George Conger

Year Inducted: 2025

George Conger had a distinguished career of over 60 years involvement in Iredell County sports, having started as a three-sport standout at Scotts High School, before the consolidation of the Iredell County Schools.

Conger starred at Scotts in the 1950s in football, basketball and baseball, earning nine total letters. He was All-Conference in all three sports and played on teams that won conference championships in all three sports. He was named the Iredell County Athlete of the Year in 1955 by the Statesville Record & Landmark.

He was recruited to play both basketball and baseball and chose Erskine College and played both sports, starting at first base as a freshman. He transferred to Pfeiffer College and took up a new sport, wrestling. He wrestled at Pfeiffer for three years and served as team captain his final two years.

He had a successful coaching career, most of it in Iredell County. He coached football and boys’ basketball at Scotts from 1961-1965 and led the 1964 basketball team to the conference championship. He then spent the years 1965-69 at Millville High School in New Jersey. The Millville team in basketball was a state semi-finalist and had a record of 31-1.

Upon returning to Iredell County, he was the athletic director at North Iredell from 1969-74 and served as both assistant and head coaches for various varsity and jayvee teams in football and basketball. From North, he moved over to West Iredell from 1974 until his retirement. He was athletic director for one year and assistant football coach numerous seasons, including defensive coordinator of West’s only 10-0 team in 1986. Conger’s defense featured future Clemson and NFL defensive back and coach Jerome Henderson and Bryant Scott, the FAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Conger served in education for 53 years and is an active member of Landmark Church and continues to serve as a director for the Iredell County Fellowship of Christian Athletes.