Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020
Dougherty Co. halts games until Oct. 1
Dougherty County Schools on Tuesday suspended fall sports competitions at its three high schools - Monroe, Westover and Dougherty - until Oct. 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

That means no football games for the first month of the already delayed season, which is slated to begin the week of Sept. 4. In an email obtained by GHSF Daily and written before Tuesday afternoon’s official announcement, Dougherty Schools superintendent Kenneth Dyer told principals and athletic directors that sports conditioning could continue.

“If the [COVID-19] numbers in Dougherty County continue to improve, we’re optimistic about restarting athletic competitions,” Dyer said in the email. “In case the numbers don’t improve enough for us to compete in the fall, we’ve already started looking into options for moving our fall sports to the spring.”

Dyer didn’t elaborate in the email or the district’s announcement what a move to spring would entail, but Dougherty is the fourth school district to cancel or postpone its sports seasons beyond the GHSA’s opening week of football games.

Rockdale County postponed sports for the fall semester for its three high schools, Salem, Heritage and Rockdale County, meaning they also could be looking at a spring football season if the GHSA would allow it.

Decatur city schools canceled sports contests through Sept. 25. Class A schools Stewart County and Twiggs County canceled their fall sports entirely. Clayton County, which has 10 sports-playing high schools, suspended fall sports for two weeks through Aug. 21, but they would have two weeks or more to prepare if they’re able to restart quickly.

Dougherty has been one of the harder hit Georgia counties for coronavirus cases, with 2,732 confirmed cases and 171 deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

However, Dyer said in Tuesday’s announcement that there had been no COVID-19 cases associated with athletics at any of the high schools.

“The move comes as athletics programs across the country struggle to cope with student-athletes and coaches who are contracting the COVID-19 virus,” the school district’s press release stated. “In Dougherty County, the spread of COVID-19 remains at unacceptably high levels, currently averaging more than 15 new cases per day.”
Paulding County linebacker Smael Mondon, the highest-rated player in county history, had 48 solo tackles, two forced fumbles and three blocked kicks last season and added more than 1,000 all-purpose yards.(Photo by Rusty Mansell / 247Sports)
Size doesn't limit Grayson LB
Grady Bryant plays on a defense with four or five teammates who’ll sign with major Division I teams over the next year or two.

The Grayson linebacker has just three small-college offers, but he set a school record for tackles on a top-10 Class 7A team last season. Remember that Grayson beat Marietta, holding the eventual champion to 14 points in a regular-season game.

“I love being surrounded by all the big-time players because it only makes the team and myself better, and I’m honestly happy to see a lot of my teammates have these offers because they all deserve them,” Bryant told GHSF Daily. “But looking at it from a recruiting standpoint for myself, I just try to play to the best of my ability for the team, and hopefully someone will recognize that I fit in with the rest of these big-time recruit guys.”

Bryant is 5-10, 195 pounds, which explains the recruiting.

“He would be considered undersized, but you don’t break single-season tackle records at Grayson if you aren’t a player,” Grayson coach Adam Carter said. “He gets us lined up, makes our checks. One of the best we’ve got regardless of offers. Doesn’t make sense to me. Film shows all you need.

Bryant is among the latest members of the Georgia Power 100.

*Grady Bryant, Grayson: Bryant had a team-record 136 tackles in 2019. He was first-team all-region and second-team all-Gwinnett County. He has offers from Brevard, Rose-Hulman and Birmingham Southern.

*Barrett Carter, North Gwinnett: A top-50 national recruit, Carter (6-1, 220) committed to Clemson in May. He had 48 solo tackles, nine for losses, for a Class 7A semifinal team in 2019 and was a unanimous first-team all-state pick. Carter was the Gwinnett Touchdown Club’s inside linebacker of the year.

*Chaz Chambliss, Carrollton: Chambliss (6-2, 240) is a four-year starter with more than 30 sacks and 70 tackles for losses in his career. He was an AJC and GACA first-team all-state player last year. Chambliss is a top-250 national recruit who committed to Georgia in May.

*Ese Dubre, McEachern: Dubre (6-2, 225) had 108 tackles, 15 for losses, and seven sacks in 2019, when he was McEachern’s leading tackler with twice as many solo stops as any other player. He made first-team all-region and first-team GACA all-state. Dubre has a mix of Power Five and mid-major offers.

