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Paris-Henry   County
Sports  Hall  of  Fame


  2009

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The Paris-Henry County Sports Hall of Fame
will hold its 13th Annual Banquet at
Paris  Convention  Center, 1510 East Wood Street (Hampton Inn)
April 14, 2009 at 6:30  p.m.

Gaddis will speak at banquet

By TOMMY PRIDDY, P-I Sports Editor
 

After three straight trips to the TSSAA Class 4A semifinals, Henry County High School football coach Joe Gaddis has shown local sports fans how to win a football game.

Gaddis will share his thoughts on winning football, great athletes and life as the guest speaker for the 6:30 p.m. April 14 Paris-Henry County Sports Hall of Fame banquet at the Paris Convention Center on East Wood Street.

The banquet is being held to induct five Henry County athletic greats into the local Hall of Fame. The new inductees are Paula Carter Bell, Billy Lee Howard Jr., Chris Hudgins, Lance Smith and the late Dan Robison Jr.

Tickets for the banquet cost $25. They are available at the law office of William T. Looney at 127 N. Poplar St., Paris Insurance Agency at 203 W. Wood St. and at Medical Center Pharmacy at 234 Tyson Ave.

A native of Jackson, Gaddis has been coaching high school football since 1983. He has made stops at Tullahoma, Oak Ridge, Pascagoula, Miss., and Decatur, Ala., before coming to Henry County.

His 1991 Oak Ridge High School team was the 1991 TSSAA State champions. He has received a dozen region Coach of the Year awards and was named the Coach of Year in all three regions of Tennessee at different times during his career.

Gaddis calls himself a program builder. He likes the challenge of taking over a struggling program and building it into a winner.

He has done that in Henry County in building a combined 43-21 record in five seasons. The Patriots had made one playoff appearance in the previous five years before Gaddis arrived prior to the 2004 season.

In 2004, the Patriots went 2-8 before starting a run of four straight playoff appearances. The playoff runs have ended in the semifinals the past three seasons.

Last fall, the Patriots rolled to an undefeated 10-0 regular season, the second in HCHS history. The Patriots would win three straight playoff games before losing to eventual state champion Hillsboro 31-24 in Nashville.

Current Patriot seniors Marsalis Teague and Dominique Allen were recruited nationally. Teague signed with the University of Tennessee and Allen chose another Southeastern Conference powerhouse at Louisiana State University.

Gaddis’ wife, Donna, also teaches at HCHS. The 56-year-old Gaddis has an adult daughter, Carrie, and a son, Joe. He has twin stepsons, Jacob and Samuel Sutton.

Tickets for the banquet are $25 and can be purchased at
Bill Looney’s law office at 127 N. Poplar St.

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Reprinted  from  the   Paris Post-Intelligencer
Used by permission

 

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