The Hammers originally began play as an expansion team in the Southern Indoor Football League in 2011.

The Hammers are the fourth indoor football team to play at the Von Braun Center; these were the Alabama Vipers of the AFL (2010), the Tennessee Valley Vipers of the af2 (2000–2004 and 2006–2009), and the Tennessee Valley Raptors of the United Indoor Football league (2005).

The Hammers finished the season 4–8, tied for 4th placed in the American Conference, failing to qualify for the playoffs.

During the offseason, Cokinos took a job as the head coach of the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League.

However, in January 2015, Dematteo stepped down due to family issues before coaching a game for the Hammers.