PODCAST · sports
Behind the G
by katiedavisa
In 1909, a year after the Georgia High School Association was created, state high schools competed for the first time in recorded history. Spanning two days once that year, students statewide gathered from schools in close proximity to their own for a district literary meet: Gainesville High School served as host for this area. You see, since the literal dawn of high school competition in Georgia, Big Red has been a big player, and when athletics came into the official fold they really started stomping. Now, most of the schools from that first competition don’t exist anymore, or do in another form with a different name, but GHS remains and not only that, GHS thrives, having spent the 119 years since that first recorded GHSA event building a competitive and athletic legacy few can match. I’m Katie B. Davis, 1997 graduate of GHS, sports information director AT GHS, and co-host of the new podcast Behind the G. After spending nearly 20 years telling other people’s stories as a sports write
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Behind the G with GHS baseball players; coach
On this week's Behind the G, Katie B. and Adam are joined by senior baseball players Silas Ingram and Cohen Miller, who not only talk about the work they've put in to lead GHS to its first region title in a decade and a spot as a one seed in the state playoffs, but also tell us what they think about being coached by one of the best to ever do it in Georgia. Speaking of their coach, Chan Brown joins the show to reflect on his team's success and receive his flowers for becoming just the 22nd coach in the history of high school baseball in Georgia to win 600 games. Behind the G, a podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, centers on giving listeners an inside look into the athletic department at Gainesville High School in Georgia. Since its first recorded competitive event was held in 1905, GHS has been a heralded mainstay among the state’s elite. From providing insight on current events and how decisions are made to bringing listeners candid conversations with coaches and student-athletes both from Big Red’s tradition-rich past and promising present, Behind the G pulls the curtain back on high school athletics while bridging the gaps between a storied program’s athletic past, present, and future. Behind the G is hosted by former award-winning sports journalist and radio show host Katie B. Davis, who currently serves as the Red Elephants sports information director, and Gainesville High Athletic Director Adam Lindsey. Follow Red Elephant athletics on social media: @goredelephants on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok. For the latest roster and schedule information; Big Red athletics’ news and photos; and general information about GHS sports including who’s in the Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame, how to buy tickets, and join the Gainesville Athletic Club, log on to our website goredelephants.com
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Behind the G with GHS baseball coach Chan Brown
Red Elephant baseball coach Chan Brown joins Adam and Katie B. talks state of the program including his team's march to tops in the region standings after a 1-9 start to 2026. Behind the G, a podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, centers on giving listeners an inside look into the athletic department at Gainesville High School in Georgia. Since its first recorded competitive event was held in 1905, GHS has been a heralded mainstay among the state’s elite. From providing insight on current events and how decisions are made to bringing listeners candid conversations with coaches and student-athletes both from Big Red’s tradition-rich past and promising present, Behind the G pulls the curtain back on high school athletics while bridging the gaps between a storied program’s athletic past, present, and future. Behind the G is hosted by former award-winning sports journalist and radio show host Katie B. Davis, who currently serves as the Red Elephants sports information director, and Gainesville High Athletic Director Adam Lindsey. Follow Red Elephant athletics on social media: @goredelephants on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok. For the latest roster and schedule information; Big Red athletics’ news and photos; and general information about GHS sports including who’s in the Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame, how to buy tickets, and join the Gainesville Athletic Club, log on to our website goredelephants.com
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Behind the G with new GHS girls basketball coaches Jan Azar and Demetrius Frazier
On this week's episode Adam and Katie B. are joined by nationally-renowned Georgia coaching legend Jan Azar and her longtime assistant Demetrius Frazier. The pair were recently hired to lead the Gainesville girls basketball program. ABOUT BEHIND THE G Behind the G, a podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, centers on giving listeners an inside look into the athletic department at Gainesville High School in Georgia. Since its first recorded competitive event was held in 1905, GHS has been a heralded mainstay among the state’s elite. From providing insight on current events and how decisions are made to bringing listeners candid conversations with coaches and student-athletes both from Big Red’s tradition-rich past and promising present, Behind the G pulls the curtain back on high school athletics while bridging the gaps between a storied program’s athletic past, present, and future. Behind the G is hosted by former award-winning sports journalist and radio show host Katie B. Davis, who currently serves as the Red Elephants sports information director, and Gainesville High Athletic Director Adam Lindsey. Follow Red Elephant athletics on social media: @goredelephants on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok. For the latest roster and schedule information; Big Red athletics’ news and photos; and general information about GHS sports including who’s in the Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame, how to buy tickets, and join the Gainesville Athletic Club, log on to our website goredelephants.com
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Behind the G talks state basketball quarterfinals, empowering female athletes and GHS track
Behind the G co-hosts Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey and Sports Information Director Katie B. Davis talk the Red Elephants run through the state quarterfinals, and the atmosphere in Davis-Hill Gym, while welcoming in guests Christina Lecoeuvre and Deon Williams. Lecoeuvre, Gainesville's volleyball coach, recently began a monthly series of seminars aimed at informing and empowering Big Red's contingent of female athletes. Williams, who serves as both an assistant football coach and co-head track coach, joins the show to make a big career announcement while updating listeners on the state of Gainesville track and field.
