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 Feb. 6 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 – Matt Helmerich of Peachtree Ridge, Johnny T. White of Douglas County, Tommy Watson of Harris County, Carl Kearney of Spalding, Heath Webb of Lumpkin County, John Russ of Providence Christian, Cherard Freeman of Bryan County, Jason McEachin of Portal and Kirk Hoffman of Flint River Academy.
Class 7A
+15.89 - Peachtree Ridge (Matt Helmerich)
+12.42 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+7.63 - Camden County (Jeff Herron)
+5.91 - Walton (Daniel Brunner)
+5.67 - Milton (Ben Reaves)
Class 6A
+18.01 - Douglas County (Johnny White)
+17.88 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+12.78 - Jonesboro (Timothy Floyd)
+11.30 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
+9.27 - East Paulding (Chris Hirschfield)
Class 5A
+21.43 - Harris County (Tommy Watson)
+17.76 - Hiram (Pete Fominaya)
+17.69 - Coffee (Mike Coe)
+9.62 - Chapel Hill (Brad Stephens)
+8.89 - Cass (Steve Gates)
Class 4A
+20.42 - Spalding (Carl Kearney)
+12.64 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
+5.96 - Central (Carrollton) (Umbrah Brown)
+5.44 - East Forsyth (Brian Allison)
+5.24 - Perry (Kevin Smith)
Class 3A
+14.40 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+13.24 - Mary Persons (Brian Nelson)
+10.09 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+9.68 - Calvary Day (Mark Stroud)
+8.00 - Upson-Lee (Justin Elder)
Class 2A
+16.44 - Providence Christian (John Russ)
+15.40 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+13.71 - Therrell (B.J. Jamison)
+7.33 - Columbia (Greg Barnett)
+6.25 - Southwest (Joe Dupree)
Class A Division I
+20.93 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+8.11 - Commerce (Mark Hollars)
+6.96 - Trion (Sean Patrick)
+5.53 - Mount Vernon (Wayne Dabbs)
+4.85 - Pelham (Leonard Guyton)
Class A Division II
+21.87 - Portal (Jason McEachin)
+16.48 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+10.76 - Hawkinsville (Tim Suttles)
+8.55 - Manchester (Stephen Holmes)
+6.38 - Macon County (Dexter Copeland)
GIAA
+34.88 - Flint River Academy (Kirk Hoffman)
+16.50 - Valwood (Brad Wells)
+12.67 - Bulloch Academy (Aaron Phillips)
+7.27 - Edmund Burke Acad. (Andy Woodard)
+4.55 - Strong Rock Christian (Myron Jackson)
