{"id":367724,"date":"2026-07-10T02:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367724\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:19:09","slug":"arlington-isd-athletic-director-eric-white-lands-abu-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/367724\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington ISD athletic director Eric White lands ABU job"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Eric<\/p>\n

Eric White has overseen multiple stadium projects within Arlington ISD, including the opening of Glaspie FIeld.<\/p>\n

Bob Booth<\/p>\n

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

Arlington ISD athletic director Eric White has landed a job at Arlington Baptist University, the college announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

White will serve as ABU\u2019s vice president of intercollegiate athletics. He recently retired from high school sports administration after over 30 years of work in public education.<\/p>\n

White has served as Arlington ISD athletic director since 2016. He was previously an assistant athletic director at Mansfield ISD, starting in 2006. From 1996 to 2005, he served as an athletic trainer at Fort Worth Polytechnic, Joshua and Mansfield.<\/p>\n

White, a Baylor graduate, has overseen multiple stadium projects within Arlington ISD, including the renovation of Wilemon and Cravens Fields as well as the opening of Glaspie FIeld.<\/p>\n

David Cook, a Texas House of Representatives member from the 96th district, presented White with a state resolution in May, honoring his retirement and a long career in Arlington ISD and Mansfield ISD athletic administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership, dedication, and commitment to excellence have impacted generations of students, coaches, and families,\u201d Cook wrote.<\/p>\n

Ricklan Holmes and Kim Peach serve as Arlington ISD\u2019s assistant athletic directors.<\/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":"Eric White has overseen multiple stadium projects within Arlington ISD, including the opening of Glaspie FIeld. Bob Booth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-367724","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\/367724","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=367724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}