National Football Foundation
​Mountain Empire Hall of Fame
Opened in May 2021
Thanks to our Phase 1 sponsor, Indian Springs Optimist Club. Please contact us if interested in being a sponsor of Phase 2 or Phase 3.
Located at Meadowview Conference Resort & Convention Center in Kingsport, TN 
​(1901 Meadowview Parkway)
Submit Hall of Fame  Player, Coach, & Game Official Nominations From Links Below

Hall of Fame Memorabilia

Visit Hall of Fame to witness some historic and one-of-a-kind football memorabilia in person. (more being added daily)

Inductees

(click on each picture for detailed biographies)
Michael Gonce (2015)
Football Official
Foundation President
Phillip Garland (2015)
Happy Valley (2015)
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Josh Holt (2015)
Dobyns-Bennett (2015)
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Fred Sorrells (2015)
Greeneville Coach
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David Birkner (2016)
Football Official
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Jerry Lunsford (2016)
Hampton (2016)
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Tom Pugh (2016)
Sullivan Central Coach
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Shelby Miller (2017)
Football Official
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Austin Hicks (2017)
Happy Valley (2017)
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Graham Clark (2017)
Dobyns-Bennett Coach
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Doug Dellinger (2018)
Football Official
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J.T. Scott (2018)
Tennessee High (2018)
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Gregg Stubbs (2018)
Tennessee High Coach
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Jerry Robertson (2018)
Lifetime Achievement
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Randy Hodge (2019)
Football Official
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Jackson Harrison (2019)
Sullivan Central (2019)
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JC Campbell (2019)
Hampton Coach
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AB Clevenger (2019)
Lifetime Achievement
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James Cradic (2019)
​Football Official
​Commissioner of Officials
Larry Hutchinson (2020)
Football Official
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Cole McBrayer (2020)
​Tennessee High (2020)
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Dave Rider (2020)
​Elizabethton Coach
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John Robert Bell (2021)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1936)
​ETSU Coach (1966-72)
Bobby Cifers (2021)
Dobyns-Bennett (1939)
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Leonard Coffman (2021)
​Greeneville High (1936)
​Player-Coach-Official
Bobby Dodd (2021)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1927)
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Beattie Feathers (2021)
Virginia High (1927)
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Hunter Jackson (2021)
​Science Hill (1943)
Football Official
Hal Littleford (2021)
​Tennessee High (1943)
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Johnny Mills (2021)
Elizabethton (1962)
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Steve Spurrier (2021)
​Science Hill (1963)
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Ralph Stout (2021)
Football Official
​Commissioner of Officials
Jason Witten (2021)
​Elizabethton (2000)
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Don Gonce, Sr. (2021)
​Game Official
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Mike Lunsford (2021)
​Cloudland & Hampton Coach​
Eli Preswood (2021)
​Cloudland (2021)
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Hal Miller (2022)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1948)
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Carroll Dale (2022)
​JJ Kelly (1956)
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David Bibee (2022)
​Tennessee High (1973)
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Tommy Sams (2022)
​Happy Valley (1992)
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George Jordan (2022)
​Game Official
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John Cropp (2022)
Tennessee High​ Coach​
Jake Roberts (2022)
​Elizabethton (2022)
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"Big" Ed Cifers (2023)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1934)
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Todd Collins (2023)
Jefferson County (1987)
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Randy Sanders (2023)
​Morristown East (1983)
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Lynn Griffith (2023)
​Game Official
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Kenneth Harlan Green (2023)
​Daniel Boone Coach
Jake Carson (2023)
​Dobyns-Bennett (2023)
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Cecil Puckett (2024)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1945)
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Billy Taylor (2024)
​Morristown West (1983)
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Heath Miller (2024)
​Honkaer (2002)
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Garry Roberts (2024)
​Game Official
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Robbie Norris (2024)
​Sullivan North Coach
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Colton Robbins (2024)
​North Greene (2024)
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Samuel Bartholomew, Jr. (2025)
​Dobyns-Bennett (1962)
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Thomas Jones (2025)
Powell Valley (1996)
James Stewart (2025)
Morristown West (1990)
Santo Cicirello (2025)
​Game Official
Craig Kisabeth (2025)
​Jefferson County Coach
Baylor Necessary (2025)
Science Hill (2025)
Ermal Allen (2026)
​Morristown East (1938)
Julius Jones (2026)
​Powell Valley (1998)
Daniel Kilgore (2026)
Dobyns-Bennett (2007)
Doug Linebarger (2026)
​Game Official
Tommy Hundley (2026)
​Tennessee High & Science Hill Coach
Thomas Darnell (2026)
North Greene (2026)
TBD (2027)
​TBD