Improvement Tracker: Spalding maintains GHSA lead after second round
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
+17.53 - Peachtree Ridge (Matt Helmerich)
+13.20 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+7.53 - Walton (Daniel Brunner)
+3.83 - Camden County (Jeff Herron)
+3.04 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
Class 6A
+18.91 - Douglas County (Johnny White)
+16.60 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+13.01 - Jonesboro (Timothy Floyd)
+11.63 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
+10.04 - East Paulding (Chris Hirschfield)
Class 5A
+23.40 - Harris County (Tommy Watson)
+18.55 - Hiram (Pete Fominaya)
+13.43 - Coffee (Mike Coe)
+10.05 - Chapel Hill (Brad Stephens)
+9.10 - Cass (Steve Gates)
Class 4A
+24.53 - Spalding (Carl Kearney)
+9.20 - Central-Carrollton (Umbrah Brown)
+6.72 - East Forsyth (Brian Allison)
+6.18 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
+4.58 - New Hampstead (Kyle Hockman)
Class 3A
+18.82 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+18.06 - Calvary Day (Mark Stroud)
+14.71 - Mary Persons (Brian Nelson)
+10.76 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+8.62 - Upson-Lee (Justin Elder)
Class 2A
+18.73 - Providence Christian (John Russ)
+18.15 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+14.96 - Therrell (B.J. Jamison)
+9.79 - Columbia (Greg Barnett)
+6.81 - Southwest (Joe Dupree)
Class A Division I
+18.47 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
+10.25 - Commerce (Mark Hollars)
+6.17 - Trion (Sean Patrick)
+4.61 - Mount Vernon (Wayne Dabbs)
+2.58 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
Class A Division II
+21.23 - Portal (Jason McEachin)
+16.45 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+11.17 - Macon County (Dexter Copeland)
+10.40 - Hawkinsville (Tim Suttles)
+8.54 - Manchester (Stephen Holmes)
GIAA
+34.81 - Flint River Academy (Kirk Hoffman)
+17.68 - Bulloch Academy (Aaron Phillips)
+7.68 - Valwood (Brad Wells)
+5.69 - Strong Rock Christian (Myron Jackson)
+4.87 - Edmund Burke Acad. (Andy Woodard)
