Improvement Tracker: Lumpkin County, St. Francis continue to lead pack
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
+ 28.70 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+ 21.49 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+ 19.89 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+ 17.70 - Mill Creek (Josh Lovelady)
+ 16.18 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+ 29.84 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+ 26.09 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+ 18.55 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+ 13.61 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
+ 12.12 - Effingham County (John Ford)
Class 5A
+ 22.01 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+ 19.22 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+ 18.40 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+ 17.23 - North Springs (Jeff Phillips)
+ 5.69 - Kell (Bobby May)
Class 4A
+ 24.38 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+ 20.83 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+ 17.98 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+ 16.72 - Perry (Kevin Smith)
+ 16.32 - Burke County (Eric Parker)
Class 3A
+ 44.19 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+ 25.49 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+ 16.82 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
+ 14.84 - Long County (Mike Pfiester)
+ 11.72 - Harlem (Mark Boiter)
Class 2A
+ 24.99 - Cook (Byron Slack)
+ 17.56 - Banks County (Jay Reid)
+ 15.22 - Laney (Ronnie Baker)
+ 13.46 - Vidalia (Jason Cameron)
+ 12.56 - Columbia (Greg Barnett)
Class A Division I
+ 30.47 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+ 21.97 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+ 17.21 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
+ 17.12 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+ 16.39 - Mount Pisgah Christian (Ryan Livezey)
Class A Division II
+ 17.87 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+ 13.19 - Portal (Jason McEachin)
+ 7.48 - Telfair County (Matt Burleson)
+ 7.48 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+ 7.07 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
GIAA
+ 25.55 - Heritage (Jake Copeland)
+ 24.38 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+ 22.20 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+ 13.72 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+ 11.11 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Shaw)
