John Kilgo (2020) - Hall of Fame - Davidson College Athletics

John Kilgo

Induction:
2020

John Kilgo's roots to Davidson College date back to July 1966, when former college president Grier Martin convinced him to leave a job as columnist for The Charlotte News to become the first full-time sports information director for the Wildcats. It was an exciting time to be around Davidson's athletic department as Lefty Driesell built a national powerhouse in men’s basketball and Homer Smith took the school's football team to the Tangerine Bowl to play Toledo. After working for Davidson, Kilgo returned to Charlotte to become the news and sports director for Big WAYS Radio, the first true Top 40 radio station in the Carolinas and the top-rated station in Charlotte. In his 18 years there, and in addition to his radio responsibilities, Kilgo started a chain of eight weekly newspapers that served Charlotte and surrounding areas, including North Mecklenburg. Kilgo moved across Charlotte to rival broadcaster Jefferson-Pilot in 1984, where he eventually became general manager of WBT Radio as well as general manager of J-P Sports Enterprises. Kilgo returned to the airwaves and Davidson College in 2000 as the "Voice of the Wildcats," a position he would hold for 18 years.