ARKADELPHIA – Former Bryant High School head football coach Paul Calley is among nine individuals and one team chosen for Henderson State University’s 20th Reddie Hall of Honor class.
Calley was a four-year letterman for the Reddies at the center position. He became starting center midway through his freshman season.
In 1989 he earned honorable mention All-AIC and was a first-team pick in 1991. That same year, he was an Honorable Mention NAIA All American and served as the Reddie team captain.
A native of Gurdon, Calley was inducted into the Gurdon High School Athletic Hall of Fame 2002.
A successful football coaching career followed graduation from Henderson. Calley spent 13 years as head coach at Bryant High School where he accumulated a record of 103-41-4.
During his tenure at Bryant, Calley was named the 2004 5A-Central Coach of the Year; 2004 Fearless Friday 5A-Coach of the Year; 2007 7A-Central Coach of the Year; 2006 and 2008 Hooten’s State Farm Coach of the Year Finalist; 2011 7A-Central Coach of the Year; 2011 Hooten’s Farm Bureau 6A/7A Coach of the Year; and 2011 KATV Coleman Dairy Coach of the Year Finalist. Calley was also selected 2013 and 2015 7A/6A-Central Coach of the Year.
The winningest coach in Bryant High School football history, Calley led the Hornets to a 9-2 record in 2015 with his team advancing to the 7A playoffs.
Calley is currently head coach at Harmony Grove.
The induction will take place in the Garrison Center Grand Ballroom on the Henderson campus with festivities beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. Tickets to the event are $15 and can be obtained by contacting the Henderson Athletic Department at 870-230-5161.
Inductees also include basketball All-American Andre Ware; two-time All-Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference batting champion Larry Wills and All-AIC pitcher Mike Campbell; Reddie tennis great and longtime high school coach Janet Taylor and four-year volleyball letter winner Carrie Hagan-Barber; multi-sport athlete and Nashville High School coaching legend Dwight Jones; Reggie Speights, who will receive the Distinguished Service Award, and Mike Dugan, who will be presented the Willie Tate Meritorious Humanitarian Award.
The 1959 Reddie football team will become the third team inducted into the Hall of Honor.
