{"id":305226,"date":"2026-05-22T23:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305226\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:21:07","slug":"arlington-isd-promotes-zach-najarro-to-head-coach-at-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305226\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington ISD promotes Zach Najarro to head coach at Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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

Bob Booth<\/p>\n

Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Arlington ISD promoted defensvie coordinator Zach Najarro to be Lamar High School\u2019s next head football coach, Najarro announced Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonored and excited to officially be named the Head Football Coach at Lamar High School,\u201d Najarro 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

Najarro replaces Billy Skinner, who departed to become 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

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

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


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Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arlington Lamar Vikings enter the field for the first half of a UIL high school football game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-305226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305226","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=305226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}