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Coach Janet Oglesby is entering her 16th year at South Paulding High School where she started the program in 2006. Under Oglesby’s helms, the Spartans have finished region runner-up three times and advanced to the state tournament nine of the last eleven years. The Spartans had their best finish in school history in 2012 as they advanced to the Elite Eight and finished tied for 5th place in the state. Prior to starting the Spartan program, she served as the head coach at Harrison High School for eleven years where her team finished state runner-up twice and captured the 2000 AAAAA State Championship. While at Harrison, Coach Oglesby was awarded many honors, including AAAAA Georgia Coach of the Year, Cobb County Coach of the Year and Region Coach of the Year. She has also coached in the Georgia Ath letic Coaches Association and Georgia Dugout Club All-Star games. In 2015, Coach Oglesby was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Club Hall of Fame. She is a grad uate of Fayette County High School, where she is a member of the FCHS Hall of Fame and played college softball at Georgia Southern University. While at Georgia Southern, she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing. She completed her graduate work at Georgia State University, earning a Master of Science degree in Sports Administration. After working in college athletics, Coach Oglesby then attended Kennesaw State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education and served as an assistant softball coach. She recently completed her Ed.S. in Coaching Pedagogy in Physical Education from Valdosta State University. She was chosen as the SPHS Teacher of the Year in 2020-2021 where her teaching responsibilities include Personal Fitness, Health, and Sports Medicine. Coach Oglesby and her husband John have two children, Kalin and Jake who are both SPHS alumni.

HEAD COACH JANET OGLESBY

Coach Jones enters his twelfth year as an assistant coach with the Spartan Softball Program. He was born and raised in Cobb County where he graduated from Os borne High School. Coach Jones earned a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Secondary Math Education from Kennesaw State University. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Secondary Math Education from Piedmont College. Coach Jones has been teaching Math at SPHS since 2008. Prior to coming to SPHS, he taught at Harrison High School from 2000 to 2003 and South Paulding Middle School from 2005 to 2008. His coaching experience includes 19 years in slow and fast pitch soft ball. He also was an assistant football coach (receivers and defensive backs) and an assistant girls’ soccer coach at South Paulding Middle School. Coach Jones enjoys spending time with his three children and six grandchildren.

ASSISTANT COACH GARY JONES

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