Improvement Tracker: Thomas County Central opens big lead in 6A
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
+20.91 - Osborne (Luqman Salam)
+17.74 - Lambert (Marc Beach)
+14.13 - Wheeler (Bryan Love)
+13.80 - Colquitt County (Sean Calhoun)
+11.80 - Meadowcreek (Todd Wofford)
Class 6A
+35.96 - Thomas County Central (Justin Rogers)
+14.86 - Houston County (Jeremy Edwards)
+13.08 - Gainesville (Josh Niblett)
+11.62 - Morrow (Jerome Weaks)
+11.27 - Hughes (Daniel Williams)
Class 5A
+15.74 - Loganville (Brad Smith)
+14.43 - Northside-Columbus (Andrew Oropeza)
+10.63 - Jackson-Atlanta (Eric Williams)
+6.77 - Lithia Springs (Corey Jarvis)
+4.90 - Dutchtown (Niketa Battle)
Class 4A
+22.47 - Troup (Tanner Glisson)
+18.21 - Heritage-Ringgold (E.K. Slaughter)
+16.26 - Stockbridge (Thomas Clark)
+15.98 - Wayne County (Jaybo Shaw)
+14.14 - Cedartown (Jamie Abrams)
Class 3A
+33.28 - Lumpkin County (Heath Webb)
+20.81 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+13.65 - Stephens County (Wesley Tankersley)
+11.36 - Long County (Mike Pfiester)
+10.84 - Gilmer (Paul Standard)
Class 2A
+14.10 - South Atlanta (Michael Woolridge)
+12.49 - ACE Charter (Keith Hatcher)
+12.40 - Spencer (Joe Kegler)
+11.34 - Model (Jeff Hunnicutt)
+9.34 - Berrien (Tim Alligood)
Class A Division I
+32.28 - St. Francis (Frank Barden)
+18.40 - Elbert County (Shannon Jarvis)
+14.79 - Screven County (Ron Duncan)
+14.31 - Social Circle (Rob Patton)
+13.76 - Bryan County (Cherard Freeman)
Class A Division II
+11.83 - Jenkins County (Charley Waters)
+11.75 - Greene County (Terrance Banks)
+10.71 - Wilkinson County (Keldrick Burke)
+10.37 - Johnson County (Don Norton)
+9.39 - Bowdon (Richard Fendley Jr.)
GIAA
+15.23 - Robert Toombs Academy (Jacob Lord)
+12.11 - St. Andrew's (Kevin Prisant)
+12.05 - Bethlehem Christian (Bruce Lane)
+10.04 - Fullington Academy (Stacy Harden)
+2.29 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
