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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Charleston Sandsharks
| current = 
| logo =
| helmet = Carolina Sandsharks Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2006
| folded = 2007
| city = [[Charleston, South Carolina]]<br>at the [[North Charleston Coliseum]]
| misc = 
| uniform =
| colors = Blue, gray, white<br>{{color box|blue}} {{color box|#8888AA}} {{color box|white}}
| coach = John Patterson<ref name=Hartsell/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowman |first1=Philip M. |title=Former Citadel football assistant taking over at James Island |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/former-citadel-football-assistant-taking-over-at/docview/374122817/se-2 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Post and Courier |date=28 Feb 2007 |location=Charleston, SC |page=C1 |language=en}}</ref>
| owner = 
| chairman =
| president = Rick Johnson<ref name="Hartsell2">{{cite news |last1=Hartsell |first1=Jeff |title=Sharks deny NIFL allegations; Patterson 'outraged' over league ruling that team utilized ineligible players |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/sharks-deny-nifl-allegations-patterson-outraged/docview/374140230/se-2 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Post and Courier |date=7 July 2006 |location=Charleston, SC |language=en}}</ref>
| general manager = Al Bannister<ref name=Hartsell/>
| cheerleaders = 
| dancers = 
| mascot = 
| nicknames =
| league =
[[National Indoor Football League]] (2006)
| team_history =
*Charleston Sandsharks (2006)
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| conf_champs =
| div_champs =
| playoff_appearances =
| no_playoff_appearances = 0
| arena_years =
* [[North Charleston Coliseum]] (2006)
}}

The '''Charleston Sandsharks''' were a professional [[indoor American football|indoor football]] team based in [[North Charleston, South Carolina]], a suburb of the [[metropolitan area]] of [[Charleston, South Carolina]], with home games at the [[North Charleston Coliseum]].

The team played a single season in the [[National Indoor Football League]] (NIFL) in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Revolution takes turn on road |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A143075382/STND?u=sddp_main&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=55ab3f78 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=The News & Record |date=9 March 2006 |location=Piedmont Triad, NC |page=C4}}</ref> In the final game of their season, the team ran out of footballs and had to get fans to return balls that had ended up in the stands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Here's one you haven't heard |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/374149194/271BA7880E694486PQ/2 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Post and Courier |date=3 July 2006 |location=Charleston, SC |page=C2 |language=en}}</ref> Though they won the game, the NIFL later ruled that the Sandsharks had used ineligible players, and forfeited the game to Montgomery. The Sandsharks ownership had announced that they would not participate in the playoffs to save money, and Montgomery took their place in the playoffs.<ref name=Hartsell>{{cite news |last1=Hartsell |first1=Jeff |title=NIFL erases SandSharks' final victory; League League rules Charleston used ineligible players in season-ending win |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/374039008/271BA7880E694486PQ/5 |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=Post and Courier |date=6 July 2006 |location=Charleston, SC |language=en}}</ref> 

The team left the NIFL and announced they were joining the [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]] for 2007 before withdrawing from the start-up league. They then were announced as members of the [[American Indoor Football Association]] as the '''Carolina Sandsharks''', but the owners decided to not play for financial reasons.

==Season-by-season records==
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|2006<ref name=Hartsell2/> || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd AC Eastern || —
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929031838/http://www.carolinasandsharks.com/ Sandsharks Homepage]

[[Category:Sports in Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:American football teams in South Carolina]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in South Carolina]]
[[Category:American football teams established in 2006]]


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