Gary Phillips this summer became only the fifth executive director of the GHSA. He is the third who is a former Georgia high school head football coach. Sam Burke coached at Greensboro and Albany in the 1920s and 1930s, and Tommy Guillebeau was head coach at Tift County and Ware County in the 1950s and 1960s. Which schools did Phillips coach? (Answer Wednesday)

Answer to Monday's question: The 2013 state champions that began the season unranked were Griffin (AAAA), Aquinas (A private) and Marion County (A public).

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