*Jalen Garner, Norcross: A consensus three-star recruit, Garner (6-1, 210) committed to Houston earlier this month. The outside linebacker had 148 first hits, 32 behind the line, in 11 games last season. He was a GACA first-team all-state player and first-team all-region and all-Gwinnett County.

*Jackson Hamilton, Blessed Trinity: Hamilton (6-1, 205) was the third-leading tackler on a Class 4A championship team last season. Hamilton committed to Louisville in June.

*Baron Hopson, Lee County: A four-year starter with more than 300 tackles and 23 sacks in his career, Hopson (5-11, 220) made first-team all-state as a sophomore and junior. He’s a three-star recruit with offers from Georgia Tech, Duke and others. He also has a 4.40 GPA and is ranked No. 6 in his class.

*Smael Mondon, Paulding County: Mondon had 48 solo tackles, forced two fumbles, blocked three kicks and had more than 1,000 all-purpose yards. He has been voted team captain since he was a sophomore. Mondon (6-3, 2220) is a top-25 national recruit whose reported leaders include Alabama, Auburn and Georgia. He’s the most heavily recruited player in county history.

*Christopher Paul Jr., Crisp County: With 157 tackles, Paul was the leading tackler on the Class 3A runner-up team. He was the GACA’s Class 3A south defensive player of the year. A top-750 national recruit, Paul (6-1, 235) committed to Arkansas last month.

*Martez Thrower, Wilcox County: Thrower, a first-team AJC all-state pick in 2019, had 61 solo tackles, 127 overall, with 16 behind the line for a 9-3 Class A Public team that went 9-3. He also had 433 yards from scrimmage and scored five touchdowns as a running back. A consensus top-750 national recruit, Thrower (6-1, 210) committed to Kentucky on July 4.

*Ahmad Walker, Warner Robins: Walker has started on Warner Robins’ state finalist teams the past two seasons. He had a team-leading nine tackles for losses for a team that doesn’t generously assign tackles. He was a unanimous first-team all-state pick in 2019. Walker (6-0, 230) committed to Liberty last month.

Coming Thursday: Defensive backs

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Top LB recruits
Smael Mondon, the highest-rated linebacker prospect in Georgia, didn’t have the gaudy tackle numbers of some of his peers last season, and that might’ve cost him more all-state recognition. He did have more than 1,000 all-purpose yards. That might be more telling. Alec Ogletree and Josh Harvey-Clemons were two-way threats in their day with their pass-catching skills, and Roquan Smith once rushed for more than 200 yards in a playoff game. They’re in the NFL. Here are the Georgia linebackers over the past 20 seasons who earned 247Sports Composite ratings of higher than 0.9500.

Inside
0.9896 - Raekwon McMillan, Liberty County (2014)
0.9889 - Alec Ogletree, Newnan (2010)
0.9845 - Marcus Ball, Stone Mountain (2006)
0.9721 - Josh Johnson, Stephenson (2004)
0.9713 - Tre Lamar, Roswell (2016)
0.9667 - James Vaughters, Tucker (2011)
0.9627 - Jae Thaxton, Hart County (2004)
0.9627 - C.J. Washington, Cedartown (2022)
0.9561 - Wesley Steiner, Houston County (2020)
0.9501 - Trey Johnson, Central Gwinnett (2013)

Outside
0.9956 - Tray Blackmon, LaGrange (2005)
0.9890 - Josh Harvey-Clemons, Lowndes (2012)
0.9889 - Adam Anderson, Rome (2018)
0.9879 - Owen Pappoe, Grayson (2019)
0.9865 - Smael Mondon, Paulding County (2021)
0.9830 - Quay Walker, Crisp County (2018)
0.9769 - Roquan Smith, Macon County (2015)
0.9764 - Barrett Carter, North Gwinnett (2021)
0.9761 - J.J. Peterson, Colquitt County (2018)
0.9745 - Jarvis Jones, Carver-Col. (2009)
0.9728 - Phillip Webb, Lanier (2020)
0.9683 - Ukeme Eligwe, Stone Mountain (2012)
0.9667 - Daniel Martin, Marietta (2022)
0.9595 - Tyron Hopper, Roswell (2019)
0.9584 - Adrian Hubbard, Norcross (2010)
0.9575 - Otis Reese, Lee County (2018)
0.9530 - Bryson Allen-Williams, Cedar Grove (2014)
0.9528 - Dillon Lee, Buford (2012)
0.9513 - Michael Taylor, Westlake (2010)

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Who is the highest-rated cornerback prospect from Georgia since 2000: Eric Berry, Paul Oliver, Greg Reid, Branden Smith or A.J. Terrell? (Answer Thursday)

Answer to Tuesday’s question: The highest-rated inside linebacker prospect from Georgia since 2000 is Raekwon McMillan of Liberty County in 2014, according to the 247Sports Composite. McMillan was the consensus No. 22 prospect nationally that year. The former Ohio State All-American plays for the Miami Dolphins.

