Northwest Guilford senior QB Tanner Ballou has committed to play college football at Hampden-Sydney College…Tanner became the career leading in passing yardage for Guilford County this past 2023 season, as he led the NWG Vikings into the NCHSAA 4-A Playoffs…NWG went (8-2) overall this past regular season and the Vikings lost in the first round of the playoffs, to Chambers 45-20, to end their season at (8-3)….Ballou one of the top high school quarterbacks in Guilford County high school history….
Hampden-Sydney finished at (6-4) in 2023, and their coach is the All-Time wins leader for the Tigers…
Marty Favret is in his 24th year as the Head Football Coach at Hampden-Sydney College during 2023-24. He was named the new head coach on December 30, 1999. Favret is the all-time winningest football coach in school history with 145 victories (145-86), and ranks second all-time for program winning percentage (.628) among coaches with at least five seasons. He has led the Tigers to 15 winning seasons in 23 years, including 10 seasons with at least eight wins, while a five-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Coach of the Year (2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013). His program is 95-51 in ODAC games, while winning five ODAC Championships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014) and earning six NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). Marty is currently the longest-tenured collegiate football head coach in Virginia.
Favret has coached 25 All-Americans, including four former Tigers who were two-time All-Americans, and seven who have been First Team All-Americans—one a two-time First Team honoree (Bill Doody, 2009-10). H-SC has had four Academic All-America® selections during Favret’s tenure, including one two-time honoree (Tyler Howerton, 2019-20), and three have also been named the ODAC Football Scholar Athlete of the Year—one the overall ODAC Scholar Athlete of the Year (Tyler Howerton), as well. Nine Tiger football standouts have won the Gammon Cup, awarded to the student-athlete member of the graduating class who has best served the College in terms of character, scholarship and athletic ability. H-SC football has had 114 First Team All-ODAC selections under Favret, including one four-time honoree (Ben Rogers, 2008-11), seven three-time honorees (Chris Scott, 2000-02; C.W. Clemmons, 2002-04; Ben Dull, 2003-05; Paul Williams, 2004-06; Will Farrell (2011-13; Holton Walker, 2012-14; Will Pickren, 2020-22) and 16 two-time honorees. Additionally, the program has had numerous second and third team All-ODAC selections during his tenure.