Fayetteville Coach Pulls Off the Volleyball/Baseball Title Double

Fayetteville coach Clint Jaeger is believed to be the first Texas coach to lead a team to a state title in baseball and volleyball – and he did so in the same calender year.

Before Jaeger’s Lady Lions won the 1A state volleyball title Thursday in Garland, Jaeger’s Fayetteville baseball team won the 1A title in Round Rock in June, beating Kennard 6-4 in the title game. Jaeger was also the head coach when the Lions won the state baseball title in 2012.

“The seasons are different, baseball last year nobody expected us to go that far. We surprised everybody,” he said. “From the beginning of this (volleyball) season everybody knew who we were. They were scouting us and they knew we were a team to be dealt with.”

Fayetteville started this volleyball season winning their first 26 matches.

“It was a huge weight to carry,” Clint Jaeger said. “I was actually glad to get that first loss, to get that off our back.”

After losing to last year’s 2A state champ Iola to break that 26-match win streak, the Lady Lions rattled off 14 more wins before losing to 2A regional finalist Bremond in a playoff warm-up match.

Six wins later the Lady Lions were state champs, and Coach Jaeger was sharing the title with his daughter Brooklyn, the title game MVP.

“When I was little I would always practice at home and he would help me,” Brooklyn said of her father. “He knows when I hit a rough spot and he knows what to do to calm me down and get me back in my zone.”

And the Jaeger household is piling up championship rings now.

“It’s great to be in Fayetteville ISD right now,” Clint Jaeger said. “The kids are great, the athletes work hard.”