Purples Football
State Champions
1995, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023
State Runner-Up
1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, & 2022
Region Champion
1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
A Tradition of Excellence
2023 BGHS Football Coaching Staff
Row 1 (L-R) Jordan Leach, Josh Childs, Nix Crawford, Steve Dotson, Head Coach Mark Spader, Billy Lindsey, Byron Lowe, Alex Strode, Will Porter
Row 2 (L-R) Jeff Jenson, Clay Stephens, Nacarius Fant, Chris Seabolt, Jerrett Ingram, Chris Riggs, Napoleon Tisdale, Chuck Glass
2023 Purples Football Team
1st Team All State Purples (Click the drop down arrow)
Courier-Journal
1951 - Jerry Baucum (RB)
1954 - David Mason (OL)
1959 - Dale Lindsey (RB)
1960 - Dale Lindsey (RB)
1972 - Terry Jenkins (P)
1976 - William "Spud" Byrd (RB)
1978 - Felton Ray (TE)
1981 - Cisco Bryant (WR)
1991 - Leman Boyd (DB)
1995 - Derrick Kennedy (DE)
1997 - Kevin Goff (DE)
1998 - Robert Reynolds (LB), Kevin Goff (DE), Daniel Withrow (OL)
1999 - Robert Reynolds (LB), Joe Davis (k)
2001 - Brad Booker (LB)
2003 - Adam Mercer (P)
2005 - Stuart Hines (OL), Brendan Nestor (DE)
2006 - Stuart Hines (OL)
2007 - D.L. Moore (WR), Ryan Wallace (TE), Jared Carpenter (LB)
2011 - Joe Manley (OL)
2013 - Nacarius Fant (WR), Lincoln Quick (LB), Will Jenkins (OL)
2015 - Jordan Meredith (OL), Tre Fant (DB)
2016 - Jamale Carothers (RB), Dalan Cofer (DE), Justice Dingle (LB)
2017 - Justice Dingle (LB)
2019 - Vito Tisdale (DB)
2020 - Jordan Dingle - TE
2021 - Jeremiah Lightfoot - DL
2022 - Austin Anderson - OL
Associated Press
1950 - Ben Daughtery (OL)
1964 - Jim Wallace (OL)
1971 - Kraig Richardson (LB)
1972 - Terry Jenkins (P)
1976 - William "Spud" Byrd (RB)
1978 - Felton Ray (TE)
1981 - Cisco Bryant (WR), David Newman (OL)
1988 - Chris Cohron (OL)
1990 - Tim Boards (DL)
1991 - Leman Boyd (DB)
1993 - Jeremy Galloway (OL)
1995 - Derrick Kennedy (DE), Brian Harpool (DB)
1997 - Kevin Goff (DE), Demont Franklin (DB)
1998 - Robert Reynolds (LB), Kevin Goff (DE), Quinton Woods (LB)
1999 - Robert Reynolds (LB)
2003 - Clint Eakles (DB)
2005 - Stuart Hines (OL), Brendan Nestor (DE)
2006 - Stuart Hines
2007 - D.L. Moore (WR), Ryan Wallace (TE)
2008 - Jay Beard (DB), Elijah Young (DL)
2009 - Alfred Gilbert, Jr (DE)
2010 - Joe Manley (OL)
2011 - Joe Manley (OL), Nacarius Fant (OL)
2012 - Nacarius Fant (WR), Lincoln Quick (LB), Allen Gonsalves (DB)
2013 - Nacarius Fant (WR), Lincoln Quick (LB), Will Jenkins (OL)
2014 - Ben Holt (DE), Jordan Meredith (OL)
2015 - Jordan Meredith (OL), Tre Fant (DB), DeAngelo Wilson (WR), Dalan Cofer (DL)
2016 - Jamale Carothers RB, Chazz Tooley, OL, Dalan Cofer DE
2017 - Justice Dingle (LB)
2020 - Jordan Dingle - TE
2021 - Jeremiah Lightfoot
U.P.I All State, 1st Team
1960 - Dale Lindsey (RB), Joe Bill Campbell (QB)
Max Preps Medium Size School All-Americans
2015 - Tre Fant, 2nd Team DB
2016 - Dalan Cofer, 2nd Team DE
Purples Football Facts (Click the drop down arrow)
In the last 46 years, BGHS Football has won 31 District Championships - 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
BGHS has had two Kentucky Mr. Football Winners - Nacarius Fant ('13) and Jamale Carothers ('16)
BGHS has had two Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year Winners - Robert Reynolds ('99) and Jamale Carothers ('16)
BGHS has had one US Army All-American Bowl Participant - Vito Tisdale ('19)
BGHS is the 8th winningest football program in KY with 754 wins.
The 2024 season will be BGHS's 103rd season of football
The BGHS QB Club Anual Monie Beard Classic Golf Scramble
Monie Beard and grandson BGHS QB Chuck Beard ('98) following the 1995 State Championship win.
The Annual BGHS Mr. Football Camp
Each year, BGHS's Nacarius Fant ('14) and Jamale Carothers ('17) help to host a youth football camp for hundreds of future Purples!
BGHS National Champions
BGHS Purples in the NFL
2013 KY Mr. Football - Nacarius Fant
2016 KY Mr. Football - Jamale Carothers
