Happy 2026 Drs!

Well, it's a new year and the carousel is officially spinning wildly out of control...and I love it! Chaos is an agent of change and I am here for it. There were decisions made, resolutions resolved, and diets started in the past week. Let's see how this all works out.

If you made any resolutions, I hope you realize them. Check out coachingportfolio.com to get right for the off-season!

Clinch- A blue-blood program that generally stays in the family. If you like living in the swamp, great place, if you don't, not so much

SUN Coach's rating- 8

Gainesville- SYS will be filled before this posts

Cook- One of the best of us moves on. He will be missed. Facilities are outstanding, talent cycles hard here and the community is dysfunctional. If you catch the cycle right, you can win big

SUN Coach's rating- 8

Northgate- Ceiling realized and you are the step child in a 3 school county. Lost a great one, but this is a great job really. Good place to live, work, and raise kids.

SUN Coach's rating-7

Wilkinson County- Home of Honey BooBoo and a basketball school. Tough gig, Coach Ward probably hit the ceiling, but it could be a good place. Kids are awesome there from my interactions with them in the past

SUN Coach's rating-5

Morrow- just not good

SUN Coach's rating-1

Washington County- this is a 2 dog race and either one will do fine

SUN Coach's rating-6

Greene County- They prove that backwards is in fact a "different direction" what a hot mess

SUN Coach's rating-3

The Walker School- they have the word "THE" in the name, like THE Lovett School, but that's about it

SUN Coach's rating-2

Heritage-Conyers: Quincy Carter (Coach on staff)

SEB- when the principal knows more about everything than you do, and SHE doesn't really care about sports, and your AD is a cross country guy that couldn't play dead in a western, you get "we will name a HFC at the END OF THE SCHOOL year." post, yep

SUN Coach's rating-1

Chapel Hill- A Douglas County school and it ain't Douglas County. Traditionally hard to get assistants in and they don't really care about football, never have

SUN Coach's rating-2

Druid Hills- HFC takes the Salem job, this school is good at futbol, football, not so much

SUN Coach's rating-2

Brunswick- Byron Slack (Cook)

Villa Rica- Michael Hilbert (DC on staff)

Hart County- BOB not even close. Great admin, AD, whole 9

SUN Coach's rating- 9

Heritage Conyers- Quincy Carter (UGA Star)

Gordon Central- MG did a great job and they made the playoffs. Traditionally, they don't really care about athletics here and you are surrounded by people that do.

SUN Coach's rating- 4

Temple- Principal is an old ball coach and you couldn't ask for a better one to work for. Facilities are good, money is great, and it was left better than he found it.

SUN Coach's rating-7

Wheeler- This one is predicted to stay in house. I have no basis for offering an opinion here so I will not. SUN Coach's can't rate things we don't know about, however...if I had to, I would say:

SUN Coach's rating-5

Irwin County- when you are a A school and go on a historic 12 year run, AND graduate 25+...if you could by them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth....

SUN Coach's rating- 5

Allatoona- well, this is a SYS situation.

SUN Coach's rating- 7

Westlake- Kevin Whitley (Northgate)

Bradwell Institute- major Admin issues, they go through coaches like underwear. It's bad.

SUN Coach's rating-2

Discovery- Andre Clark (OC on Staff)

Mundy's Mill- Antonio Andrews (Asst. from Lovejoy)

Union Grove- IDK, seems to be looking for a HFC every 3 to 2 years or so. Must be a reason...

SUN Coach's rating-4

Winder-Barrow- The past 2 coach's had success at other places. One is a GA HOF guy. You aren't, good luck

SUN Coach's rating-4

McDonough- Henry County, there you go, lot of traffic, lot of schools, and the building admins don't tend to be pro sports. Until that changes, it don't really matter how good the county AD is.

SUN Coach's rating-2

    Lanier County-Marcus Gowan (HFC Gordon Central)

    South Paulding- Coach Allen did a great job here and is leaving on his own terms. Paulding County is a tough place to coach. Not because of kids, not because of support from community, not from a facilities stand point. There are other things and you can figure them out.

SUN Coach's rating- 5

     Hardaway- Filled

     Vidalia- it's in Toombs County. It is the city school. The players all go to Toombs right now. AD is a great dude, Facilities are D1, region is gonna be rough because they all have D1 talent and you don't.

SUN Coach's rating- 5

 Camden County- Filled

St. Pius X- Adam Pullen (DC Pope)

Riverdale- Marcus McKinney (Asst. on staff) 

Central Macon- Jamoski Ward (Wilkinson Co)

Ridgeland- Shane Cauthorn (Coach at Saddle Ridge MS)

Mountain View- Got athletes but not much support, good luck with that

Rating 4

Fannin Co- Great place, great people, good mountain talent.

Rating 8

Riverwood- Josh Coffey (OC at Denmark)

North Springs- Walter Vaughn (In house)

Johns Creek- well, they want to do right, they have money, and they didn't score but 3 pernts all year. Good young guy job. Demographics don't lend themselves to football players and you ain't living anywhere near the school unless a booster puts you in their pool house or you married extremely well.

Rating 4

Wayne Co- Filled

Bainbridge- Jamey Dubose (Biloxi, MS)

Windsor Forest- It's Savannah, and it ain't one of the privatory schools in Savannah

Rating 2

Salem- Fred Green (Former HC at Druid Hills)

Westside Macon- You will follow one of the all time great dude/coaches to ever do it. If you have a ring, you will get paid, Bibb does pay, but, BUT it is Macon and you ain't NE

Rating 5

Banks Co: Mark Hollars (OC on staff)

Appalachee: Chuck Kenyon (DC on staff)