Vining has been at Lakeview for nine seasons during which he had two 1,000-point scorers and earned wins No. 600 and 700. During his 38-year coaching career, Vining has won 15 Lanierland championships, 11 region championships and has taken 25 teams to the state tournament. Ten times his teams have reached the final four, three times finishing as state runner-up and four times have won the state championship. While coaching at Lakeview, Vining was the Region 8-A Co-Coach of the Year in 2005, was inducted into the Northeast Georgia Hall of Fame in 2006, was the GACA Region Coach of the Year in 2008 and the Region 8-A Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010, and 2012. His coaching record is 729
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