[fridaynightfights]

Tony is without a doubt one of the top 3 or 4 coaches in the region, maybe the top 1. It's blurry to pick who exactly is the top but to rank him outside of 4 at this point would be insane.  I will say this region has a ton of good coaches Tony, Davis, Sizemore, Morris, Jones and Patterson are all extremely good coaches and are probably my top 6. I don't mean disrespect to Valentine but until he wins the region, especially with the talent he has now he doesn't belong in the conversation at all. I will add Coach Taylor at Barbourville is in his first year as a head coach but he will likely wind up being a very good coach there, and the same could be said for Swords at Williamsburg. Coaching wise the region is probably as deep as it's ever been, but even in this era at present I don't think you could justify Coach P lower than 3rd at this point among current coaches. Rankings could change as others careers progress, but he's done more than enough to solidify himself in the elite top tier of coaches in this region.

Akal is also a very good coach.

Yes he is, but he needs to win a few games in the Region tournament to move up in a higher tier to me. Coach P, Davis, Sizemore, Morris, and Patterson have all won the Region hard for me to put Akal ahead of those guys when he doesn't have a win in the boys region tournament yet. He had a lot of success as the girl's coach but the girl's game and boy's game are different games and different styles. I need to see success in the boy's style before I rate him above those guys.