Inducted December 16, 2017

Joe Goodman was the Seymour high School Football coach for 30 seasons starting in the fall of 1974. Goodman complied a record of 189-127 during his 30 years at Seymour with winning percentage of 60%. His teams won three South Central Conference championships, three Hoosier Hills Conference titles, four sectional titles, two regional championship and one semi-state title. His 1991 squad advanced to the Class 4-A state championship game at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Goodman had two teams finish the season unbeaten and each was ranked number one in the state. He also coached for two season Maconaquah High School and had a career record of 202-133. He is one of only 66 coaches in Indiana High School football history with at lease 200 career wins Seymour High School started playing football in 1923 and have had 17 head coaches. Goodman's 20 years as coach and 180 wins is record untouched by any other football coach in school history. The second longest coaching tenure at Seymour was nine seasons and second on the all-time win list is Dave Shaw with 40. Goodman was honored as the Region 10 coach of the year in 1991 and 1997 and won Coach of the Year honors in both the South Central Conference and Hoosier Hill Conference. He was selected as an assistant coach for the Indiana South All-Star football team four times and was the South team head coach in 1988. Goodman coached many players, who earned all-conference and all-state honors including 18 Indiana South All-Star players. He also had numerous players that played college football including Michael Batts, Kevin Krienhagen, Clint Davis, Matt Egloff, Ryan Schrink, Any Stark, Jason Stahl, Rob Henkle, Eric Fish, Clint Bobb, Ross Wiethoff, Brian Culp, D.J. Henkle, Rog Mager and Jay Gerth. Goodman was inducted into the Indiana High School Hall of Fame in 1998. He has played an important role with the Indiana Football Coaches Association and served as president and secretary of the IFCA. Goodman was 1962 graduate of Duggar High School and a 1966 graduate of Indiana State University. In the summer of 2018 Goodman was presented the Bob Springer President's Award by the Indiana Football Coaches Association.