Harrison picks up 600th win
Published 4:00 am Wednesday, October 14, 2026
It was a golden moment for the Golden Goblin football team of Harrison.
The team picked up the school’s 600th win as a program after a 56-8 win over Clarksville.
Harrison’s football program started in 1929 and finished the season with a 7-2 record.
Overall, the school’s record is 600-392.
The single most victories came in 1999. The Goblins won 14 games that season. They also won the Class 4A State Championship trophy.
More than 200 victories for Harrison came against four schools. Harrison defeated Mountain Home 56 times. The Goblins have downed Siloam Springs and Huntsville 53 times each and Berryville 44 times.
It was during the Joel Wells era that the squad produced the most wins in a three-year period. The school won 34 games. In 2018, the team was 12-1. They were 11-1 in 2019 and in 2020 they finished the season with an 11-2 record.
On two different occasions the Goblins have won four straight conference titles. One of those streaks happened between 1988-1991 under coach Tommy Tice. The second time was from 2017-2020 under Wells.
Bill Smith led the Goblins to three straight conference titles from 1972-1974.
The first coach for the Goblins was B.A. Redwine. He served for two years.
During the 1943 season, the Goblins didn’t field a team because of World War II.
Tice served Harrison the most seasons as head coach. He coached at Harrison for 29 years. He became the winningest coach in program history with 216 wins.
Despite only serving Harrison for seven seasons, Wells is the second winningest coach. He picked up 61 wins in his short time as the leader.
Danny Gilbert won the third most games. He was head coach for seven years and picked up 38 wins. Smith spent five seasons as the leader of the Goblins and he had 37 wins and Hulen Quattlebaum is the fifth most victorious with 33 wins.
In the playoffs, Harrison has a record of 25-30.
They are 16-15 in first round games and 7-9 in quarterfinal matches.
Harrison has made the Final Four seven different times, but have only advanced to the finals once.
