Central High School opened in September 1907 on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga.

Its students came from all over the Hamilton County area and the school was highly acclaimed.

a local sportswriter began to opine that they often "pounded" their opponents; the name stuck.

[5][6] From the summer of 2008 until April 2018, Finley King was the school's principal.

[1] In early September 2019, an unidentified school administrator ordered washroom mirrors painted over because students were spending too much time checking their appearance.