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December 27, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

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Around/About Central Georgia

GMC’s Coleman resigns for new job

GMC Prep is in the market for its seventh head coach since the turn of the century.

Lee Coleman is headed to be head coach at Salem, a Class AAA program in Conyers that has has three winning seasons in the last decade.

Coleman described the situation as the sides having “agreed to part way” in a story in the Milledgeville Union-Recorder last week.

Since 1950, GMC has had three head coaches – Parnell Ruark, Derrick Allen, and Steven Simpson – last more than five seasons, according to the Georgia High School Football Historians Association website.

Coleman went 23-20 in four seasons, the record boosted by a 10-1 2022, a history win total for the Bulldogs. That one season put Coleman as No. 2 in wins since 1950, when records began being much less scattered. He’s behind Derrick Allen (33-50, 1997-2004).

The GHSFHA site does list Arthur Maddox as 29-7-2 from 1912-16, and Wally Butts 26-2-1 from 1382-34, but is missing coach information for nearly two dozen other seasons. Of the 30 coaches it does have some information for, albeit much incomplete, only six with at least 20 games coached have a winning record.

Coleman only had to move across campus to take over in 2019 after Steven Simpson left after six seasons (19-41) for Warren County, taking over after a year, and going 20-15 in three seasons.

Coleman was on the GMC junior college staff of then-head coach Bert Williams as wide receivers coach.

GMC joins Northside, Central, Peach County, Hawkinsville, and Putnam County as Central Georgia programs with head-coaching openings.

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