Coach Jud Gartman is a successful championship football coach who guided programs at West Lauderdale, Enterprise Clarke, Lamar, and Clarkdale for over four decades.  A native of New Orleans, Judson Eugene Gartman was an all-conference quarterback at Enterprise where his teams captured the Sam Dale conference title in 1966 and 1967.  The WMOX Player of the Year for 1967-68 played football at Jones College and achieved his college degrees at Southern Miss and Mississippi State.  Coach Gartman began his coaching career in 1975.  He spent 35 years coaching in public schools with 5 seasons coaching in private schools for a total of 40 years.  Jud started his career as an assistant football coach at West Lauderdale in 1975, but was quickly named head coach in 1977.  He arrived at Enterprise Clarke in 1980 where he would serve 23 seasons as head football coach and athletic director.  Coach Gartman’s greatest success on the gridiron happened during his head coaching days with the Bulldogs.  He led Enterprise Clarke to 7 district crowns, 3 South State titles, and two state championships in 1986 and 1987.  His 1986 and 1987 Bulldog teams had identical 13-0 records for the 2 state crowns.  Jud coached his football teams in 365 games with 201 wins, 161 losses, and 3 ties for a 56% winning mark.  As athletic director, he was responsible for a 9 person athletic staff and 250 students.  He allowed every coach to take care of their sports and he would handle all problems that might arise.  In his own words, football took care of the slack if a certain sport was low in funds.  Coach Gartman served as an assistant coach under Mac Barnes on two occasions and was part of two state championships staffs in 2003 and 2013.  He coached 7 seasons at Clarkdale from 2004 to 2010 before returning to Lamar from 2011 to 2015.  Jud was assistant coach in 1986 and head coach in 1987 in the Bernard Blackwell All-Star football classic.  He served as an assistant coach in the 1988 Mississippi/Alabama All-Star football classic.  He was named district coach of the year on 7 occasions and selected as the Meridian Star football coach of the year in 1987 and 1989.  Coach Gartman was a member of the MAC football committee and was a speaker in clinics at West Alabama.  Jud is a longtime member of the Enterprise Baptist Church and, along with his wife Gayla, taught a young married class for 10 years.  Coach Gartman has had many opportunities to leave, but he is a self described homebody who remained in the area in the best interests of his family.