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School founded in 1867
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School colors: Cardinal, Silver
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Enrollment: approximately 660 in grades
7-12 (all male)
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Football Classification: Division II, Class AA.
Division II-AA members include BGA, Baylor, Brentwood Academy,
Briarcrest,
Christian Brothers,
ECS,
Ensworth, Father Ryan,
Knoxville Webb,
McCallie, MUS,
Pope John Paul II, and
St. Benedict.
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Head Coach: Daniel McGugin, who finished
13-0 in his first year with the Big Red in its 2007 title run.
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MBA's 650 all-time wins rank second in
Tennessee behind Dobyns-Bennett, and
MBA is also third in TSSAA-recognized state titles (9).
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MBA has been ranked in the final
USA Today Super 25 rankings three times: 1999 (#16), 2000
(#19), and 2003 (#15).
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MBA's stadium, Tommy Owen Stadium, is
named after legendary coach Tommy Owen, who coached football at MBA
for all but six seasons from 1953 until 1992 and led the Big Red to
a 251-98-11 record.
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In addition to nine TSSAA-recognized
state titles in football (1955, 1967, 1968, 1998, 1999,
2000,
2002,
2003,
and
2007),
MBA also claims state football titles in 1915, 1917, 1925, 1926, and 1927.
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Former MBA quarterback Bill Wade (Class of 1948) went on to a stellar career at Vanderbilt, and was
ultimately the first selection of the 1952 NFL Draft, selected by
the Los Angeles Rams.
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Former MBA linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer
(Class of 1999) also starred at Vanderbilt, earning first team
all-SEC and first team Academic All-America honors, and was a
fifth-year linebacker for the Chicago Bears in 2007. Ingle
Martin (Class of 2001) also joined Hillenmeyer in the NFL ranks as a
first-year quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in 2006.
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Famous MBA alumni include U.S. Senator
and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (Class of 1970), actor Richard
Speight (Class of 1988), whose credits include HBO's Band of
Brothers, Independence Day, and Ernest Goes to Camp,
PGA Tour professional Brandt Snedeker (Class of 1999), Frank Andrews (Class of 1901), for whom Andrews Air Force Base
is named, and screenwriter/producer Tom Schulman (Class of
1968), who wrote Dead Poets Society and patterned Robin
Williams's character after a teacher he had while at MBA.
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Learn more about Montgomery Bell Academy
at the
MBA website.
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