Speakers at the annual banquet since 1992
1992 Dick Sheridan
NC State Head Football Coach
1993 Bobby Bowden
Florida State Head Football Coach
1994 Mack Brown
N. Carolina Head Football Coach
1995 Bill Dooley
Director of Sports Development for the State of N.C. & former Head Football Coach at N. Carolina, Virginia Tech & Wake Forest
1996 Mike O’Cain
NC State Head Football Coach
1997 Lou Holtz
Former Head Football Coach at William & Mary, NC State, Arkansas, Minnesota, & Notre Dame
1998 John Swofford
ACC Commissioner
1999 Bill Hayes
NC A&T Head Football Coach
2000 Jerry Moore
Appalachian State Head Football Coach
2001 Al Seagraves
Elon Head Football Coach
2002 Jim Grobe
Wake Forest Head Football Coach
2003 Jim Grobe
Wake Forest Head Football Coach
2004 Paul Hamilton
Elon Head Football Coach
2005 George Small
NC A&T Head Football Coach
2006 Al Groh
University of Virginia Head Football Coach
2007 Pete Lembo
Elon Head Football Coach
2008 Lee Fobbs
NC A&T Head Football Coach
2009 David Cutcliffe
Duke Head Football Coach
2010 Pete Lembo
Elon Head Football Coach
2011 John Swofford
ACC Commissioner
2012 Jason Swepson
Elon Head Football Coach
2013 Scott Satterfield
Appalachian State Head Football Coach
2014 Dave Doeren
NC State Head Football Coach
2015 Rich Shrosky
Elon Head Football Coach
2016 David Cutcliffe
Duke Head Football Coach
2017 Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech Head Football Coach
2019 Sam Washington
NC A&T Head Football Coach
2020 - “no banquet held - Covid”
2021 - “no banquet held - Covid”
2022 Coaches Panel
Steve Davis, Dudley High School
John Kirby, Eastern Alamance High School
Todd Willert, East Forsyth High School
2023 Tony Trisciani
Elon University Head Football Coach
2024 Player Panel
Khalil Baker, East Forsyth, Elon
Sirod Cook, East Forsyth, Furman
Caleb Curtain, Grimsley, Elon