Siegfried Named Twisters Head Coach
September 20, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Arkansas Diamonds News Release
(North Little Rock, AR) - The Arkansas Twisters named former af2 Coach of the Year Chris Siegfried (Sig-Freed) as its new head coach at a press conference at the main entrance of Alltel Arena.
Siegfried spent the 2007 season as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Brigade of the Arena Football League. The Brigade became the fourth team in the 21 year history of the AFL to improve seven games from the previous season. Kansas City made the playoffs for the first time in its history and receiver Charles Frederick earned AFL Co-Rookie of the Year.
Siegfried is one of the top coaches in the history of arenafootball2 with a career record of 57-26, earning top coaching honors in 2006 as the coach of the expansion Spokane Shock, and winning the '06 ArenaCup championship. He left the Shock as the af2 leader in coaching wins and is second all-time with six postseason wins.
The first af2 player to be a head coach in the league tasted success right away when named the head coach of Cape Fear before the 2002 season. Siegfried finished his three year tenure with Cape Fear with a record of 38-16, two division titles, and three playoff appearances. During his coaching tenure with Cape Fear, EJ Burt earned af2 Lineman of the Year when he set the all-time single season sack record with 27.5 sacks in 2002 and former University of Arkansas receiver Matt Berstein earned af2 Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2004.
The Cape Fear franchise moved to Albany, GA, after the 2004 season and became the South Georgia Wildcats where Siegfried sustained his only losing record in his head coaching career. South Georgia led the af2 in passing offense upon Siegfried's dismissal just 10 games into the season.
Siegfried played college football at Division II Millersville University of Pennsylvania and earned a degree in business administration. He was a three year starter and led the team in kick off return average.
The West Hazleton High School graduate has also appeared on television and in movies. He was a contender on the television show "American Gladiators Orlando Live" and appeared in two movies; "The Waterboy" as a stuntman performing football related stunts and "Radio" as an assistant football coach.
Siegfried is married to wife Tammi and the couple has two children; Kody and Baylee.
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