Improvement Tracker: Colquitt County surges to lead in Class 7A
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
+21.29 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+19.30 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+16.93 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+13.08 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
+11.56 - Wheeler (Bryan Love)
Class 6A
+24.34 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+16.89 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+15.92 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+10.61 - Morrow (Jerome Weaks)
+9.21 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
Class 5A
+20.44 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+11.35 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+8.21 - North Springs (Jeff Phillips)
+6.91 - Jackson-Atlanta (Eric Williams)
+4.59 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
Class 4A
+19.68 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+15.97 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+13.60 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+12.90 - Pace Academy (Nick Bach)
+12.48 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
Class 3A
+36.19 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+23.94 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+11.84 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.84 - Long County (Mike Pfiester)
+10.01 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
Class 2A
+15.49 - Cook (Byron Slack)
+13.88 - Model (Jeff Hunnicutt)
+13.70 - South Atlanta (Michael Woolridge)
+11.25 - Laney (Ronnie Baker)
+10.17 - Union County (Michael Perry)
Class A Division I
+29.40 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+17.35 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+15.00 - Darlington (Tommy Atha)
+11.08 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
+10.85 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
Class A Division II
+12.84 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+9.16 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+8.70 - Wilkinson County (Keldrick Burke)
+7.53 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+4.35 - Dooly County (Cecil Lester)
GIAA
+14.14 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+13.54 - St. Andrew's (Kevin Prisant)
+6.62 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+2.58 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+1.77 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Shaw)
