About Hoggard Football
“Football is like life. It requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” Vince Lombardi
Team History
From Star News Online
With no equipment and no home field, 57 players – most of them fresh-faced kids just out of junior high – showed up at a new school and laid the foundation for a new football team. The year was 1967, and the school was called John T. Hoggard. There were no athletic grounds at the new school, so the folks at Wilmington College, which Dr. Hoggard helped found, allowed the newly named Vikings to practice at Brooks Field. When Coach Bob Kennedy walked onto the field for the first time on Aug. 10, 1967, he was face-to-face with no more than 15 upperclassmen and only two players that tipped the scales past 200 pounds.
From a school that was not completely finished, Kennedy and assistants Jim Hebbe and Rex Hardy began piecing together a football team, preparing for their first game. The team didn’t even have pads. Fifteen days into practice and the new equipment had not arrived yet.
Starting from scratch, Kennedy said the coaches were spending most of their time just getting to know the kids. With only seven days of practice in pads, the Vikings took to the field Sept. 8 at Legion Stadium, the yard with the big stamp of Jurgensen, Gabriel, and Brogden on it. They faced the tough Tabor City Red Devils, coached by former New Hanover star and future state coach of the year Jack Holley. It wasn’t a pretty sight for the admittedly jittery Vikings. They coughed up the ball three times, and the first
But all in all, it was a fairly successful opening season for Hoggard, which tallied four wins against six losses. Hoggard would eventually find success with coach Ray Durham, who led the Vikings to a 9-0-1 record in 1974. In 2000, the homeless Vikings finally got a place to call their own, recently renamed Scott Braswell Stadium, home of the Hoggard Vikings. In 2007 the Hoggard Vikings
A Tradition of Winning
We will build on the winning tradition of Hoggard Football by focusing on mental and physical training and by supporting one another as we build both individual and team character.
Hoggard Football Mission Statement
2007
State Champions
2007
4A East Champions
2023
4A East Champions
1974
Conference Champions
1988
Conference Champions
1998
Conference Champions
1999
Conference Champions
2002-2009
Conference Champions
2013-2014
Conference Champions
2016-2018
Conference Champions
Spring 2021
Conference Champions
Fall 2021
Conference Champions
2023
Conference Champions
Viking Football in the News
Print Media
Hoggard rolls over Topsail to win MEC Conference Championship
Dual-quarterback system has Hoggard football on cusp of conference title
GRIDIRON STARS: Hoggard’s Jaxon King, South Brunswick’s Noah Harrell shine in Week 5
Hoggard runs wild, rolls over West Brunswick in battle of MEC unbeatens
Hoggard Football Edges New Hanover Behind Jaxon King
Families celebrate return of Friday night football
Hoggard Vikings in the NCAA
Class of 2019
Anthony Schiavone, WR – Campbell University
Isaiah Kemp, CB – Duke University
Liam Crowley, LS – East Carolina University
Chris Toudle, WR – NC State University
Cade Edwards, S – Randolph-Macon University
Class of 2018
Reece Moulton, DB – Campbell University
Austin Edwards, TE – Chowan University
Christian Hollar, LB – Lafayette University
McKenzie Frazier, DL – Louisburg University
Josh Jones, QB – UNC Pembroke
Class of 2017
Collin Hairr, WR – Davidson College
Alex Halkias, OL – Randolph-Macon University
Class of 2016
Hunter Louthan, TE – Davidson College
Class of 2008
Jonathan Cooper, K – University of North Carolina
Class of 2004
Conor Barth, K – University of North Carolina
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We're a brotherhood on the field and a family off the field. Join our football family and get involved. Our volunteers contribute greatly to the success of our team.
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