Team & personnel
People connected to the team
The Corpus Christi Sharks were an arena football team based in Corpus Christi, Texas, with a short but notable run in the city’s sports landscape. Founded in 2006 as an expansion AF2 team, the Sharks began playing in 2007 and called the American Bank Center home. Under head coach Michael Trigg and general manager Larry Linde, the Sharks represented a bold chapter in Corpus Christi’s indoor football history. While the team folded in 2009 alongside the AF2 suspension, the Sharks’ legacy remains part of the local sports memory and informs the city’s ongoing arena football story, now revived in 2025 with the Corpus Christi Tritons in AF1. Here’s a concise guide to the Sharks, their era, and how the city continues to embrace arena football.