Improvement Tracker: Loganville, state’s only 8-0 team, leading in 5A
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
+25.68 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+24.70 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+17.19 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+15.35 - Mill Creek (Josh Lovelady)
+14.12 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+24.41 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+18.30 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+17.62 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+15.15 - Morrow (Jerome Weaks)
+10.26 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
Class 5A
+21.56 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+15.89 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+12.01 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+9.41 - North Springs (Jeff Phillips)
+8.93 - Hiram (Pete Fominaya)
Class 4A
+19.79 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+17.31 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+14.88 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+13.67 - Pace Academy (Nick Bach)
+13.20 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
Class 3A
+38.10 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+24.24 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+15.20 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
+11.59 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.39 - Long County (Mike Pfiester)
Class 2A
+17.01 - Cook (Byron Slack)
+12.06 - Model (Jeff Hunnicutt)
+11.56 - Union County (Michael Perry)
+11.26 - Brantley County (Geoff Cannon)
+11.11 - South Atlanta (Michael Woolridge)
Class A Division I
+28.73 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+18.64 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+18.16 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+15.68 - Darlington (Tommy Atha)
+11.34 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
Class A Division II
+12.25 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+8.35 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+7.52 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+7.23 - Dooly County (Cecil Lester)
+2.07 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
GIAA
+15.29 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+12.60 - St. Andrew's School (Kevin Prisant)
+12.27 - Heritage-Newnan (Jake Copeland)
+8.56 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+2.80 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Shaw)
