Rick Tomberlin is the new head coach at Appling County, his alma mater. Appling is the ninth school for which Tomberlin has been a head coach. Only two men - current Miller County coach Brent Miller and retired Savannah Christian coach Jack Miller - have been head coaches at more Georgia schools. Below are those with six or more career stops, plus eight active coaches with five. This list includes only coaches who have spent most of their careers in the GHSA, or current coaches. Active coaches are listed with their current schools.

10 - Jack Miller, Brent Miller (Miller County)

9 - Al Pollard, Rick Tomberlin (Appling County), Rodney Walker

8 - Max Dowis, T. McFerrin, Charlie Winslette

7 - Charley Brown, Charles Earnest, Fred Foster, Jeff Herron, Henry Shaddix, John Stephens

6 - Fred Bowers, Lee Forehand, Mike Gates, Rodney Hackney (Riverdale), Bill Haithcock, Bob Herndon, Rob Kellogg (Mountain View), Jeff Lee, Tim Marchman, Bobby McAllister, Ross New, Dexter Poss, Bobby Rich, Robby Robinson, Bill Schofill, Ricky Smith, Erik Soliday, Goot Steiner, Luther Welsh, Bob Williams, Mark Wilson, Milford Young

5 - (Active only) John Bowen (Montgomery County), Pat Collins (Bulloch Academy), Mark Daniel (Rutland), Nick Davis (Spalding), Ed Dudley (Winder-Barrow), Randy Grace (Baconton), Ashley Harden (Stewart County), Erik Soliday (Tiftarea Academy)

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Six soldiers were honored, each receiving Meritorious Service Medals, Thursday for heroic actions responding to the shooting at Fort Stewart. “One of the things I can say unequivocally is that the fast action of these soldiers — under stress and under trauma and under fire — absolutely saved lives from being lost,” U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters as the six soldiers stood near him Thursday. “They are everything that is good about this nation.” (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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