The Tampa Bay Sentinels are a Public Safety Football Team comprised of members of Law Enforcement, Corrections, Probation/Parole Officers, Fire Fighters, Paramedics, EMT’s, members of the U.S. Armed Forces. They play full contact football against other public safety teams in order to raise money for The MacDonald Training Center.
The Sentinels are a member of the National Public Safety Football League and the American Football Association. The NPSFL has 28 teams from around the United States comprised of First Responders.
To learn more about the National Public Safety Football League visit www.npsfl.com
The Tampa Bay Sentinels were the 3rd public safety football team to join the National Public Safety Football League from Tampa. The first Tampa Bay team to join the National Public Safety Football League was the Tampa Bay Guardians.
They represented Tampa Bay area from 1993-1999. In 2000 the football team split. Half of the team went to the Orlando area, where they formed the Orlando Guardians.
The other half stayed in the Tampa Bay area. They formed the Pinellas Posse, which was later renamed to the Tampa Bay Posse.
The Tampa Bay Posse represented our area in the National Public Safety Football League from 2000 through 2003. In 2004, the Tampa Bay Posse became a Florida Six-Man Football team.
The Sentinels returned to the NPSFL in 2008 poised and ready for battle. After a turbulent two years in the league, The Sentinels reached into the past and brought back the man who started it all, Coach Jim Gaczewski.
Under the watchful eye of Coach Jim and his staff, The Sentinels began battling NPSFL teams one game at a time sharpening their deadly skills. Sentinels generals have drafted their battle plans and the Sentinel warriors are poised and ready. 2010 was a struggle but the Sentinels earned their first victory. In 2011 The Sentinels went 2-2, winning on the road in Charleston and earning a come from behind victory against Houston.
The Sentinels are ready to kick off the 2012 season taking what they have learned in the past two season to dominate on the gridiron. Now’s your opportunity to be part of the Tampa Bay Sentinels’ as a Player, Coach, Sponsor, Volunteer or Board Member.
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The Sentinels travel to Washington D.C. on May 12th to take on the D.C. Generals in a two game jamboree. Atlanta Defenders will also take on the Philadelphia Blue Flame in game 2.
