Jerry B. Kurz (born June 21, 1949)[1] is a founding father of the now-defunct Arena Football League.
Together the two have a son named Matthew Hall Kurz, who was a walk-on, who later earned a full athletic scholarship to the Indiana University football team from 2005–2010.
[5] With lack of small market teams committing to the af2 for the 2010 season, the af2 ceased operations, initially leaving open the possibility of restarting in 2012.
[7][8] He was the winning bidder for the non-liquid assets of the Alliance of American Football following that league's bankruptcy auction in July 2019.
[10] On June 4, 2024, Kurz was announced as general counsel and senior advisor of player operations of the revived Arena Football League, having been co-founding partner and former commissioner of the original AFL.
[11] When the remaining teams left the AFL to create Arena Football One at the end of the 2024 season, Kurz was retained and promoted to chief executive officer.