Coach Ridings finished his 39 th year of Coaching in the
State of Georgia. He has 17 years as a Head Coach and 22 years
as an Offensive or Defensive coordinator. Coach Ridings
presently works as Defensive Coordinator at Prince Avenue
Christian School. Coach Ridings played at MTSU from 1979-
1982 and coached from 1983-1984 as an assistant coach.
In 1985, Coach Ridings took his first high school job at LaGrange
High School.
5 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:
o 1991 LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL GHSA 4 A STATE
CHAMPIONS AND USA TODAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS:
o 2002 THOMSON HIGH SCHOOL GHSA 4 A STATE
CHAMPIONS:
o 2020 PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GHSA SINGLE A
STATE CHAMPIONS
o 2022 PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GHSA SINGLE A
STATE CHAMPIONS DIVISION 1
o 2023 PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GHSA SINGEL A
STATE CHAMPIONS DIVISION 1
2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS RUNNER UPS:
• 2016 THOMSON HIGH SCHOOL GHSA 4 A STATE RUNNER-
UPS:
• 2021 PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GHSA SINGLE A
STATE RUNNER-UPS:
GACA ALL STAR COACHING:
o 2016 GACA ALL STAR ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NORTH
VS SOUTH ALL STAR GAME:
o 2017 GACA HEAD COACH FOR THE NORTH VS SOUTH ALL
STAR GAME:
o 2019 GACA ALL STAR ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NORTH
VS SOUTH ALL STAR GAME:
OVERALL CAREER RECORD AS AN ASSISTANT AND HEAD
COACH
o 341-128= 73% WINNING PERCENTAGE
o 16 REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS