Overall, twenty-two of the 42 players added to the Houston Roughnecks roster through the inaugural XFL Draft have been on active NFL rosters in their careers. Twelve of those players played multiple seasons in the NFL.
“If anybody really knows me… and they actually saw how I play… I only know one way to play… I’m a Roughneck through and through.”
The Houston Roughnecks will hold a Q&A session on Thursday September 5th at Pitch 25, 2120 Walker St. Houston, TX, between 6-7:30pm.
The XFL has named their Houston franchise, the Houston Roughnecks.
The XFL bolstered its ranks with new staff hires, including a league-wide director of player administration, heads of communications in their Los Angeles, Tampa Bay and Houston franchises, and a head of partnerships in LA. Russ Giglio has joined as Director of Player Administration. Russ spent over eleven years at the NFL working in the … Read more
Jennifer Germer, the former Vice President of Marketing for the Houston Astros, is now the new marketing director for XFL Houston.
Houston, TX., May 20, 2019 – The XFL today announced that June Jones, a former coach for the NFL’s Houston Oilers and USFL’s Houston Gamblers, and a former head coach in the NFL, CFL and at the major college level, has been named head coach and general manager of the XFL team in Houston. The … Read more
The XFL has announced they would introduce the new Head Coach/GM of the Houston franchise on May 20th at 11:30 am CT, at TDECU Stadium Club at the University Of Houston. The candidate, former Falcons and Chargers head coach June Jones, has widely been made known prior to the official unveiling, as it was originally … Read more
Stamford, Conn., May 14, 2019 – The XFL today announced that Brian Michael Cooper, previously Senior Associate Athletic Director at Rice University and President of the NBA G-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers, has been named President of the XFL football team in Houston. The Houston XFL team will take the field in February 2020 for … Read more
The XFL today announced the eight cities and venues its teams will call home when the league launches the weekend of February 8-9, 2020.