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Two champs upset early in computer tourney
Their coaches tried to warn them. Don’t overlook anybody.

State champions Cedar Grove of 2018 and Hapeville Charter of 2017 and no doubt their fans were stunned in the first round of the Team of the Decade computer tournament Tuesday.

Ringgold’s 2013 team, the northwest Georgia school’s only state semifinalist in history, edged the Saints 7-3 in the Class 3A bracket as defenders Dakota Baer and Zach Morris found ways to keep All-America wide receiver Jadon Haselwood at bay for just long enough.

Meanwhile in 2A, Dodge County’s 2018 team, a 10-2 region runner-up, picked off Hapeville 30-23, no doubt on a late touchdown by the dynamic D.J. Carr.

Cedar Grove and Hapeville were 23-point favorites that would win 94% percent of the time, according to Loren Maxwell, who created the score simulator used for the tournament.

“The improbable happens occasionally, any given Sunday and all,” Maxwell said. “Even the 1985 Chicago Bears lost a game, as did the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and 1927 Yankees.”

Upsets were rare, but Cedar Grove and Hapeville weren’t the only victims. In Class A Private, 2012 Our Lady of Mercy beat 2019 Athens Academy 26-23. Athens Academy was a 28-point favorite. Perhaps the sight of the world’s fastest man, Christian Coleman, proved intimidating. He was an OLOM junior that season.

Favored teams won 53 of the 64 first-round games played in classes 3A through A. They were 16-0 in Class A Public.

Maxwell's computer model uses historical scores to simulate any matchup involving Georgia high school teams of the past 75 years. In each game, the stronger team will be favored, but upsets and surprising scores will occur, as they do in real life. Maxwell is the founder of the Georgia High School Football Historians Association.

Below are the first-round scores in the lower four classifications. Upsets are noted in red.

Coming Thursday: First round results in 7A-4A.
Class 3A
2013 Ringgold 7, 2018 Cedar Grove 3
2010 Cairo 19, 2011 St. Pius 0
2013 Washington County 37, 2018 Dawson County 15
2019 Jenkins 26, 2013 Woodward Academy 16
2013 Buford 44, 2014 Cook 3
2014 Hart County 24, 2013 Callaway 15
2014 Calhoun 35, 2016 Liberty County 0
2011 Henry County 34, 2018 Pierce County 24
2010 Peach County 35, 2018 North Hall 3
2019 Crisp County 26, 2011 Appling County 12
2012 Jefferson 27, 2019 North Murray 24
2018 Benedictine 16, 2018 Monroe Area 15
2010 Carver (Columbus) 33, 2014 Adairsville 0
2014 Westminster 22, 2014 Elbert County 10
2014 Blessed Trinity 28, 2017 Pike County 22
2017 GAC 31, 2010 Jefferson County 29

