Atlanta Falcons HS Coach of the Week

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FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

Today, we announce the latest winner of Atlanta Falcons HS Coach of the Week and take a deeper look at Carver-Columbus' offense, which is leading Class AAAA in scoring this season.. Also, the Week 12 Football Schedule is listed in the lefthand column. Please visit ScoreATL.com for more coverage and contact us at info@scoreatl.com for story ideas and information to help us make this year's newsletter great.

Thursday, November 7, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE

ATLANTA FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

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WEEK 12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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CARVER-COLUMBUS SPOTLIGHT

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TODAY'S QUESTION

What former North Paulding receiver was taken in the 2015 NFL Draft?

WEDNESDAY'S QUESTION

What year did the GHSA debut a Class 7A?

WEDNESDAY'S ANSWER

2016

WEEK 12 SCHEDULE

Thursday, Nov. 7

Hampton at Eastside

Jordan at Spencer

KIPP Atlanta Charter at South Atlanta

Mary Persons at Howard

McNair at Therrell

Salem at North Clayton

Shaw at LaGrange

Southeast Bulloch at Johnson-Savannah

Friday, Nov. 8

Academy For Classical Education at Pataula Charter

Alcovy at Grovetown

Allatoona at Sequoyah

Alpharetta at Cambridge

Archer at Shiloh

Atkinson County at Wilcox County

Bacon County at Vidalia

Banks County at Elbert County

Beach at Savannah

Berrien at Brooks County

Bleckley County at Southwest

Blessed Trinity at White County

Bradwell Institute at Glynn Academy

Brantley County at Long County

Bremen at Heard County

Brookwood at Lakeside-DeKalb

Buford at Clarke Central

Butler at Glenn Hills

Calhoun at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

Calhoun County at Baconton Charter

Camden County at Tift County

Campbell at Westlake

Carrollton at Hiram

Cartersville at Troup

Cass at Paulding County

Cedar Shoals at Walnut Grove

Centennial at Northview

Central Gwinnett at Parkview

Chapel Hill at Cedartown

Chattahoochee at North Atlanta

Chattahoochee County at Stewart County

Cherokee at Lassiter

Clinch County at Telfair County

Coffee at Lee County

Columbia at Southwest DeKalb

Creekside at South Paulding

Creekview at Harrison

Cross Creek at Baldwin

Dacula at Winder-Barrow

Dade County at Armuchee

Dalton at Osborne

Dawson County at North Hall

Decatur at Carver-Atlanta

Discovery at Peachtree Ridge

Dougherty at Cairo

Douglas County at Alexander

Douglass at Clarkston

Dunwoody at Johns Creek

Eagles Landing at Ola

East Coweta at Newnan

East Laurens at Northeast-Macon

East Paulding at Villa Rica

Etowah at Roswell

Fayette County at Starr's Mill

Flowery Branch at Denmark

Forest Park at Lovejoy

Gilmer at LaFayette

Gordon Central at Coosa

Greater Atlanta Christian at Fannin County

Griffin at Riverdale

Habersham Central at Apalachee

Hapeville Charter at B.E.S.T. Academy

Hardaway at Westover

Harlem at Westside-Augusta

Hart County at Morgan County

Heritage-Catoosa at Northwest Whitfield

Houston County at Northside-Warner Robins

Jackson County at East Jackson

Jeff Davis at Metter

Jefferson County at Screven County

Jenkins at Benedictine

Johnson-Gainesville at Loganville

Jones County at Stockbridge

Kell at Woodland-Cartersville

Lakeside-Evans at Heritage-Conyers

Lambert at Forsyth Central

Landmark Christian at Eagles Landing

Laney at Josey

Lanier at Gainesville

Lanier County at Charlton County

Lithonia at Arabia Mountain

Locust Grove at Dutchtown

Lumpkin County at East Hall

M. L. King at Morrow

Madison County at Oconee County

Marietta at Kennesaw Mountain

Mays at Northgate

McEachern at North Paulding

McIntosh at Whitewater

Meadowcreek at Norcross

Mill Creek at Collins Hill

Miller Grove at Chamblee

Model at Rockmart

Monroe Area at Franklin County

Mountain View at Duluth

Mt. Vernon Presbyterian at Strong Rock Christian

Murray County at Haralson County

New Hampstead at Statesboro

North Cobb at Hillgrove

North Forsyth at Milton

North Springs at Lithia Springs

Northside-Columbus at Columbus

Oglethorpe County at Putnam County

Our Lady of Mercy at Holy Innocents'

Peach County at Westside-Macon

Pelham at Mitchell County

Pepperell at Chattooga

Perry at West Laurens

Pierce County at Liberty County

Rabun County at Union County

Randolph-Clay at Terrell County

Richmond Academy at Thomson

Richmond Hill at Effingham County

Ringgold at Coahulla Creek

River Ridge at Sprayberry

Riverwood at Jackson-Atlanta

Rockdale County at Newton

Rutland at Jackson

Sandy Creek at Central-Carroll

Social Circle at Monticello

Sonoraville at North Murray

South Forsyth at West Forsyth

South Gwinnett at Grayson

Southeast Whitfield at Ridgeland

St. Pius X at Stephens County

Stephenson at Tucker

Tattnall County at Appling County

Temple at Lamar County

Thomas County Central at Bainbridge

Thomasville at Early County

Toombs County at Swainsboro

Tri-Cities at New Manchester

Turner County at Irwin County

Union Grove at Woodland-Stockbridge

Upson-Lee at Spalding

Warner Robins at Veterans

Washington County at Dublin

Wayne County at Ware County

Wesleyan at Trinity Christian

West Hall at Chestatee

Westminster at Lovett

Wheeler at Pebblebrook

Windsor Forest at Islands

Woodstock at Walton

Woodward Academy at Luella

Saturday, Nov. 9

Americus-Sumter at Carver-Columbus

Banneker at Grady

Cedar Grove at Stone Mountain

McDonough at Druid Hills

Mundy's Mill at Drew

Pike County at Kendrick

Towers at Redan

ATLANTA FALCONS HS COACH OF THE WEEK

The Atlanta Falcons Coach of the Week program recognizes high school football coaches across the state of Georgia for their hard work and dedication to making a difference in the lives of student-athletes both on and off the field. This season’s tenth winner is North Paulding head coach Jim Bob Bryant, who is in his second year as the Wolfpacks’ head coach.

