April 15, 2010, is a date the United Football League believes will be remembered as a landmark moment in the history of football in the state of Nebraska and significantly in the city of Omaha.

On a sunny spring afternoon, UFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue announced that the fledgling football league would welcome its first expansion team to play during the second season and the people of Omaha embraced the franchise from that moment forward.

Midwest native Jeff Jagodzinski, former head coach of Boston College and offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers was unveiled as the man who would lead the soon to be named Omaha Nighthawks when their season kicks off in the fall of 2010.

The Nighthawks will open their campaign at Rosenblatt Stadium against the Hartford Colonials on Friday, September 24 and the home fans, who already number in the thousands and are as passionate as any in the nation, will see their team in action again a week later on Saturday, October 2 against the Sacramento Mountain Lions.

The five-team UFL, which plans to expand to eight teams in 2011 and beyond that in future years, also includes the reigning champion Las Vegas Locos, who defeated the Florida Tuskers 20-17 in the inaugural 2009 Championship Game.