Longtime Graham defensive coordinator Clay McChristian couldn’t have asked for a better time to take over as the Steers’ head football coach.

His first year in that role, which came open when Kenny Davidson retired over the offseason as the winningest coach in Graham history, will see him lead one of Class 4A’s most experienced teams off a 10-win campaign in 2023.

With 26 seniors on his 39-player roster and call-ups from a 10-0 junior varsity team providing depth around them, the Steers are positioned as well as anyone in the Big Country Preps coverage area to make a deep playoff run this fall. And McChristian, who has been part of the GHS program since 2009, isn’t shying away from the expectations that accompany that reality.