Suppose you have been anywhere near the Troup High baseball dugout or the football sidelines over the last few years. In that case, you have probably heard somebody yelling “Coach G” or “hey G.” That G stands for Coach Tanner Glisson, and during the Troup baseball team’s unprecedented run to the state championship this year, there were three “G’s” in the dugout. Joining Tanner over the last several years in the dugout are rising junior Chandler Glisson and rising seventh-grader Chambers Glisson, and the three got to share a special moment earlier in May when they won the GHSA AAA State Championship alongside each other.
“I went to console the opposing team’s coach first, and then I went and found my wife in the stands and found Chandler and gave him a big hug,” Tanner said. “I think Chamb