The 2006 high school football season has kicked off with 54 teams led by SFA graduates.

Here's a list of some of the coaches with the year they graduated from SFA and their current teams.

In West Texas, veteran coach Clyde Parham, 1988, leads the six-man Jayton Jaybirds.

In the private schools sector, Mike Johnson (1969 and '73) leads the Christian Mustangs. Johnson is a former Nacogdoches Dragon assistant coach and a three-time 5A state champion coach.

Steven Cerny (1987-88), one of nine Class A coaches from SFA, coaches at Shiner. A former Lumberjack baseball player, Cerny led the Commanches to the playoffs in 2003-04, including the state championship in 2004.

In Class 2A, Curtis Barbay, 1977, will attempt to lead Newton to its third straight state final appearance.

He is one of nine 2A SFA coaches.

Local 2A coaches are Barry Ford of San Augustine. the former SFA player was an assistant coach at SA on the 2004 state championship team.

Former Garrison player Dale Irwin (1991) coaches the Arp Tigers.

His team will be matched up against Tatum, which was 16-0 on its way to winning the 3A title last season. Tatum is coached by Andy Evans, whose mother (Mary Ann Hicks Evans) is a Nacogdoches and SFA graduate. Andy's dad, Joe, is a 1954 graduate who helped coach Tatum last season.

Larry Prince (1992), another former Garrison player, is the defensive coordinator at Tatum. He has two state rings, one at Garrison and Tatum.

Jeff Traylor (1990-92) is one of 17 3A coaches. His Gilmer team is ranked No. 1 in the state. One of Gilmer's top players is receiver Curtis Brown, whose parents Billy and Linda are both 1966 SFA graduates.

Ron Callahan (1982-83) is the head coach at Center.

Seven SFA graduates lead 4A teams, including former Garrison coach Jimmy Thompson (1976), who is the head man at Mount Pleasant.

Lydell Wilson (1992) coaches at Rosenbery-Lamar.

Former NHS coach Bobby Reyes (1973) leads Richardson Pearce.

Bill Harper (1980) is leadsing Nacogdoches, after his team compiled a 6-4 mark, its best season since 1992, last season.

Seven 5A teams are coached by SFA graduates.

Five of them coach along Interstate 45 – between Houston and Galveston.

Edward Arledge (1987) leads Clear Brook and Troy Aduddell will lead Clear Lake.

Darrell Warden (1987) is in his second year at Clear Creek.

Arledge, Aduddell and Warden are former SFA players.

Greg Carney (1978), a former Garrison player, leads the 3A Hitckcock Bulldogs. He coached current SFA quarterback Danny Southall.

Pat Daniels (1993-95) coaches at Galveston O'Connell. He led that team to the TAPPS softball state title last season.

Four SFA graduates lead college teams.

Jay Brown (1984), a former SFA player from Jacksonville, will defend the conference championship team at Texas College in Tyler.

Dale Carr (1990), a former SFA assistant coach and former Tyler JC head coach, is in his second year at Angelo State.

John Meich (1979), a former SFA assistant coach, is starting his 18th year at Division III Wisconsin Steven Point University.

Todd Whitten (1988), a former SFA quarterback, is starting his second season at Sam Houston.

The information was provided by SFA's Bob Sitton.