Improvement Tracker: 9 winning coaches to be honored at GACA Falcons Luncheon
GHSF Daily’s Improvement Tracker standings are final, and the nine winners will be presented with awards Jan. 31 at the GACA Falcons Luncheon in Macon. The Improvement Tracker, sponsored by Hudl, has been a weekly GHSF Daily feature since August. It ranked the top five teams and their head coaches in each classification based on their improvement in the computer Maxwell Ratings, but with some exclusions. Only teams with winning records qualified. Each team and coach must have made the playoffs and improved playoff seeding or state playoff finish from the previous year. The objective was to recognize not only the challenge of improving a team but also making it relevant on the state level. Congratulations to the nine winners – Joey King of Carrollton, Justin Rogers of Thomas County Central, Andrew Oropeza of Northside of Columbus, Jaybo Shaw of Wayne County, Heath Webb of Lumpkin County, Joe Kegler of Spencer, Frank Barden of St. Francis, Keldrick Burke of Wilkinson County and Jacob Lord of Robert Toombs Academy.
Class 7A
+15.15 - Carrollton (Joey King)
+14.37 - Mill Creek (Josh Lovelady)
+13.15 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+5.67 - Parkview (Eric Godfree)
+5.49 - North Paulding (Don Stark)
Class 6A
+27.37 - Thomas Co. Central (Justin Rogers)
+21.64 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+17.75 - Hughes (Daniel Williams)
+11.94 - Paulding County (Umbrah Brown)
+11.19 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
Class 5A
+12.58 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+12.46 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+8.64 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+6.32 - Dalton (Kit Carpenter)
+6.01 - Mays (Tony Slaton)
Class 4A
+23.81 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+15.83 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
+14.28 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+12.34 - Walnut Grove (Robert Andrews)
+11.43 - North Oconee (Tyler Aurandt)
Class 3A
+33.73 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+27.23 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+16.95 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+15.67 - Sandy Creek (Brett Garvin)
+12.28 - Harlem (Mark Boiter)
Class 2A
+16.64 - Spencer (Joe Kegler)
+10.42 - Union County (Michael Perry)
+9.48 - Model (Jeff Hunnicutt)
+7.93 - Thomson (Michael Youngblood)
+7.03 - North Cobb Christian (Matt Jones)
Class A Division I
+37.83 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+19.95 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
+17.40 - Mount Pisgah Christian (Ryan Livezey)
+17.11 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+15.30 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
Class A Division II
+17.60 - Wilkinson County (Keldrick Burke)
+14.87 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+13.85 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+6.87 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+6.86 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
GIAA
+16.48 - Robert Toombs Academy (Jacob Lord)
+12.40 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+10.97 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+6.09 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+5.98 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
