Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights
- Shelton Felton of Valdosta is the fifth-highest paid public high school coach, earning $152,421 in 2024.
- Rocky Hidalgo of Glynn Academy ranked 21st with a salary of $130,059, team went 6-5.
- Buddy Carter of Toombs County made $113,808; Toombs won its first state championship, finishing 13-1.
- Ryan Herring of Pierce County earned $124,102; Pierce finished 11-2 and lost to eventual champion Carver.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — With summer practice and football season approaching, the top 100 highest paid Georgia public high school football coaches’ salaries were released on X in May. The salary information for coaches at private schools is not public information.
The report was released by BrooksACarter for the 2024 GHSA football season.
Valdosta Wildcats Head Coach Shelton Felton was listed as the fifth-highest paid public head coach in the state, making $152,421. Valdosta went 9-3 in 2024, losing 49-13 to Carrollton in the second-round of the playoffs.
Rocky Hidalgo, head coach of the Glynn Academy Red Terrors, was ranked 21st in the state, earning $130,059 last season. The Red Terrors were 6-5 last season, falling to Rome 49-17 in the first round of the state playoffs.
Ryan Herring, who leads the Pierce County Bears, clocked in at 43rd with a salary of $124,102. They finished the season 11-2, with a loss to enventual state champion Carver, 44-7, in the third-round of the playoffs. In 2023, the Bears claimed the GHSA Class AA state title.
Cherarad Freeman ranked 70th with a salary of $116,378 as the head coach of Bryan County. Bryan County fell 4-6 in 2024, failing to make the playoffs.
Head coach Buddy Carter of Toombs County was listed at 79th. Carter reportedly made $113,808 in 2024.
Toombs County captured its first state championship in 2024, capping off a 13-1 season with a 38-18 title-securing victory over Northeast in the Class A Division I championship.
Effingham County Rebels head coach John Ford was 86th and made $112,167. The Rebels did not make the playoffs in 2024 following a 6-5 season.
Right behind Ford is Loren Purvis of the South Effingham Mustangs at 87th. Purvis made $111,508 in an 0-10 season.
Head coach of the Emanuel County Institute Bulldogs ranked 93rd at $110,820. The Bulldogs were 7-4 in 2024 and missed the playoffs.
The earliest date for a contest in 2025 is Aug. 14, according to the GHSA website.
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