Episode 351: GBCA Live Girls Basketball Exposure Event Preview

Gene Durden:Overall, Coach Durden is going into his 36th season as a head coach. This past year the Lady Wolves achieved a 27 and 4 record before being eliminated in the "Final Four" of the 7A state tournament. Durden's Lady Wolves have played in ten of the past fifteen state championship games, while winning the state titles in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2011, 2010 and 2009. The Lady Wolves were also state runners up in 2014 and 2012. This past season, Durden accomplished another milestone in his career by winning his 900th game on January 6th 2023.  This victory put Durden as the winningest girls basketball coach in the state of Georgia Coach Nichole Dixon For the second year in a row, Coach Dixon has been named by the Atlanta Tipoff Club as the 2020 Pinholster Coach of the Year for Classes 1A through 4A. She will be presented with an award – date uncertain due to the unscheduled time off. Coach Dixon – also for the second year in a row – led her Lady Bears to another Class A – Private state title. HI topped St. Francis 66-53 in the championship game back on March 4th in Macon, which put the cap on a 26-5 season and another region title to go with the Georgia crown Coach Tim Slater Tim Slater led the Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) girls basketball team to the school's first state title, a 32-1 record and No. 6 spot in the MaxPreps Top 25. For his efforts, Slater has been named the 2023-24 MaxPreps National Coach of the Year.