Gulledge inducted into Georgia Northwest Bowl Hall of Fame

This past weekend while several local football seniors were participating in the third Georgia Northwest Bowl football all-star game, former player, coach, and athletic director Johnny Gulledge, was inducted into the Georgia Northwest Bowl Hall of Fame.

Gulledge, an Adairsville High School graduate, coached at Bremen, Calhoun, and Adairsville during his career and was an athletic director at Calhoun and Adairsville plus served as a system athletic director for Bartow County.

PHOTO: Gulledge (center) with current Adairsville head football coach Eric Bishop (left).

Below is the bio release from the Georgia Northwest Bowl:

JOHNNY GULLEDGE

CALHOUN — Head football coach, Head girls basketball coach

Girls basketball teams were 75-35
Girls basketball 27-0 regular season during 1988-89 regular season
Football, first region title in 32 years
Football state playoffs — 1991, 1995, and 1996
Football Sweet 16

ADAIRSVILLE — Head football coach

Two region titles
Twice region runner-up
2001 AJC Class A Coach of the Year
Sent players to: Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Carson-Newman, Shorter University, Appalachian State, Georgia, Furman, Ole Miss, Georgia Southern, Mars Hill, and University of West Georgia.
Coach Vic Beasley, Jr., NFL first round pick of Atlanta Falcons
Of the 8 AHS football region championships, Gulledge has been a part of six as either a player or coach.

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

AD at Calhoun, Adairsville, and System AD for Bartow County School System
Three time AD of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association
Passed the National Coaching exam
Passed the National Athletic Directors exam
Implemented the first mandatory drug testing in athletics in north Georgia public schools

PERSONAL