Bryant was born and raised in North Carolina and after graduating from ECU in 1995 with a degree in Exercise and Sports Sciences, Coach Bryant was Offensive Coordinator at Williamston High School (his alma mater) until 2002. During this time, Williamston HS won the 1999 NC 1A State Championship and played for the title in 2001 and 2002.

Bryant took his first Head Coaching Job at Greene Central High School in 2003. In 5 years, his teams finished 42-21 and won 3 Conference Titles. Bryant started Statewide Combines for the NC/SC Shrine Bowl and ran them for 10 years. Coach Bryant took over as Head Football Coach at Havelock High School in 2008, where he coached the Rams to an overall record of 118-16 during his 9 years there. During his time there, Havelock played for four 3A State Championships, winning three consecutive State Championships in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Havelock also led the state in total yards, points and/or defense in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Coach Bryant was also selected NC Associated Press State Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2013.

In 2016, Coach Bryant was honored as the Carolina Panthers NFL Coach of the Week. Then in 2017, Coach Bryant moved to Western NC and became Head Football Coach at Freedom High School in Morganton, NC, where he coached the Patriots to a 7-5 record. During Bryant’s one year at Freedom, 13 offensive school records were broken. Coach Bryant retired from NC after coaching for 20 years, but was offered the Head Job North Paulding High School in Dallas Georgia in 2018.

“I was instrumental in getting Coach Bryant to take this job and leave a very successful program in NC,” said North Paulding TD Club President Kevin Bentley” He is an excellent coach but I also knew what kind of role model he would be for our kids.”

Bryant has led community initiatives at North Paulding, including fundraisers for Breast Cancer Awareness, donations to Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, Childhood Cancer initiatives and other volunteer work. He has also put an emphasis on promoting player safety and well-being by leading coaching clinics and having character development lessons every Friday.

On the gridiron, Bryant led North Paulding to a 7-4 finish last

season and the Wolfpack are 6-3 heading into their season finale against No. 2 ranked McEachern this Friday night. Bryant’s all-time record as a head coach is 180-49 heading into the matchup.

If you know a varsity head football coach dedicated to making a different on and off the field, CLICK HERE to nominate them for the Atlanta Falcons Coach of the Week Award.

MCCOY'S BREAKOUT SEASON SPARKS CARVER

Carver-Columbus dropped its season opener 28-26 to Harris County before compiling eight-straight victories and clinching the top seed out of Region 1-AAAA. Now, the 8-1 Tigers are fresh off a bye week and preparing for a meeting with Americus-Sumter to close out the regular season this Saturday.

This year’s Tigers team has lit up the scoreboard with (a would-be school-record) 43.67 points per game—the largest output seen at the school since it capped off their perfect championship 2007 season with 37.33 ppg. Much of this year’s success can be attributed to running back Khiari McCoy’s breakout 2019 season. As a junior this past season, McCoy earned Region 1-AAAA Player of the Year and as exceptional as his play needed to be to garner that recognition last season, his current production is generating results that have him in position to be one of leading rushers in all the classifications this year.

Through Carver’s first nine games, McCoy has taken 140 carries for 1,473 yards (10.5 ypc) and 17 touchdowns. He has also caught 20 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns. Within this breakout season, are the two consecutive performances he had in middle October that showed just how electric and valuable McCoy is to the team’s success.

In the Tigers’ 52-46 win over Cairo that put them on track to eventually take the region crown, McCoy led the way with 27 carries, 309 yards and five touchdowns. His performance earned him Georgia Player of the Week. The following Friday night, McCoy did it again, taking a career-high 31 carries for 305 yards and six touchdowns to lead Carver past Westover 50-33. That is 58 carries, 614 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns in perhaps Carver’s toughest matchups of the regular season.

McCoy had a lighter workload in the 40-7 win over Shaw the following week, but still took 19 carries for 166 yards and a touchdown. Finally, McCoy and Carver entered a well-deserved bye week before this upcoming week’s game.

McCoy has proven that he can control the tempo of the game if need be and that Carver will not hesitate to give him the ball 25 or 30 times a game if that’s what it takes to win. That is not the only weapon that the Carver offense has in its arsenal however, and the Tigers are proving to be much more multi-dimensional than McCoy’s banner season might suggest.

Sophomore quarterback Devin Riles is also making a major impact this season. After a 7-of-18 outing in the season-opening loss to Harris County, Riles has stepped up his effectiveness, completing 85 of his next 125 passes (68%). In Carver’s 51-10 win over Columbus, Riles went a perfect 9-of-9 passing for 169 yards and four touchdowns. He has now thrown for 1,579 yards and 23 touchdowns with just four interceptions in addition to his 485 rushing yards and four scores heading into the season finale.

Senior receiver Ja’cyais Credle has also continued to keep up his production. Credle had nine touchdown receptions through Carver’s first seven games this year, and has been able to contribute as an experienced playmaker in the games where McCoy is taking heavy carries and the Carver run game is dictating the pace.

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