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Behind the G with boys lacrosse and tennis coaches, and the legendary coach Vic
On this week's episode of Behind the G, Adam and Katie B. are joined by Gainesville alum and new coach for Red Elephant boys lacrosse Baylor Montoya; GHS Director of Tennis Ed Benson, whose journey to Gainesville and coaching Big Red is something to hear ; and the most accomplished baseball coach Gainesville's known, Wayne Vickery, who had the new baseball performance center on the grounds of historic Ivey-Watson Field named in his honor earlier this week. Behind the G, a podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, is hosted by Gainesville High School athletic director Adam Lindsey and 1997 GHS alum and current Red Elephant sports information director Katie B. Davis. You can keep up with the Gainesville Red Elephants by following us on social media (X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok): @goredelephants across all platforms, and for current news, photos, and student-athlete information, log on to our athletics' website goredelephants.com. Gainesville High School is located in Gainesville, Georgia and is the proud home of Red Elephant athletics.
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Behind the G goes from the pitch to the pool
On this week's episode of Behind the G, Gainesville High School's athletic podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, co-hosts Adam Lindsey and Katie B. Davis welcome in head boys soccer coach at GHS Elie Vivient, assistant girls soccer coach and former US Women's National Team member Tara Koleski, and swimmer Colden McKay who competed in four events at the state meet last weekend at Georgia Tech. Also, Adam and Katie B. announce a special Red Elephant athletics event happening in late March, invite the community to one happening this coming Monday at Ivey-Watson Field, argue about Olympic swimming, and pay homage to a fictional boy named "Dawson," while lamenting their youth. Follow Red Elephant athletics on social media (Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok) @goredelephants; and bookmark our website for news, photos, roster information, and all the latest from Gainesville athletics.
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Behind the G with GHS basketball standouts; girls lacrosse coach
Gainesville basketball players, and seniors, Quintin Mansfield and JuJu Stlouis join Adam and Katie B. for candid conversations about their seasons thus far, and their favorite off-the-court ventures. Plus a preview of the 2026 girls lacrosse season with coach Luis Saldierna. Follow Gainesville Red Elephant athletics on social media @goredelephants across all platforms (Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok); and check out our athletics website goredelephants.com for news, roster and schedule information, and in-game and special event photo galleries.
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Episode 18: Behind the G with guest Chan Brown
Gainesville baseball coach Chan Brown joins Adam and Katie B. on this week's Behind the G for a candid conversation about his career, his latest coaching accolade, and what drove him to come to GHS. Follow Gainesville Red Elephants athletics on social media @goredelephants across all platforms (Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok), and check out our athletics website goredelephants.com
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Adam and Katie B. talk latest GHSA ruling and welcome in Red Elephants wrestlers; hoopers
On this week's episode, Adam and Katie B. talk internal mistakes and the GHSA-consequences levied therein, plus why Santavious Bryant was the first call to replace Josh Niblett. Also they welcome in for candid conversations Red Elephant wrestling standouts Rowan Kennedy and Alicia Rogers, and basketball coach Charlemagne Gibbons with one of the stars from his No. 1-ranked team Charlie Gersmehl.
