Improvement Tracker: Cherokee Bluff, Chattooga, Lovett surge into lead after Week 4
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 also 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 Siemens, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place in February at the GACA Falcons Luncheon in Macon.
Class 6A
+17.42 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+14.78 - North Gwinnett (Eric Godfree)
+14.62 - Rockdale County (Kenderrick Bonner)
+9.58 - Campbell (Jeff Phillips)
+7.79 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
Class 5A
+25.89 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+10.81 - Greenbrier (Sean Tiernan)
+9.73 - Decatur (William Felton)
+9.07 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+8.38 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
Class 4A
+14.62 - Cambridge (Tyler Jones)
+12.04 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
+10.87 - Warner Robins (Shane Sams)
+10.47 - Cass (Steve Gates)
+8.18 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
Class 3A
+11.82 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+11.64 - Beach (Michael Thompson)
+11.56 - West Hall (Krofton Montgomery)
+9.63 - East Hall (Matt Turner)
+9.28 - Westover (Octavia Jones)
Class 2A
+11.66 - Pike County (Stephen Holmes)
+5.72 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+5.34 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+1.71 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+1.53 - Franklin County (Chuck Holland)
Class A Division I
+14.93 - Chattooga (Roone Gable)
+11.63 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+9.29 - Jeff Davis (Lance Helton)
+7.58 - Coosa (Geoff Cannon)
+7.08 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
Class A Division II
+15.79 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+8.96 - Irwin County (Casey Soliday)
+8.62 - Crawford County (Dusty Jump)
+6.48 - Brooks County (Josh McFather)
+6.19 - Seminole County (Cedric Stegall)
Class 3A-A private
+8.80 - Lovett (Mike Muschamp)
+8.52 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+7.76 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+6.90 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+5.64 - Whitefield Academy (Robert Walsh)
GIAA
+27.88 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+22.52 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
+19.92 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+11.32 - Bethlehem Christian (Rodrick Robinson)
+10.79 - Stratford Academy (Paul Carroll)