The Houston Texans' principal owner and chairman is Bob McNair and the minority owner and vice chairman is Chuck Watson. The city government of Houston also is a minority owner of the team. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL ). The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans), moved to Nashville, Tennessee.