Vote: Who is the 2024-2025 Georgia high school boys basketball Class AAAAA Coach of the Year?

The 2024-2025 Georgia High School Boys Basketball season has officially concluded and High School on SI will be nominating 10 coaches from each classification as to who the fans think will be the player of the year.
Mar 11, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; The GHSA state basketball trophy sits on a table before a pep rally at Butler High School to celebrate the boys AA state basketball championship. Butler boys basketball last won a state championship in 1966. Mandatory Credit: Katie Goodale - Augusta Chronicle/USA TODAY NETWORK
Mar 11, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; The GHSA state basketball trophy sits on a table before a pep rally at Butler High School to celebrate the boys AA state basketball championship. Butler boys basketball last won a state championship in 1966. Mandatory Credit: Katie Goodale - Augusta Chronicle/USA TODAY NETWORK / Katie Goodale / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Georgia high school boys basketball season has officially concluded, and now we turn our attention to the coach of the year nominees.

High School on SI will nominate 10 coaches who they think will be the coach of the year in their respective GHSA classifications.

Editor’s note: Our corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. This poll is specifically for fans to vote on the players that have been nominated and in no way discredits any other player that may not be mentioned in our poll.

Voting will end on Sunday, April 27 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time; Here are the nominees for the Class 5A boys basketball coach of the year.

Jason Slate, Alexander

The 14th-year head coach led the Cougars to a 22-8 record this season. The Cougars reached the Elite Eight before losing to Class AAAAA semifinalist Langston Hughes.

Allen Whitehart, Milton

Whitehart and the Milton Eagles finished the 2024-2025 season with a 21-8 record this season and reached the Sweet Sixteen before having their season come to an end against Woodward Academy.

Omari Forts, Tri-Cities

Forts and the Bulldogs finished the 2024-2025 season with a 26-6 record and won the Class AAAAA Championship with a 66-55 win over Woodward Academy back on March 7.

Anthony Thomas, Woodward Academy

Thomas and the Woodward Academy War Eagles finished the 2024-2025 season with a 27-5 record and finished as the Class AAAAA runner-up.

Wallace Corker, Dutchtown

The third-year head coach led the Bulldogs to their 10th consecutive state playoff appearance.

Chris Turner, Brunswick

The first-year head coach led the Pirates to a nine-win turnaround from 13 wins in 2023-2024 to 22 this season.

Charlemagne Gibbons, Gainesville

Gibbons led the Red Elephants to a 19-8 record this season.

Travis McDaniel, Winder-Barrow

The sixth-year head coach led the Bulldogs to a 26-4 record which tied their most wins in program history after winning 26 games in 2023-2024.

Austin Turner, Langston Hughes

The first-year head coach led the Panthers to a 24-8 record this season.

Dawson Wehunt, Rome

The first-year head coach led the Wolves to a 19-9 record this season.


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Ross Van De Griek
ROSS VAN DE GRIEK

Ross Van De Griek has been a high school sports writer covering the state of Florida since 2021. Ross also has been scouting high school basketball and Grassroots Basketball across the Southeast Region since 2022. Ross has been covering basketball and recruiting for High School on SI since August 2024. He has collaborated with Next Up Sports, Prep Hoops, and On The Radar Hoops throughout his scouting career. You can follow him on X @rossvdg14 or reach him via email rossvdg14@gmail.com for story ideas.