Class 2A
2018 Dodge County 30, 2017 Hapeville Charter 23
2018 Callaway 14, 2014 Greater Atlanta Christian 9
2018 Heard County 32, 2016 Pepperell 9
2010 Westminster 32, 2014 Vidalia 13
2011 Calhoun 40, 2017 Toombs County 6
2010 Thomasville 27, 2016 Fitzgerald 17
2013 Lovett 32, 2013 Laney 19
2018 Rockmart 27, 2017 Screven County 24
2019 Dublin 29, 2012 Washington-Wilkes 19
2013 Lamar County 20, 2011 Elbert County 18
2015 Pace Academy 34, 2015 Jefferson County 16
2017 Brooks County 26, 2011 North Oconee 14
2010 Buford 27, 2019 Douglass 9
2017 Rabun County 46, 2018 Washington County 16
2016 Benedictine 37, 2019 Metter 0
2010 Cook 26, 2010 Swainsboro 15
Class A Private
2019 ELCA 37, 2019 Whitefield Academy 17
2015 Prince Avenue 51, 2019 Christian Heritage 10
2019 Trinity Christian 50, 2013 Aquinas 27
2014 Calvary Day 10, 2016 Stratford Academy 7
2016 Fellowship Christian 44. 2019 Mount de Sales 27
2013 Mount Pisgah 49, 2019 Sav. Country Day 10
2019 Holy Innocents’ 27 2015 Pinecrest Academy 0
2019 Hebron Christian 31, 2018 N. Cobb Christian 3
2012 Our Lady of Mercy 26, 2019 Athens Academy 23
2012 George Walton Academy 38, 2012 Walker 9
2011 Savannah Christian 46, 2010 Pace Academy 2
2011 First Presbyterian 37, 2011 Landmark Christian 3
2019 Wesleyan 42, 2019 St. Francis 35 (OT)
2019 Darlington 27, 2014 Pacelli 24
2014 Mount Paran 47, 2012 Brookstone 40 (OT)
2016 Tattnall Square 40, 2019 Mount Vernon 6

Class A Public
2011 Lincoln County 53, 2016 Taylor County 12
2016 McIntosh Co. Academy 46, 2018 Mount Zion 17
2010 Clinch County 21, 2011 Warren County 13
2019 Mitchell County 22, 2010 Charlton County 13
2019 Irwin County 39, 2011 Bremen 31
2011 Seminole County 32, 2016 Turner County 27
2016 Macon County 50, 2011 Washington-Wilkes 18
2010 Johnson County 42, 2018 Schley County 3
2012 Emanuel Co. Institute 43, 2010 Miller County 0
2018 Commerce 32, 2012 Dooly County 23
2010 Wilcox County 34, 2016 Greene County 21
2018 Pelham 31, 2016 Twiggs County 10
2014 Hawkinsville vs. 2016 Telfair County
2010 Wilkinson County vs. 2011 Bowdon
2014 Marion County 57, 2010 Claxton 18
2016 Manchester 15, 2015 Trion 13
Class A Public
Number of hires: 17
Best hire: Sid Fritts, Washington-Wilkes
Hardest to replace: Buddy Nobles, Irwin County
Best job: Lincoln County
Toughest job: Stewart County
Most interesting: Lincoln County, Georgia’s most storied Class A program, is still seeking the right fit since the 2013 retirement of Larry Campbell, who won 11 state titles. Michael Pollock stepped down after two seasons despite a 9-3 record and the Red Devils’ first state quarterfinal finish since Campbell. The school has turned to Lee Chomskis, the former Vidalia coach who spent much of his childhood in Lincolnton and was an assistant on the 2005 and 2006 state-championship teams. Larry Campbell was Chomskis' Little League baseball coach, and Chomskis' mother was a Lincoln County homecoming queen. Chomskis is a nephew of Dan Pitts, a former Lincolnton High all-state player who became the state’s winningest coach at Mary Persons, his record later broken by Campbell.

Region 1
*Baconton Charter hired Miller County coach David Bell to replace Parker Rentz. Bell was 10-8 in two seasons with Miller, his alma mater. Baconton was 4-6 last season, its best finish since starting football in 2010. Rentz is now on Worth County’s staff.

*Miller County promoted defensive coordinator Nate George to replace David Bell, who became head coach at Baconton Charter. George played at Miller County and was part of three Division II national championship teams at North Alabama in the early 1990s. He has coached only at his alma mater.

*Pataula Charter hired former Schley County principal Todd West to replace Richard Andrews. West came out of retirement to coach in his hometown, Edison. Andrews is now Elbert County’s secondary coach and weight-room coordinator.

Region 2
*Irwin County promoted interim head coach Casey Soliday to succeed Buddy Nobles, who passed away in January after a six-month battle with cancer. Soliday had been Irwin’s defensive coordinator the past three seasons, and this will be his fifth season overall at Irwin. Soliday previously coached at Turner County, Americus-Sumter, Perry and Henry County.

*Turner County hired Coffee offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kevious Johnson to replace Nick Hayes. Johnson, on Coffee's staff since 2012, played at Fitzgerald and became a four-year starting running back at Wofford, where he was inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame in 2013. Turner County was 7-5 in one season under Hayes, who is now on Wayne County’s staff.

