Improvement Tracker: 3-0 Osborne maintains lead in highest class
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
+23.98 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+20.80 - Valdosta (Shelton Felton)
+18.12 - Central Gwinnett (Larry Harold)
+15.68 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+15.13 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+32.40 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+20.48 - North Atlanta (Jamie Aull)
+18.42 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+14.37 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+12.16 - Etowah (Matt Kemper)
Class 5A
+23.11 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+17.06 - North Springs (Jeff Phillips)
+11.13 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+11.10 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+10.86 - Kell (Bobby May)
Class 4A
+29.01 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+18.01 - East Forsyth (Brian Allison)
+15.11 - Pace Academy (Nick Bach)
+14.84 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+14.55 - Burke County (Eric Parker)
Class 3A
+36.89 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+20.86 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+12.10 - Mary Persons (Brian Nelson)
+11.67 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.29 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
Class 2A
+24.26 - Cook (Byron Slack)
+17.88 - Vidalia (Jason Cameron)
+15.92 - Columbia (Greg Barnett)
+13.91 - Butler (Myron Newton)
+12.24 - Banks County (Jay Reid)
Class A Division I
+27.98 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+25.52 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+13.92 - Mount Pisgah Christian (Ryan Livezey)
+12.22 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+11.42 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
Class A Division II
+21.08 - Portal (Jason McEachin)
+20.77 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+11.19 - Aquinas (James Leonard)
+7.09 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+6.75 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
GIAA
+24.35 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+19.12 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+11.55 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+9.99 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+9.59 - Heritage-Newnan (Jake Copeland)
