Eric Parker of Burke County, Hal Lamb of Calhoun and Steve DeVoursney of Cairo have won state titles as Georgia high school players and Georgia high school head coaches. GHSF Daily has identified 15 other current Georgia head coaches who won state titles as players in Georgia. The 18 below include newly hired head coaches DeVoursney, who was an assistant last season, and Philip Jones of Brookwood. If there are others, let us know.
*Lee Belknap, McIntosh (1991 Cartersville)
*Dialleo Burks, LaGrange (1991 LaGrange)
*Steve DeVoursney, Cairo (1987 R.E. Lee)
*John Ford, Roswell (1996 Brookwood)
*Cherrard Freeman, Warren County (1993, 1995 Lincoln County)
*Ulysses Hawthorne, Beach (1975 Central of Macon)
*Philip Jones, Brookwood (1996 Brookwood)
*Hal Lamb, Calhoun (1981 Commerce)
*Jeff Littleton, Bainbridge (1987 Worth County)
*Michael Martin, Groves (1982, 1984 Valdosta)
*Mike McDonald, Newnan (1987 Morrow)
*Roger Metts, Jeff Davis (1988 Clinch County)
*Korey Mobbs, Lanier (1997 Parkview)
*Jacob Nichols, Alpharetta (1997 Parkview)
*Eric Parker, Burke County (1983 Mitchell-Baker)
*Tommy Parks, Upson-Lee (1988 R.E. Lee)
*Ben Reaves, Walnut Grove (1982 Valdosta)
*Jason Strickland, Fitzgerald (1991 Clinch County)
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