Region 3
*Bryan County hired Warren County coach Cherard Freeman to replace Abram Scott, who is now an assistant principal at Southeast Bulloch. Freeman’s record is 26-57, but he led Warren in 2019 to its first playoff wins and quarterfinal appearance since 2007 despite losing his best player, Georgia-committed running back Lovasea Carroll, to IMG Academy. Freeman is a former standout running back at Lincoln County and Georgia Southern. Bryan County was 0-9 in Class 2A last seasons and most recently made the playoffs in 2015. The Redskins will be playing in Class A for the first time since 2011.

Region 4
*Dooly County hired Elbert County defensive coordinator Phillip Hale to replace interim coach Quinnen Peavy. Hale was on Colquitt County’s staff in 2018 as safeties coach. He has also coached at North Gwinnett, Central Gwinnett. Archer, Shiloh and Peachtree Ridge. Dooly was 4-6 last season. Peavy is now on the staff at Central of Macon. The original head coach, Ashley Harden, now on Ola’s staff, resigned after one game.

*Wheeler County hired Robert Toombs Academy head coach Thomas Smith to replace Tim McArthur, who remained as associate athletic director and boys basketball coach. Smith’s record at Toombs was 64-48 over 10 seasons. His 2013 team won a GISA Class A championship.

Region 5
*Chattahoochee County hired former Spencer head coach and recent Baker Middle assistant principal Pierre Coffey to replace Jody Allen. Coffee’s Spencer teams were 19-15 from 2015 to 2017, the best three-year run in 50 years for the Columbus school. Coffee has been an assistant at Carver of Columbus and Greenville. Allen is now Chattahoochee County’s alternative school director.

*Manchester hired East Lawrence (Ala.) head coach James Moore to replace Evan Hochstetler. Moore led East Lawrence to a 5-5 finish and its first non-losing season in 22 years last year. Moore also has been a head coach in Mississippi. Hochstetler, let go despite a 10-3 finish last season, is now Cedartown’s offensive coordinator.

*Marion County promoted defensive assistant Billy Law to replace Chris Kirksey, who took a job at Byron Middle School in Peach County. Law has coached at Marion since its days as Tri-County before 2006 and through seven region titles and one state championship. Marion County was the Class A Public runner-up in 2019.

*Stewart County hired Manchester Middle School coach Calvin Thomas to replace Roderick Martin, who is now coaching girls basketball at Columbus. Stewart County, the smallest GHSA football-playing school, canceled its season last week over COVID-19 concerns. Thomas, a former Tuskegee basketball star, also is Stewart's boys basketball coach.

Region 6
*Trion hired Bleckley County offensive coordinator Sean Patrick to replace Justin Brown, whose teams were 53-36 in eight seasons. Patrick was on ECI’s staff during the 2006 Class A championship. He was Houston County’s offensive coordinator during Jake Fromm’s time there. Patrick also has worked on Lincoln County’s staff. Trion was 5-6 in 2019. Brown is now coaching Sequoyah’s running backs.

Region 7
None

Region 8
*Lincoln County hired Vidalia head coach Lee Chomskis to replace Michael Pollock, who retired and took over his family’s pecan farm in Camilla. Chomskis’ record at Vidalia was 101-45 with two region titles and a school-record eight consecutive playoff appearances.

*Social Circle hired Collins Hill defensive coordinator Rob Patton to replace Chad Estes, who is now Monticello’s defensive coordinator. Patton coached at Collins Hill the past two seasons. He was on Grayson’s staff for eight years and through the 2011 and 2016 state championship seasons and was the defensive coordinator on the ’16 team.

*Warren County promoted assistant Steven Simpson to replace Cherard Freeman, who took the Bryan County job. Simpson had been head coach of Georgia Military, where he compiled a 19-41 record across six seasons. Simpson also has been on staffs at Briarwood Academy, Wilkinson County and Dublin, including Dublin’s 2006 Class 2A championship team.

*Washington-Wilkes promoted Sid Fritts to replace T.C. Jay, who resigned in June amid allegations of personal misconduct. Fritts has won 236 games in 30 seasons as a head coach and claimed four region titles at Vidalia and two each at Rome and Elbert County. He’s one of four coaches in GHSA history to win multiple region titles at three schools. He stepped down at Elbert after the 2018 season and coached one season at Washington-Wilkes under Jay, whose team was 6-5 in his only season. Jay is not coaching this fall.
Today’s interviewee is Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy coach Jonathan Gess, whose team won a state-record fifth consecutive state championship in 2019 when the Chargers took home the Class A Private title.