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Behind the G with new GHS football coach Santavious Bryant
Behind the G cohosts Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam and GHS Sports Information Director Katie B. Davis introduce their community and Red Elephant faithful to the 21st head football coach in the program's storied history, Santavious Bryant. Bryant comes to Gainesville from Grayson where he went 37-5 in three years as head coach and led the program to its fourth state championship in 2024. Prior to taking the helm of the Rams program, Bryant was an assistant on former coach Josh Niblett's first Gainesville staff during the 2022 season.
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Behind the G Special: One Last Vibe Check
Behind the G co-hosts Adam Lindsey and Katie B. Davis chat with Red Elephant football coach Josh Niblett ahead of the official announcement that he's stepping down from the role he's held for four years, effective immediately.
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Episode 15: Behind the G (The Hidden Episode)
After a three-week hiatus, Behind the G returns with cohosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey, who are joined by Red Elephant football coach Josh Niblett for the year's penultimate Vibe Check ahead of GHS taking on Thomas County Central for the Class 5A state championship. In this episode, Katie B., Adam, and coach Niblett discuss the hiatus, the three weeks leading up to the title game, and what it will take for Big Red to bring home the football program's second state championship.
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Episode 16: Behind the G - Lanierland Preview
Cohosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey discuss the 66th Annual Lanierland Basketball Tournament, Georgia's longest-running invitational, complete with predictions and other nonsense.
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Episode 14: Behind the G
In the latest episode of Gainesville athletics' podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey talk region realignment and the feelings hurt therein. Guests this week include GHS wrestling coach Tommie Turner, who talks about this year's teams and gives a behind-the-scenes look at how his program started wrestling outdoors. Also, Gainesville senior football players Philip Williams and Marshall Leonard talk family, football, and their favorite Thanksgiving dish. Finally, Red Elephant football coach Josh Niblett joins the show for the Vibe Check ahead of his team's second-round-of-state matchup at Brunswick and manages to get Katie B. choked up enough that Adam actually gets to speak.
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Episode 13: Behind the G
Co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey discuss early signing day for Red Elephant student-athletes as well as the state's recent region realignment and what it means for Big Red. Behind the G also welcomes on to the show girls basketball coach Vanessa White who previews her team's upcoming season, and the Vibe Check with football coach Josh Niblett returns ahead of Gainesville's first-round-of-state playoff matchup with Dunwoody.
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Episode 12: Behind the G
On this week's episode of your podcast for Gainesville Red Elephants and by Gainesville Red Elephants, cohosts Katie B. Davis and GHS Athletic Director Adam Lindsey are joined by Big Red boys basketball coach Charlemagne Gibbons who not only previews the upcoming season, but shares his philosophies for cultivating teams and talent while giving listeners insight into his background and life. Also, Katie B. and Adam talk GHSA reclassification and region realignment.
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Episode 11: Behind the G
Co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey talk Gainesville football's loss to Roswell and the playoff implications therein plus region realignment, the GHSA power rankings, and storylines they're watching heading into Winter sports' season. Joining the show this week are guests Isabel Lee, a freshmen cross country phenom for the Red Elephants with a generational GHS lineage; and flag football coach Jordan McCoy who just led his first-year program to a region title.
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Episode 10: Behind the G
Cohosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville Athletic Director Adam Lindsey welcome in guests Brandon Eiler of the Gainesville Turf Team who talks the long process of getting Big Red's home fields ready for game day. Plus a catch up with Gainesville football coach Josh Niblett as part of the weekly Vibe Check in which he discusses his team's big win over Milton, the story behind the Red Elephants wearing all white, and whether or not he feels the "hasn't won the big one," monkey is off his back. In addition, Katie B. and Adam talk recent GHS alumni competing in college athletics in From the Trunk, and opine on what validates a coaching hire.
