Improvement Tracker: Mitchell County leads all GHSA teams 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 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
+12.29 - Collins Hill (Drew Swick)
+9.65 - Rockdale County (Kenderrick Bonner)
+8.12 - Campbell (Jeff Phillips)
+7.49 - Camden County (Travis Roland)
+6.43 - Lowndes (Adam Carter)
Class 5A
+12.98 - Seckinger (Tony Lotti)
+9.55 - Lovejoy (Edgar Carson)
+6.95 - Evans (Barrett Davis)
+6.44 - Bradwell Institute (Deshon Brock)
+6.18 - Woodstock (Dan Devine)
Class 4A
+9.16 - Lithonia (Kevin Barnes)
+8.18 - Walnut Grove (Robert Andrews)
+7.92 - Cass (Steve Gates)
+7.55 - Cedartown (Jamie Abrams)
+6.19 - Eastside (Jay Cawthon)
Class 3A
+10.36 - East Hall (Matt Turner)
+7.54 - Windsor Forest (C.J. Frazier)
+7.38 - Pickens (Craig Bennett)
+6.21 - Chestatee (Stuart Cunningham)
+6.19 - Northwest Whitfield (Josh Robinson)
Class 2A
+10.90 - Pike County (Stephen Holmes)
+5.01 - Butler (Myron Newton)
+4.71 - Sumter County (Will Rogers)
+4.52 - Ringgold (Austin Crisp)
+4.16 - Cook (Byron Slack)
Class A Division I
+12.63 - Chattooga (Roone Gable)
+9.23 - Heard County (Shane Lasseter)
+8.41 - Fannin County (Chad Cheatham)
+6.69 - Jeff Davis (Lance Helton)
+6.16 - B.E.S.T. Academy (Bernard Goodrum)
Class A Division II
+16.64 - Mitchell County (Dondrial Pinkins)
+14.06 - Lake Oconee Academy (Patrick Stewart)
+11.06 - Greenville (Robert Sanders)
+11.05 - Irwin County (Casey Soliday)
+8.16 - Wilkinson County (Jamoski Ward)
Class 3A-A private
+12.21 - King's Ridge Christian (Zach Slaney)
+6.78 - Hebron Christian (Jonathan Gess)
+6.59 - Lovett (Mike Muschamp)
+4.94 - Savannah Christian (Baker Woodward)
+2.31 - Athens Academy (Josh Alexander)
GIAA
+21.94 - Rock Springs Christian (Clint Ashmore)
+12.92 - Deerfield-Windsor (Jake McCrae)
+12.01 - Tiftarea Academy (Erik Soliday)
+11.25 - Westfield (Chad Campbell)
+9.23 - Bethlehem Christian (Rodrick Robinson)
