in the 2006–07 season, under the guidance of head coach john marks, the fireantz advanced to the finals of the league's post-season playoffs for the first time in team history. the first two games of the best-of-five finals were won by fayetteville on the fireantz' home ice, before the series returned to jacksonville, florida, where the jacksonville barracudas won game three of the series by a 3-2 score. the fireantz won the fourth game of the series by a score of 5-3 to win the president's cup. it was the first championship for the fireantz, and fayetteville's first professional sports championship in 51 years. head coach marks resigned after the team's championship run to take the head coach position with the pensacola ice pilots of the echl. shortly after marks' resignation the fireantz announced that former florida seals coach, tommy stewart, had been hired to coach the team for the 2007–2008 season.