A nine-year playoff streak doesn’t simply happen. It’s not like Mountain Brook has an overwhelming talent advantage, plays inferior competition or plays in a weak region from year to year.

Chris Yeager is entering his 20th year as the head coach at Mountain Brook and has led the Spartans to the playoffs in 15 of those 19 previous seasons.

At Mountain Brook, the winning starts long before the opening kickoff on a given Friday night. It starts in the offseason, in the preseason and in the moments during the week leading up to gameday.

“It starts in the locker room before you see anything on the field, and what you see on Friday nights on the scoreboard, it’s like stepping on a scale,” Yeager said.

Yeager believes the 2025 Spartans have the potential to carry on that tradition of success

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