Improvement Tracker: Colquitt County surges to lead in Class 7A
GHSF Daily each week will rank the top five teams and their head coaches in each classification based on their improvement in the computer Maxwell Ratings from previous seasons, but with some exclusions. Only teams with winning records will be listed. In the end, each team and coach must also make the playoffs and improve playoff seeding or state playoff finish from the previous year to qualify. The objective is to recognize not only improvement but the challenge of making a struggling program relevant on the state level or taking a good program to the next level. After the season, GHSF Daily will present an award, sponsored by Hudl, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place at the GACA Falcons Luncheon on Jan. 31 in Macon.
Class 7A
+26.59 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+24.74 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+19.03 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+17.41 - Mill Creek (Josh Lovelady)
+14.33 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+24.82 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+20.13 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+17.47 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+12.93 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
+10.11 - Effingham County (John Ford)
Class 5A
+19.11 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+17.41 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+17.03 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+15.63 - North Springs (Jeff Phillips)
+3.13 - Kell (Bobby May)
Class 4A
+21.92 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+18.03 - Pace Academy (Nick Bach)
+17.32 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+14.74 - Heritage-Ringgold (E.K. Slaughter)
+14.55 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
Class 3A
+33.82 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+31.56 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+17.92 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
+11.76 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+10.77 - Dougherty (Johnny Gilbert)
Class 2A
+17.13 - Cook (Byron Slack)
+12.48 - Brantley County (Geoff Cannon)
+11.46 - Banks County (Jay Reid)
+11.42 - Laney (Ronnie Baker)
+10.31 - ACE Charter (Keith Hatcher)
Class A Division I
+26.72 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+20.45 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+16.51 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+15.72 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
+14.31 - Darlington (Tommy Atha)
Class A Division II
+15.78 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+8.89 - Dooly County (Cecil Lester)
+7.59 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+7.32 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+5.45 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
GIAA
+23.81 - Heritage-Newnan (Jake Copeland)
+20.03 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+16.57 - St. Andrew's (Kevin Prisant)
+10.49 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+4.48 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
