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Mike Bledsoe

Michael Bledsoe became the head football coach at Sparta Academy in 1976 where his two teams went 10-12-1. He next landed the head football coaching job at Lyeffion in 1981 for five years.

Bledsoe returned to Sparta Academy in 1986 and remained for the next nine years as the head football coach.

In 2010, Michael Bledsoe came out of retirement to rebuild the Sparta Academy program. Sparta had endured a winless season previous year. Coach Bledsoe coached his last team to a 4-7 record in 2010.

Known Record: 84-97-2 46.4%

Season Total

Playoffs

Region Record

Team

Season

Class

W/L/T

Region

Title

W/L/T

Sparta Academy

2011

AISA-A

4-7

259

360

1-5

113

233

Sparta Academy

2010

AISA-A

4-7

191

293

2-4

112

158

Sparta Academy

1994

AISA-A

2-8

157

254

East

1-5

138

Sparta Academy

1993

AISA-AA

5-5

145

196

West

Sparta Academy

1992

AISA-A

3-7

153

296

West

Sparta Academy

1991

AISA-A

11-2

374

222

2-1

Sparta Academy

1990

AISA-A

5-5

209

182

Sparta Academy

1988

AISA-A

12-1

322

2-1

East

7-0

180

Sparta Academy

1987

AISA-A

2-8

181

Sparta Academy

1986

AISA-A

2-8

102

259

10 Years

50-58

1950

2295

4-2

115

109

11-14

490

542

Lyeffion

1985

7-4

234

184

0-1

3-0

Lyeffion

1984

5-6

177

117

0-1

2-1

Lyeffion

1983

1-9

173

224

0-6

153

Lyeffion

1982

4-5-1

152

139

3-3

Lyeffion

1981

7-3

215

122

4-2

101

5 Years

24-27-1

951

786

0-2

12-12

402

330

Sparta Academy

1977

AISA-A

3-8

108

205

Sparta Academy

1976

AISA-A

7-4-1

260

193

0-1

2 Years

10-12-1

368

398

0-1

0-0

TOTALS

17 Years

84-97-2

3269

3479

4-5

134

204

23-26

892

872

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