Buford's Bryant Appling voted SBLive Georgia Coach of the Week

Here's a look at Coach Appling's accomplishment
Buford's Bryant Appling voted SBLive Georgia Coach of the Week
Buford's Bryant Appling voted SBLive Georgia Coach of the Week /

Congratulations to Buford head coach Bryant Appling, the winner of SBLive Georgia's Coach of Week award as voted by Georgia high school sports fans.

Appling captured 56.91% of the state-wide vote after last week's big win over Mill Creek, in a battle of nationally ranked teams.

he Wolves went toe-to-toe with the Hawks and beat them in every facet of the game to remain unbeaten on the season. Head coach Bryant Appling punched all the right buttons, too, proving that talent aside, coaching still matters.

If you would like to nominate a coach, please email gary@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivega.

Here are all the other coaches that were nominated for Oct. 10-14:

Daniel Brunner, Walton: After a disappointing performance at home against North Cobb week before last, Walton head coach Daniel Brunner had his team ready to play last Friday night when his Raiders traveled to undefeated Kennesaw Mountain. The Raiders smelled blood and dominated from the opening kickoff, winning the game 42-14 to keep their region championship hopes alive.

Lenny Gregory, Collins Hill: Losing can bring the worst out in a team, but not Lenny Gregory’s Collins Hill Eagles. Despite losing four games in a row, Gregory kept a fire lit under his team and it paid off Friday night with a much-needed 14-0 shutout victory over a good Mountain View team. Gregory’s defense held the Bears to under 100 yards of offense and has the defending 7A state champs pointed back in the right direction.

Corey Jarvis, Lithia Springs: Corey Jarvis has his Lithia Springs Lions rolling right now after they took down Banneker 35-6 Friday night to win their fourth straight. The Lions defense is allowing just 2 points-per-game over their last three and are well on their way to earning a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive year under Jarvis.

Josh Cassidy, Harrison: With nothing going Harrison’s way so far this season, it would have been easy for the Hoyas to mail it in. However, the Hoyas were able to turn their season around Friday night with a huge 24-21 road win at North Paulding to keep their postseason hopes alive. The win is just their second this season, but it improves them to 1-1 in Region 3-AAAAAAA play.


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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.