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Finley O'Callaghan and Josh Niblett join Behind the G
On this week's episode of Behind the G, co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville High School athletic director Adam Lindsey discuss the GHSA's new playoff seeding format and current alumni participating in college athletics in From the Trunk. Behind the G No. 9 also includes senior multi-sport student-athlete Finley O'Callaghan and a check of the football program's vibes ahead of a huge region game with Red Elephant coach Josh Niblett.
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Episode 8: Behind the G
In this week's Behind the G, Katie B. and Adam welcome in Ethan Fountain, a senior cross country runner who most recently finished third individually in the Hall County Championships; take a Vibe Check of the Red Elephant football program with coach Josh Niblett; and talk flag football with the coach of the newest sport at GHS, Jordan McCoy.
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Episode 7: Behind the G
On this week's Behind the G, Katie B. and Adam welcome back GHS volleyball coach Christina LeCeouvre as she leads her team into the final week of the 2025 season and the Region 7-5A Tournament. Also, football coach Josh Niblett joins the show for his weekly Vibe Check following his team's first road game and region win of the season. Plus, Katie B. and Adam talk official complaints about officials, and check in on Big Red's most recent athletic alumni currently competing in college in From the Trunk.
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Episode 6: Behind the G
Behind the G welcomes in Gainesville High School Director of Cheer Brett Dillin and checks the vibes of the Red Elephant football program coming off its first loss of the season with coach Josh Niblett. Co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey also dive into what recent GHS student-athlete alumni did in their college competitions in From the Trunk, and talk about their Unpopular Opinions as it relates to Red Elephant athletics.
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Episode 5: Behind the G
Cohosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey welcome in coach Josh Niblett for this week's Vibe Check, and senior volleyball player Taylor Reid joins the show as the first Student-Athlete Spotlight.
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Episode 4: Behind the G
To wrap up the first month of podcasts for Red Elephant athletics, Behind the G co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey welcome in former Gainesville football coach Bruce Miller.
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Episode 3: Behind the G
Co-hosts Katie B. Davis and Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey are joined by GHS cross country coach Rich Corbett, the second-longest tenured coach on the Red Elephants' staff, and have their weekly vibe check with Big Red football coach Josh Niblett, and this one gets emotional. Behind the G, a podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, can be found where you're already listening to your favorite podcasts.
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Episode 2: Behind the G
In the second episode of Behind the G, a podcast by Gainesville High School Red Elephants for Gainesville High School Red Elephants, co-hosts Katie B. Davis and GHS athletic director Adam Lindsey talk health and wellness with Gainesville Human Performance coach and Director of Football Operations Nate Mathis. Also, Behind the G does a quick vibe check with Gainesville football coach Josh Niblett ahead of tonight's game against Moody.
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Behind the G talks purpose; welcomes in GHS coaches
In the debut episode of Gainesville athletics new podcast for Red Elephants by Red Elephants, cohosts Katie B. Davis and Adam Lindsey talk about the greater purpose of the show, and why now is the right time to venture into the podcast world. Guests on the show include first-year Gainesville volleyball coach Christian LeCoeuvre, softball coach Brad Prestridge, and Josh Niblett, who's entering his fourth year at the helm of the Red Elephant football program.
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The purpose Behind the G
Behind the G, a podcast produced by the Gainesville High School athletic department, will debut Thursday, Aug. 14. Made by Red Elephants for Red Elephants, Behind the G will venture to not only keep listeners up to date on the current state of Gainesville athletics, but tell the complete history of how the Red Elephants standard of athletic excellence was created and sustained.
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In 1909, a year after the Georgia High School Association was created, state high schools competed for the first time in recorded history. Spanning two days once that year, students statewide gathered from schools in close proximity to their own for a district literary meet: Gainesville High School served as host for this area. You see, since the literal dawn of high school competition in Georgia, Big Red has been a big player, and when athletics came into the official fold they really started stomping. Now, most of the schools from that first competition don’t exist anymore, or do in another form with a different name, but GHS remains and not only that, GHS thrives, having spent the 119 years since that first recorded GHSA event building a competitive and athletic legacy few can match. I’m Katie B. Davis, 1997 graduate of GHS, sports information director AT GHS, and co-host of the new podcast Behind the G. After spending nearly 20 years telling other people’s stories as a sports write
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