Improvement Tracker: Greene County, Flint River on the rise 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 Hudl, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place at the GACA Falcons Luncheon on Feb. 6 in Macon.
Class 7A
+15.73 - Peachtree Ridge (Matt Helmerich)
+12.28 - Westlake (Rico Zackery)
+9.59 - Milton (Ben Reaves)
+7.94 - Valdosta (Shelton Felton )
+7.69 - Newton (Josh Skelton)
Class 6A
+14.58 - Jonesboro (Timothy Floyd)
+11.69 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+10.17 - North Atlanta (Jamie Aull)
+8.76 - Lanier (Tyler Maloof)
+8.20 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
Class 5A
+14.23 - Hiram (Pete Fominaya)
+12.84 - Arabia Mountain (Julian Washington)
+10.54 - Flowery Branch (Jason Tester)
+10.08 - Jefferson (Travis Noland)
+9.08 - Greater Atlanta Christian (Tim Hardy)
Class 4A
+17.15 - Spalding (Carl Kearney)
+15.75 - North Clayton (Cap Burnett)
+14.78 - North Hall (Sean Pender)
+10.04 - Baldwin (Jesse Hicks)
+8.10 - Miller Grove (Melvin Brown)
Class 3A
+13.29 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.82 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+11.48 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
+10.77 - Mary Persons (Brian Nelson)
+7.92 - White County (Chad Bennett)
Class 2A
+16.65 - Providence Christian (John Russ)
+10.97 - McNair (Mario Drayton)
+7.71 - Northeast (Jeremy Wiggins)
+6.63 - Union County (Michael Perry)
+6.58 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
Class A Division I
+13.67 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+7.22 - Bacon County (Mark Wilson)
+7.19 - East Laurens (Bin Turner)
+5.99 - Mount Vernon (Wayne Dabbs)
+3.38 - Prince Avenue Christian (Greg Vandagriff)
Class A Division II
+20.13 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+16.15 - Marion County (Billy Law)
+9.89 - Macon County (Dexter Copeland)
+8.74 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
+6.72 - Lanier County (Kurt Williams)
GIAA
+29.28 - Flint River Academy (Kirk Hoffman)
+17.04 - Memorial Day (Tyler Helmly)
+9.50 - Strong Rock Christian (Myron Jackson)
+9.28 - Gatewood (Jeff Ratliff)
+8.43 - Bulloch Academy (Aaron Phillips)
