About
As part of a well-rounded public education, ACHS provides educational athletic programs for grades 9-12. ACHS Athletic programs stress the importance of faith, character, and sportsmanship. When our students play football – or volleyball, or basketball – or run cross-country, their sport may be different, but their goal is the same. We will compete at a championship level and hold the highest character in sportsmanship.
Anderson County High School competes as a Class 4A school in Football, 3A in all other sports, and is a member of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association TSSAA.
From the field to the court to the green, ACHS offers students a wide variety of arenas to excel in athletics.
As the newly hired principal of Anderson County High School, I am thrilled to welcome you to our community. As a 96' graduate, former baseball, football, and softball coach, and assistant principal, I am so proud to now be leading the herd.
I am a graduate of East Tennessee State University and carry a master's in instructional leadership from Tennessee Tech University. I spent 5 years in the classroom and 18 in administration, all serving students of Anderson County.
My almost 20 years of coaching and administration has helped me understand the importance a healthy athletic program can play in the culture of the school. We are blessed at ACHS to have solid, competitive programs on both the male and female sides. In just the past few years we have had our volleyball, wrestling, football, baseball, track, and tennis programs compete for a championship.
I would like to thank my wife for her support all of these years. She has been my biggest cheerleader along the way, willing to share her husband with the families of ACHS. I also want to thank my girls, Hannah, Leah, and Chloe for their understanding. Several times they have had to share their dad with the students of ACHS.
The success at ACHS stems directly from the unmatched support our programs receive from the community. I tell people outside our community that ACHS is a diamond in the rough. From our Meet the Mavs event in August to a wrestling send-off for the state tournament, our fans are the best. In the cold, in the rain, in the heat, all day every day! Our fans make ACHS what it is.
Thank you to our entire Maverick family for helping us build ACHS to the place it is today. Our continued partnership can take Anderson County High to the next level. Nobody has it better!
Go Mavs!
Travis Freeman
Principal
Anderson County High School
Meet Your AD
Gary Terry begins his 25th year at Anderson County High School. Gary was introduced as the the Athletic Director 2009. He has coached every year that has been at Anderson County, and has been an Administrator at the High School since 2010.
Under his leadership, all facilities have received upgrades and improvements. A multi sport weight-room complex added and upgraded, a million dollar turf field, and a half a million dollar Jumbotron added to the stadium area. The gymnasium has a new floor, seating, scorer’s table and scoreboard under his leadership. He has facilitated over 50 student athletes named to the All State Wall as well as over 25 Region Championships in multiple sports as well as 2 State Championships during his tenure.
“ It is not just about how many games we won, but it’s about the standard and the legacy and how we went about it. The goal was always to help our students create more value for their future, be the best players they could be and be more successful in life because they were part of the Anderson County Athletics Program”
~ Gary Terry
