List: Number of head-coaching changes each year since 2000
There are 75 new head coaches among the GHSA’s 415 teams this season. That’s the fewest since 2011. Here are the totals for each season this century. The average this decade is 88 with a turnover rate of about 22%. That’s not as high historically as one would think. The turnover rate in the 1970s was 25.3%, according to GHSFHA records.
2024 - 75
2023 - 105
2022 - 96
2021 - 105
2020 - 80
2019 - 103
2018 - 93
2017 - 109
2016 - 83
2015 - 85
2014 - 94
2013 - 98
2012 - 92
2011 - 75
2010 - 89
2009 - 72
2008 - 110
2007 - 77
2006 - 91
2005 - 85
2004 - 65
2003 - 84
2002 - 93
2001 - 83
2000 - 68
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Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily.
