East Forsyth promotes PJ Davis to lead track and field teams

East Forsyth chose continuity for its track and field program, promoting PJ Davis to lead both the boys and girls teams as athletes prepare for another spring slate that reaches from the Forsyth County championships to the GHSA state meet.

Athletics director Matt Hollis announced the move Thursday, and the promotion puts one coach in charge of a program that already showed depth across sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps and throws. For East Forsyth families, the change matters because track is built on structure. The right head coach can shape offseason work, event group assignments and the daily expectations that carry into county, region and state competition.

Davis is not new to the school. He began at East Forsyth as an assistant football coach in 2022, giving him an existing role in the athletic department before taking on the track job. Before that, he coached football and track at Gainesville High School, where he became co-head coach with Rich Corbett in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, Davis and Corbett sent 50 athletes to sectionals and 29 to the state finals, a record that shows a track background built around development and advancement.

That kind of résumé fits a program still taking shape. East Forsyth High School opened on July 17, 2021, after being built to relieve overcrowding at North Forsyth High School and Forsyth Central High School. In a relatively short time, the school has moved from startup mode to a place where track athletes are already posting measurable results and competing in a full schedule that includes the Forsyth County Track and Field Championships, region meet at North Oconee High School, state sectionals and the state meet.

The school’s track rosters now list Davis as head coach for both boys and girls, and that unified leadership could influence everything from relay depth to how athletes are developed across distance and field events. In 2025, East Forsyth athletes turned in top finishes at the county championships in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 1600 meters, hurdles, relays, long jump, triple jump, and throws, a sign that the Broncos already had event breadth before the coaching change.

East Forsyth’s own vision emphasizes a connected, collaborative and caring culture and says it is committed to building relationships first. Davis’ promotion fits that approach and gives the Broncos a coach who knows the school, knows the county landscape and now has the chance to turn that familiarity into results for both teams.