For all the talk of out of state coaches in GA

[Fred]

It seems the vast majority of the 32 coaches in the semi-finals are home grown. 72% if I counted right.  Considering the population growth in the state and the number of people moving to the state, not too bad.

Here are the 32 semifinal coaches and their high school alma maters.

Danny Britt (Benedictine) - Westwood

Richard Fendley (Bowdon) - Warner Robins

Maurice Freeman (Brooks County) - Brooks County

Cherard Freeman (Bryan County) - Lincoln County

Mark Stroud (Calvary Day) - Swainsboro

Jeff Herron (Camden County) - Gate City, Va.

Conor Foster (Cartersville) - Cartersville

Pierre Coffey, (Carver-Columbus) - Central-Talbotton

John Adams (Cedar Grove) - Southwest DeKalb

Mike Coe (Coffee) - Auburndale, Fla.

Byron Slack (Cook) - Terrell County

Maurice Dixon (Creekside) - Creekside

Johnny White (Douglas County) - First Colonial, Virginia Beach, Va.

Tucker Pruitt (Fitzgerald) - Fitzgerald

Santavious Bryant (Grayson) - Wheeler

Travis Noland (Jefferson) - Pisgah, Canton, N.C.

Stephen Holmes (Manchester) - Temple

Alan Chadwick (Marist) - Decatur

Ben Reaves (Milton) - Newton

Kevin Smith (Perry) - LaGrange

Ryan Herring (Pierce County) - Oxford, Ala.

Greg Vandagriff (Prince Avenue Christian) - Halls, Knoxville, Tenn.

Biff Parson (Rockmart) - Franklin County

Baker Woodward (Savannah Christian) - Calvary Day

Darren Alford (Schley County) - Americus

Chad Phillips (Starr’s Mill) - Stephens County

Thomas Clark (Stockbridge) - Naxapater, Philadelphia, Miss.

Scott Roberts (Swainsboro) - Irwin County

Matt Burleson (Telfair County) - Dunnellon, Ocala, Fla.

Justin Rogers (Thomas Co. Central) - Greenville, Ala.

Daniel Brunner (Walton) - Roswell

John Hunt (Woodward Academy) - Edgewater, Orlando, Fla.