Jonathan Gess,
ELCA head coach
1. Looking back on the 2019 season once more, what was the story on that team? “The 2019 team was an overachieving team. Yes, we had great players, but we were replacing nine players on our defense. Offensively we were replacing three-year starter Braydon Rush at quarterback and three offensive linemen. Then, in the playoffs I thought we had the hardest bracket we have ever had as we had to play Prince Avenue, Athens Academy and Holy Innocents'. I think those were the three best teams in Class A last year. As I look back on it, I feel making our way through that playoff bracket and then replacing that many starters and still coming out state champions made 2019 a special year.”

2. How will the team be different than in 2019? “On defense, we will not be as big, but we will be very fast and physical. On offense, we have more of a running quarterback that is similar to the quarterbacks we had in 2012-2015. We have a great running back in Josh Rogers returning. So you will see the same ELCA-type team: Great defense and very physical on offense. We also have kicker Alberto Sanchez returning, and we expect great things from him.”

3. What have been the challenges of getting a team prepared for the season amid the pandemic? “The challenges were the rules of engagement in working with our players kept changing. We read about what all these college and NFL teams are doing, but they have staffs of analysts and GA’s to make sure it all goes smooth. For high school coaches, when you add the extra rules it makes life very hard. For me, I just really had to change my perspective. In the past, you go to work with the urgency of winning. Now, it was more just be thankful I could have the kids working and taking ownership of all the necessary precautions to keep our kids healthy. When I get aggravated I tell myself, ‘At least we have them and get to work with them.’ I believe boys need leadership and someone challenging them to push themselves and be better men every day! It is a travesty in this country that our youth are not in school and in sports being challenged every day. No one seems to be putting a price tag on a child’s spiritual, emotional and social growth. It is very important.”

4. What are your expectations for the 2020 season? Is a full season with finals realistic? “You never know what the future holds. I think it would be a travesty if we take away football from these boys and sports from children. I think taking school away is dangerous in the growth of our youth. But I don’t make decisions in the world. All I can do is control what I control. Right now GHSA says we can play starting game one, so my team and I will get up and go to work every day to be the best we can be. All we can do is control the variables we can control and be at our best with those things we can control. I hope we start the season, and I hope we finish the season. I do not see why we cannot. But those decisions aren’t mine to make.”

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Storm Johnson gives back to student-athletes
Former UCF standout and NFL running back Storm Johnson has joined The Learning Company in offering services to middle and high school students and student-athletes through a boys only academy with NCAA approved classes (in person one-to-one or virtual); final semester program for high school seniors; ACT/SAT prep; athletic training; and Camp Storm, a residential camp facility located in southeastern Georgia on 40 acres. For information, call 770-652-7542 or click here to email.

Jackson County seeks assistant in boys basketball, baseball
Jackson County High School is accepting applications for an assistant boys basketball coach and assistant baseball coach that will include duties as a PE teacher. If interested, click here to contact athletic director Brad Hayes.

Sequoyah seeks boys basketball assistant coach
Sequoyah High School is accepting applications for a varsity boys basketball assistant coach for the 2020-21 school year. Teaching certificate needs to be in science or SPED Math. If you are interested, click here to contact head coach Allen Carden.

St. George’s Episcopal seeks assistants in volleyball, boys basketball
The assistant coaches in volleyball and boys basketball will assist in all matters concerning the varsity teams. We are looking for someone who wants to help build a competitive program in an elite academic environment. We are only in the fifth year of competing at the varsity level. St. George’s competes in GISA AA athletics. These are part-time jobs through the season with the possibility of expanding roles in the coming years. Click here to contact athletic director Britt Gaylor.

Rockdale Co. seeks assistant football, baseball, girls basketball coach
Rockdale County High School is looking for an assistant coach for baseball, girls basketball and football. Interested candidates should be certified in one of the following teaching vacancies – English, Spanish and/or SPED (Science and/or English). Click here to contact athletic director Chad Suddeth.

Manchester seeks head softball coach
Manchester High School is now accepting applications for our head softball coach. Also, there is a possibility of coaching an additional spring sport, with a SPED co-teacher opening as well. Interested applicants can send their resume and cover letter to assistant principal/athletic director Dr. Kelvin Smith by clicking here.
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