{"id":305133,"date":"2026-05-22T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305133\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:06:11","slug":"arlington-isd-promotes-defensive-coordinator-to-head-football-coach-at-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305133\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington ISD promotes defensive coordinator to head football coach at Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fort Worth Star-Telegram;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Fort Worth Star-Telegram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"272\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-02\/a00d18d0-6a21-11eb-bff5-9950f532eca7.jpeg\"\/><\/a>Fri, May 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"862\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fort_worth_star_telegram_mcclatchy_844\/5d4069321e16200790f8f6258148c9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Arlington Lamar Vikings enter the field for the first half of a UIL high school football game on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p> (Bob Booth\/Special to the Star-Telegram)<\/p>\n<p>Arlington ISD promoted defensvie coordinator Zach Najarro to be Lamar High School\u2019s next head football coach, Najarro announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonored and excited to officially be named the Head Football Coach at Lamar High School,\u201d Najarro <a data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on X.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coach_najarro\/status\/2057851834476155219\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X.<\/a> \u201cLamar is a special place with a proud tradition and outstanding young men ready to achieve great things. The future of Viking Football is bright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Najarro replaces Billy Skinner, who departed to become <a data-ylk=\"slk:Grapevine-Colleyville ISD\u2019s executive director of athletics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315549301.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Grapevine-Colleyville ISD\u2019s executive director of athletics<\/a>. After his departure, Skinner told the Star-Telegram he hoped Najarro would be his replacement. He also said Lamar is set up for success in 2026 with a flurry of returning experienced players.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar made the playoffs in 2025 for the first time since 2019. Najarro will have the opportunity to keep building in a new era that will include many challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Arlington Bowie has been the standout Arlington ISD Class 6A squad with consecutive district championships. The 2026 UIL realignment also pits 12-time state champion Aledo against Arlington ISD squads as it rises to Class 6A. Granbury and Weatherford are also in the district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, May 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC The Arlington Lamar Vikings enter the field for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,8255,151,110557,19922,59808,61614,110556],"class_list":["post-305133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-isd","tag-arlington-news","tag-billy-skinner","tag-grapevine-colleyville-isd","tag-head-football-coach","tag-lamar-high-school","tag-zach-najarro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}