Thirty years after suiting up as a Preds quarterback during the franchise’s inaugural arena football season, Bennett leads the 2021 version into its first home game in two years.
“Finally, after all these years I have a head coaching job with my old team in my own hometown,” said former Duke star Bennett, who passed for 8,469 yards and 162 touchdowns in five seasons with the Preds from 1991-95 after having been with the NFL’s Bengals and Bears for a couple of seasons in the late 1980s.
“I made lifelong friends here and we really made an impact, both in the Arena Football League and in the Orlando community.