The Tennessee Valley Tigers is a women's American Football team located in Huntsville, Alabama. The team consists of formerAlabama Renegades players, as well as a number of new players who will be playing women's football for the first time in the 2009 season. Women’s football has existed in the Huntsville, Alabama since the fall of 2000 when the Alabama Renegades came into existence.

The Renegades were one of the founding teams of the National Women's Football Association (NWFA). The Renegades and the Nashville Dream played a six game exhibition season to determine the viability of a women's full -contact football league. The exhibition games were a huge success and the league expanded to 12 teams in its first full season of play in the spring of 2001. Ray Quinn was the man who first brought full-contact football to Huntsville and he owned the team for two years. Nancy Byrd, a Renegades player, kept the football dream alive in 2003 when she took over the team from Quinn. She, along with general manager Lori Campbell, ran the team for the next six years. Nancy continued to play for the Renegades while owning the team. At the end of the 2009 season Nancy Bird decide to retire from playing and looked to sale the team to a new owner. She was unable to find anyone willing to take on the responsibility of running the Alabama Renegades and decided she would no longer field a football team in the NWFA.

Carlos Mathews the former Offensive coordinator for the Alabama Renegades realized the potential for women’s football in the Huntsville area and decide to explore ways to bring the game back for 2009 season. Mathews researched several leagues but only found one with the stability needed to support women’s football in the Huntsville Area. The Tigers officially joined the Independent Women's Football League on August 12, 2008, as a Tier II team. In the first season of play the Tigers had a 5-3 record losing twice to the Chattanooga Locomotion which is a Tier II team as well. The Tigers also defeated then ranked number seven Clarksville Fox who in the 2008 season had competed for the Independent Women's Football League Tier II championship. The Tigers play their home games at Milton Frank Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama. The Tigers football team is a member of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce.