The original
Arena Football League (AFL) first started in 1987 and continued operating until 2009, when it went bankrupt. The league was brought back in 2010 and continued until folding a second time due to bankruptcy following the 2019 season.
Arena Football League (2024) Four years after the original AFL folded for the second time, it was announced on February 1, 2023, that the league intended on relaunching in 2024. On July 18, the 16 intended market cities were announced, including Everett. Officials in several of the cities stated they were surprised at the announcement and were unaware of an AFL team coming. Eventually, an agreement with Angel of the Winds Arena was secured in late September. On October 26, the team name was officially announced as the Washington Wolfpack. The 2024 AFL season is scheduled to begin in April 2024. Strother has since been named special teams coordinator for the team.
Arena Football One (2025–present) On September 4, 2024, the Wolfpack joined the remaining members of the collapsed AFL in forming the new
Arena Football One. They will play in the West Division along with the
Billings Outlaws and
Oregon Lightning (Potential opponents the
Arizona Bandits went dormant for the season). The Wolfpack's uniforms failed to arrive in time for the team's first game, forcing the Wolfpack to reuse the Everett Royals' uniforms for the first two games. Though the Wolfpack remained among the AF1's worst teams, the team upgraded its kicker position by replacing Strother with Nestor "Manny" Higuera, an alumnus of NAIA
Arizona Christian University who converted from soccer and proved to be a skilled
drop kicker, a valuable skill in AF1 since punting is forbidden but drop kicks score an additional point compared to place kicks and are treated as punts if they do not score. Higuera would score AF1's first drop kick field goal and would later gain viral attention (the second time in his life, following a game-winning placekick field goal at ACU in 2021) as much for his kicking skill as his unusually stout physique (the 5-foot, 5-inch kicker weighed 270 pounds). On August 28, 2025, the Wolfpack announced the addition of longtime arena football veteran
Delvin Myles, who spent the previous season with the rival
Oregon Lightning, as their new defensive coordinator. ==Notable coaches==