Improvement Tracker: St. Andrew’s takes lead among GIAA teams
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
+20.63 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+16.86 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+14.68 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+13.23 - Wheeler (Bryan Love)
+11.66 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+31.78 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+16.19 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+14.10 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+12.26 - Effingham County (John Ford)
+11.03 - Dunwoody (Michael Nash)
Class 5A
+16.90 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+13.77 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+8.07 - Jackson-Atlanta (Eric Williams)
+6.37 - Lithia Springs (Corey Jarvis)
+4.98 - Dalton (Kit Carpenter)
Class 4A
+21.07 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+19.52 - Heritage-Ringgold (E.K. Slaughter)
+16.93 - Hampton (Chad Ashley)
+16.63 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+15.54 - Cedartown (Jamie Abrams)
Class 3A
+37.79 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+24.93 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+12.38 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
+12.16 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.70 - Long County (Mike Pfiester)
Class 2A
+15.65 - South Atlanta (Michael Woolridge)
+13.73 - Spencer (Joe Kegler)
+12.75 - Model (Jeff Hunnicutt)
+11.82 - Laney (Ronnie Baker)
+11.25 - Union County (Michael Perry)
Class A Division I
+33.41 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+19.68 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+16.16 - Darlington (Tommy Atha)
+13.21 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
+12.72 - Swainsboro (Scott Roberts)
Class A Division II
+13.64 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+11.17 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
+9.58 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+7.02 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
+1.91 - Schley County (Darren Alford)
GIAA
+14.05 - St. Andrew's (Kevin Prisant)
+13.86 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+8.28 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+2.01 - Valwood (Justin Henderson)
+0.94 - Heritage-Newnan (Jake Copeland)
