Football

 

Jessie England - Offensive Coordinator
Roger Mason - Offensive Line

- DB Saylor Jones

College Football Signees: 
- Bob Zumstein: University of Tennessee
- Mouse Shadden: Ole Miss
- Larry Davis: University of Memphis
- Jay Moore: MTSU
- Chad Sills: Maryville College
- Andrew Kittreal: Union College
- John T Armes: Carson-Newman
- Joey Wright: Carson-Newman
- Damon Shadden: MTSU
- Sean Phillips: MTSU
- Eugene Pool: Cumberland University
- Adam Kilby: Kentucky Christian University
- Joshua Moore: Tusculum College
- Michael Wilkie: Rainy River
- Brenton Griffith: Carson Newman
- Adam Spence: Tennessee Tech
- Cody Sexton: Bethel University
- Dakota Smith: Lindenwood University

- Michael Lowe - Carson Newman
- Tony Young - Austin Peay
- Don Edwards - Tennessee Tech
- Dwight Hamby - Tennessee Chattanooga
- Steve Garrett - Tennessee Tech

- Marty Cox - Tusculum College
- Ryan Hamm - Tennessee Chattanooga

Hall of Fame Coaches

Homer Rice: 
- 1951 Wartburg Head Football Coach
- Athletic success during Rice's tenure included a 1990 National Championship in football, 1990 Men's Basketball NCAA Final Four, nine consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament in basketball, three ACC Tournament Championships in basketball, 18 players selected in the NBA draft, 1994 College Baseball World Series runner-up, 13 consecutive NCAA appearances in baseball, six first-round selections in Major League Baseball draft, 1994 NCAA runner-up in golf, two golfers named Player of the Year in the 1990s, three Olympic gold medalists in track and three Olympians in baseball, four top ten finishes in Track and Field team championships including football (1), baseball (4), basketball (3), golf (5) and volleyball (1).
- American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
- As Director of Athletics at Georgia Tech, Rice successfully developed and implemented the Total Person Program which is now the model for NCAA Life Skills Program that is in place at universities throughout the nation.
- 1951 Wartburg Central HS (TN), 1952–1953 Spring City HS (TN), 1954–1961 Ft. Thomas Highlands HS (KY), 1962–1965 Kentucky (assistant), 1966 Oklahoma (backs), 1967–1968 Cincinnati, 1976–1977 Rice, 1978–1979 Cincinnati Bengals

Larry Davis: 
- University of Memphis starter
- Graduate of WCHS
- Wartburg's winningest football coach and longest-tenured
- Coached at Ole Miss, Memphis, and many other high schools in the area

Hall of Fame Players

Bob Zumstein: 
- 1951 National Championship team at Tennessee
Wore #83 for the Tennessee Vols and won a National Championship in 1951. Dr. Zumstein was born on May 28, 1933 in Wartburg, Tennessee and was a graduate of Wartburg's Central High School, he attended The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on a football scholarship. He completed his medical degree in 1958 at The University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, where he was a member of Phi Chi Fraternity.  Following an internship at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, he established a private practice in Ariton, Alabama; he served Ariton and the surrounding community for 43 years. Ariton High School Purple Cats’ football team plays at Robert F. Zumstein Stadium. It is named after Dr. Zumstein for his decades of serving as the Purple Cats’  physician. In addition to his affiliation with Dale Medical Center, he enjoyed tennis and avidly supported The University of Tennessee Volunteers and the Ariton Purple Cats in all their athletic endeavors.  He was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ozark, Alabama.

Jack Moore:

Mouse Shadden:
- Conference and County MVP

- SEC football signee 

 

Brenton Griffith: 
- MVP in region 2-2A 

- Carson Newman Signee

Larry Davis: 
- University of Memphis starter on the Offensive Line.
- Graduate of WCHS
- Wartburg's winningest football coach and longest-tenured