The Brady football team will have a new coach and a total of 13 first-year starters when it opens its season against Comanche on Aug. 25. But don’t expect that to change expectations for the Bulldogs, who have reached the playoffs each of the past four seasons. 

Jaron Roberts, who was hired to replace Shay Easterwood in June, will inherit a roster that returns just 12 of 28 lettermen from last year’s 5-6 squad. But the first-time head coach, who previously served as an assistant at Wellington, Falls City, Merkel and Stamford, feels this group will be ready and able to compete in District 2-3A Division II.