Improvement Tracker: Three GHSA classes have new leaders after Week 13
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, finish top four in its region 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 Siemens, to the nine coaches who lead their classifications. The recognition will take place in February at the GACA Falcons Luncheon in Macon.
Class 6A
+16.27 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
+7.01 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+6.43 - Buford (Bryant Appling)
+5.89 - North Gwinnett (Eric Godfree)
+4.54 - Carrollton (Joey King)
Class 5A
+21.21 - Lakeside-Evans (Steve Hibbitts)
+13.91 - Lee County (Dean Fabrizio)
+11.90 - Decatur (William Felton)
+10.28 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
+9.78 - Sprayberry (Brett Vavra)
Class 4A
+15.34 - East Forsyth (Dustin Canon)
+14.87 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
+11.20 - Jonesboro (Tim Floyd)
+8.67 - Blessed Trinity (Ed Dudley)
+7.81 - North Oconee (Tyler Aurandt)
Class 3A
+16.02 - Cherokee Bluff (Tommy Jones)
+13.68 - Westover (Corey Joyner)
+9.41 - Westside-Augusta (Lee Hutto)
+9.16 - Peach County (Marquis Westbrook)
+6.84 - Douglass (Stanley Pritchett)
Class 2A
+7.17 - Hapeville Charter (Winston Gordon)
+6.79 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+4.94 - Carver-Atlanta (Darren Myles)
+3.96 - Morgan County (Clint Jenkins)
+2.76 - Carver-Columbus (Pierre Coffey)
Class A Division I
+12.24 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+10.97 - Toombs County (Buddy Martin)
+7.98 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+4.04 - Chattooga (Roone Gable)
+3.84 - Worth County (Jeff Hammond)
Class A Division II
+9.47 - Lincoln County (Lee Chomskis)
+9.13 - Warren County (Steven Simpson)
+6.80 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+6.31 - Manchester (Demonta Prather)
+4.14 - Miller County (Tom Causey)
Class 3A-A private
+18.61 - Landmark Christian (Tommy Lewis)
+14.60 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+13.62 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+1.20 - Christian Heritage (Frank Barden)
+0.21 - Mount Paran Christian (Connie Arnold)
GIAA
+13.87 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+13.56 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+11.15 - Southwest Georgia Academy (Kerry Morris)
+10.90 - Westfield (Chad Campbell)
+10.69 - Lakeview Academy (Lee Coleman)
