{"id":347801,"date":"2026-06-24T00:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347801\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:39:23","slug":"kellers-rob-stramp-named-2026-baseball-coach-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347801\/","title":{"rendered":"Keller\u2019s Rob Stramp named 2026 Baseball Coach of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782261562_601_KellerVsLakeTravisUILStateBaseball_260606_MM_6.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Keller head coach Rob Stramp is photographed ahead of the UIL Texas high school baseball Class 6A Division I state championship at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2026.\" alt=\"Keller head coach Rob Stramp is photographed ahead of the UIL Texas high school baseball Class 6A Division I state championship at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Keller head coach Rob Stramp is photographed ahead of the UIL Texas high school baseball Class 6A Division I state championship at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, Saturday, June 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Miles Meador<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the 2026 Fort Worth-area High School Baseball Coach of the Year: Keller\u2019s Rob Stramp.<\/p>\n<p>Stramp <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article316031616.html\">retired with a fairytale ending<\/a> to a storied career in high school baseball, leading the Indians to a Class 6A Division I state championship victory. It was the program and Stramp\u2019s first state title win and the first baseball championship for Keller ISD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels unbelievable to be able to finally get it done for coach (Rob) Stramp in his last game,\u201d said Keller senior Cole Koeninger after the title game. \u201cHe deserves it more than anyone. He\u2019s been here so long and has been so close, that to finally get it for him is really special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the way to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article316031625.html\">beating Lake Travis 2-1<\/a> in the title game of Texas\u2019 largest classification, Keller eliminated Mansfield Lake Ridge, Odessa Permian, Flower Mound, district rival Euless Trinity and Rockwall.<\/p>\n<p>Stramp started coaching Keller in 1998 and has led the team to playoff appearances in every season since 2002, accumulating more than 750 victories.<\/p>\n<p>Keller posted a 40-4-2 overall and 15-1 District 4-6A record against area powers including Euless Trinity, Byron Nelson and Southlake Carroll. Keller assistant Jared Stafford, who has been coaching under Stramp since 2012, is set to take over the program.<\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s note: The 2026 All-Area Baseball individual awards will be released Wednesday, and the full 2026 Fort Worth All-Area Team will be revealed Friday.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782261563_690_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            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":"Keller head coach Rob Stramp is photographed ahead of the UIL Texas high school baseball Class 6A Division&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-347801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347801","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=347801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}