Improvement Tracker: Lumpkin County has made biggest leap through Week 2
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
+24.31 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+13.29 - Peachtree Ridge (Matt Helmerich)
+12.07 - Central Gwinnett (Larry Harold)
+11.43 - Mill Creek (Josh Lovelady)
+10.41 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
Class 6A
+20.46 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+17.47 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+16.05 - Morrow (Jerome Weaks)
+15.31 - Etowah (Matt Kemper)
+14.20 - North Atlanta (Jamie Aull)
Class 5A
+14.02 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
+13.68 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+13.36 - Jones County (Mike Chastain)
+11.66 - Tucker (Wayne Jones)
+9.87 - Kell (Bobby May)
Class 4A
+18.63 - Pace Academy (Nick Bach)
+15.96 - Southeast Whitfield (Todd Murray)
+14.42 - East Hall (Matt Turner)
+13.81 - Shaw (Blair Harrison)
+12.72 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
Class 3A
+27.86 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+14.15 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+13.85 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
+11.54 - Savannah Country Day (John Mohring)
+11.44 - Liberty County (Tony Glazer)
Class 2A
+18.87 - Butler (Myron Newton)
+16.98 - Columbia (Greg Barnett)
+13.21 - ACE Charter (Keith Hatcher)
+11.73 - Brantley County (Geoff Cannon)
+11.04 - Therrell (Broderick Jamison)
Class A Division I
+18.83 - Mount Pisgah Christian (Ryan Livezey)
+17.10 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+15.44 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+12.65 - Armuchee (Jeremy Green)
+11.85 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
Class A Division II
+18.37 - Portal (Jason McEachin)
+11.56 - Aquinas (James Leonard)
+10.75 - Telfair County (Matt Burleson)
+9.04 - Mount Zion-Carroll (Brad Gordon)
+8.75 - Charlton County (Russ Murray)
GIAA
+16.32 - Southland Academy (Rod Murray)
+13.99 - Heritage-Newnan (Jake Copeland)
+12.69 - Brookwood School (Shane Boggs)
+12.55 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+12.21 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
