Sid Edwards

One of the few people without the last name of Watts to be in any major administrative capacity in city of Central in the last 50 years…Athletic Director of entire City of Central School System after amazing 3 year stint as A.D./head Football Coach at Central HS…Coached these 2 sports and was head Basketball Coach of Wildcats in 2009-2010 season!...Was a slacker in spring of 2010 by not coaching a sport…Let epic turnaround of Wildcats Football program that struggled for much of the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s, going 30-7 during the 07-09 seasons.  This included 2 district championships and 5A state semifinal and quarterfinal appearances in 08 and 09 respectively…The Sid Edwards Show co-host Steve Johnson, a Defensive End Coach on Coach Sid’s staff, takes credit for these 30 wins... Publicly Sid will be supportive of Steve.  If you ask Coach Sid in private, he will blame Steve for the 7 losses…Had some hair when he took over Central position.  3 years later, his hair has not turned gray.  It has, um, see above…Won 3 state championships at Redemptorist HS, 2 in football, 1 in basketball.  In fact, won football and basketball titles in same year—2002-2003 school year.  Went 73-17 all told as head football coach of the Wolves.  His teams there were a perennial Louisiana high school power… Remarkable 104-5 record as head Freshman coach of Catholic High School from 1986-1996. With the Bears, he was one of Warrick Dunn’s early mentors…Has had 1 year stints as head guy at (Alexandria) Menard HS and (New Orleans) Jesuit HS…Coached basketball (as an assistant) at Nicholls State in 1996…Great organizer. Master motivator.  Kids will run through walls and do summersaults for him.  Known for delegating responsibilities to very strong staffs…Has these skills tested by The Sid Edwards Show co-host Steve Johnson on a weekly basis…Married to Beanie, with 4 children—Cody, Delaney, Chase and Jack Ryan… Is seemingly rumored to be returning to Catholic HS as Head Football coach on an annual basis…Sought assurances from Jon Fine Sports Productions that if he became the head coach at Catholic HS, he could still host The Sid Edwards Show…Has terrific, understated sense of humor.  Editor/Producer Jon Fine hopes this is an accurate assessment after this last Catholic HS reference!