the Predators. On December 24, 2011 the team announced its training camp roster.

On February 11, 2012, the team played its first preseason game. They defeated the outdoor semi-professional Southern Michigan Timberwolves 35-21. This first unofficial win came in the wake of the tragic loss of Offensive Lineman Ken Hamilton, who was killed in a shooting outside of a Detroit nightclub. Teammate Antonio Martin was also injured in the shooting. On March 10, 2012, the Patriots earned their first victory in franchise history with a 52-49 victory over the Chicago Vipers.

On March 29, 2012 Kinsman fired Head Coach John Forti, and the rest of his staff. Kinsman cited Forti's decision to hire his friends as assistant coaches and not make the best choices for the team as their reason for Forti's termination.

Kinsman went on to lead the Patriots to a 3-4 record, making them 4-6 overall, clinching the 4th seed in the CIFL playoffs, but despite this factor, the league decided to shorten the playoffs. This left the Patriots and the Evansville Rage both out of the playoffs.

2013
The Patriots will return to the CIFL in 2013. On February 21st, just two games into the season, the Kinsman's sold the team, as David was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan. The team was sold locally to Jude Carter, Lonnie Nichols, Lance Nichols, David Nichols, Larry Page, Matt Wuchte and Nick Kennedy-Saura, with Carter also serving as the team's general manager. The also announced that the team's new head coach would be Demar Cranford.

Logos and uniforms
The team announced that its logo would be a bald eagle's head with a flag in the background, and the colors would be red, white and blue, during a September 24, 2011 press conference at the McMorran Arena in Port Huron, Michigan.

Head Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of Week 2 of the 2013 CIFL season.

Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" !rowspan="2"  | Season !rowspan="2"  |Team !rowspan="2"  | League !rowspan="2"  | Conference !rowspan="2"  | Division !colspan="4"   | Regular season !rowspan="2"  | Postseason Results !Finish !Wins !Losses !Ties ! style="text-align:center;"| 2012 ! style="text-align:center;"| 2013* ! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" colspan="6"|Totals ! style="text-align:center;"|5 ! style="text-align:center;"|8 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season record (2012) ! style="text-align:center;"|5 ! style="text-align:center;"|8 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season and postseason record (2012)
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 * style="text-align:center;"| 2012
 * style="text-align:center;"| CIFL
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 * style="text-align:center;"| 4th
 * style="text-align:center;"| 4
 * style="text-align:center;"| 6
 * style="text-align:center;"| 0
 * style="text-align:center;"| 2013
 * style="text-align:center;"| CIFL
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 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * style="text-align:center;"|
 * style="text-align:center;"| 1
 * style="text-align:center;"| 2
 * style="text-align:center;"| 0
 * - style="text-align:center;"
 * 0
 * 0
 * colspan="3"|All-time postseason record (2012)
 * colspan="3"|All-time postseason record (2012)

* Season currently in progress