One of the twenty-two teams competing in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Kent, Washington-based Seattle Predators were sold twice in as many months once on January 10, 2011, to Jeffery Scott and again on April 13 but this time to Tom Dowling, who changed the team's name to the Seattle Timberwovles.
On January 10, 2011, the Kent Predators were sold to Jeffery Scott, who hired new head coach Keith Evans, just two days later. On April 13, the team was sold again, this time to Tom Dowling, changed the team's name to the Seattle Timberwovles while naming Mike Berry the team general manager, and Sean Ponder the team's new head coach. 
