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===Revival of AFL (2010β2016)=== [[File:Klaw (Orlando Predators) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Predators mascot, Klaw, in 2007]] The Predators maintained their organization and web presence after the AFL suspended operations in August 2009. On September 28, 2009, the Predators announced their return to play for the 2010 season as a member of the new Arena Football 1 league, until that league purchased the AFL's assets and assumed the AFL's history.<ref>[http://www.orlandopredators.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3700&ATCLID=204803446 Orlando Predators Back for 2010 Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812214212/http://www.orlandopredators.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3700&ATCLID=204803446 |date=2014-08-12 }}</ref> With Jay Gruden obligated to the [[United Football League (2009)|UFL]] by his contract with the [[Florida Tuskers|Tuskers]], eventually becoming the team's head coach, they hired former quarterback [[Pat O'Hara]] as their head coach for the 2010 season.<ref>http://www.cfnews13.com/Sports/CentralFloridaSportsReport/2009/12/22/ohara_to_coach_orlando_predators_in_2010.html{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> When the schedule for the league's season was announced on December 31, 2009, the Predators were slated to return to action on April 9, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandopredators.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3700&ATCLID=204865599|title=2010 Schedule Released|website=orlandopredators.com|access-date=4 May 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the 2010 season, the Predators finished with an 8β8 record. They qualified for the playoffs, but lost the conference championship to the Tampa Bay Storm by a single point as a last-second field goal attempt was unsuccessful. In [[2011 Orlando Predators season|2011]], the Predators finished the regular season 11β7, but fell to the [[Jacksonville Sharks]] in the conference semifinals by a score of 63β48. With a 4β14 record in [[2012 Orlando Predators season|2012]] under first-year head coach [[Bret Munsey]], the Predators missed the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 1991. Following the end of the season, Munsey was released as head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandopredators.com/news/predators-announce-the-release-of-head-coach-bret-munsey-298.php|title=Predators Announce the Release of Head Coach Bret Munsey|date=August 13, 2012|work=Orlando Predators|access-date=August 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821175439/http://www.orlandopredators.com/news/predators-announce-the-release-of-head-coach-bret-munsey-298.php|archive-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> Under [[Doug Plank]] for the [[2013 Orlando Predators season|2013 season]], the Predators lost their first five games of the season. It was then that the team acquired veteran quarterback [[Aaron Garcia (American football)|Aaron Garcia]] in a trade with the [[San Jose SaberCats]]. The Predators went on to win seven of their remaining thirteen games following the trade to finish the season with a 7β11 record, which was good enough to clinch a playoff berth. However, they were eliminated in the conference semifinals by the [[Philadelphia Soul]]. With two weeks remaining during the regular season, Brett Bouchy sold his controlling interest in the team to The Pearsall Holdings LP for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2013/07/orlando-predators-bouchy-sells-equity.html |title=Bouchy sells equity in Orlando Predators |date=July 18, 2013 |author=Richard Bilbao |work=The Business Journals |publisher=American City Business Journals |access-date=August 16, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221045204/http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2013/07/orlando-predators-bouchy-sells-equity.html |archive-date=December 21, 2013 }}</ref> Plank retired following the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clickorlando.com/sports/doug-plank-resigns-as-predators-head-coach/-/1636890/22865120/-/14709fj/-/index.html |title=Doug Plank resigns as Predators head coach |author=David Pingalore |date=November 7, 2013 |work=clickorlando.com |publisher=WKMG - Orlando |access-date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126203759/http://www.clickorlando.com/sports/doug-plank-resigns-as-predators-head-coach/-/1636890/22865120/-/14709fj/-/index.html |archive-date=November 26, 2013 }}</ref> The Predators moved to [[CFE Arena]] on the campus of the [[University of Central Florida]] in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-orlando-predators-ucf-20131205,0,2876746.story |title=Orlando Predators leaving downtown to play at UCF |author=Mark Schlueb |date=December 5, 2013 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215071554/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-orlando-predators-ucf-20131205,0,2876746.story |archive-date=December 15, 2013 }}</ref> after the [[Amway Center]] informed the team that they had defaulted on their lease for failing to meet attendance requirements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-predators-football-default-20130904,0,2066258.story |title=Orlando Predators lose their Amway Center lease |date=September 4, 2013 |author=March Schlueb |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=September 5, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002122650/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-predators-football-default-20130904,0,2066258.story |archive-date=October 2, 2013 }}</ref> On December 25, 2013, the Predators announced that [[Rob Keefe]] would become the seventh coach in franchise history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/dec/25/orlando-hires-ex-shock-coach-keefe/ |title=Orlando hires ex-Shock coach Keefe |date=December 25, 2013 |work=The Spokesman-Review |access-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221218/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/dec/25/orlando-hires-ex-shock-coach-keefe/ |archive-date=December 26, 2013 }}</ref> In May 2014, it was announced that majority owner David Pearsall had sold the team to an undisclosed ownership group,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-arena-league-takes-over-orlando-predators-20140513,0,4823711.story |title=Predators seek new ownership, deny report league has taken over team |author=Alicia DelGallo |date=May 13, 2014 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=May 14, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515080520/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-arena-league-takes-over-orlando-predators-20140513,0,4823711.story |archive-date=May 15, 2014 }}</ref> but the team was taken over by the AFL. In July 2014, reports began to surface that [[David A. Siegel]] had purchased the franchise with the intent to move the team back into the Amway Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-orlando-predators-david-siegel-0709-20140708,0,187924.story |title=David Siegel reportedly buys Preds, seeks team's return to Amway Center |author=Alicia DelGallo |date=July 8, 2014 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=July 9, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709005414/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-orlando-predators-david-siegel-0709-20140708,0,187924.story |archive-date=July 9, 2014 }}</ref> On July 15, 2014, Siegel confirmed his purchase of the Predators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-david-siegel-orlando-predators-amway-center-lea-20140714,0,3188346.story |title=Time-share mogul David Siegel confirms purchase of Orlando Predators |author=Alicia DelGallo |date=July 15, 2014 |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719090519/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/predators/os-david-siegel-orlando-predators-amway-center-lea-20140714,0,3188346.story |archive-date=July 19, 2014 }}</ref> On December 8, 2014, the Predators suspended head coach Rob Keefe with pay while an investigation was ongoing by the Orange County Sheriff's Office into accusations of domestic violence.<ref>[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/82229115-132.html Orlando Predators coach Rob Keefe suspended indefinitely] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730230029/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/82229115-132.html |date=2017-07-30 }}, Orlando Sentinel</ref> The charges were since dropped. During the week of June 18, 2016, the entire Arena Football League, including the hometown Predators, displayed patches and stickers "ORL" as a remembrance of the victims killed in the Pulse Nightclub massacre.{{Update inline|date=June 2016}} On October 12, 2016, the Orlando Predators announced they had suspended operations due to the reduced number of teams in the AFL and other pending disagreements with the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandopredators.com/news/2016/10/12/the-orlando-predators-have-chosen-to-suspend-team-operations |title=The Orlando Predators have chosen to suspend team operations |publisher=Orlando Predators |date=October 12, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013075444/http://www.orlandopredators.com/news/2016/10/12/the-orlando-predators-have-chosen-to-suspend-team-operations |archive-date=October 13, 2016 }}</ref>
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