Softball
Keith Stein
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Former Texas A&M baseball player and seven-year softball coaching veteran Keith Stein is in his second season as the hitting coach for Texas A&M. He also serves as the director of the Aggies' summer camp.
In his first season with the Aggies, Stein helped Texas A&m reach the NCAA Super Regionals and had four players earn NFCA All-Region honors, including Tori Vidales, who was named a NFCA Second Team All-American. Under Stein’s tutelage, Vidales saw her batting average rise from .298 as a junior to .350 as a senior and drove in 18 more runs from the previous year.
Sarah Hudek saw significant improvement under Stein as the lefty upped her average from .291 as a freshman to team-high .363 as a sophomore. Stein’s first season saw the rise of Kelbi Fortenberry, who nearly doubled her 2017 batting average of 190 to .331 in 2018.
Stein returned to Aggieland from UTSA where he was in his first season an assistant coach for the Roadrunners and served as an assistant coach for Stephen F. Austin in 2017.
From 2013-16, Stein was an assistant and head recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He worked with the Islanders' outfielders and hitters and coached five Southland All-Conference selections.
The College Station native also designed practice plans and individual instruction schedules, managed the travel budget and itineraries among other duties.
Before working with the Islanders, Stein had volunteer softball coaching stints at Texas A&M (2010) and UTSA (2012).
Stein, who was coached by Hall of Famer Mark Johnson, enjoyed a successful baseball career, starting his collegiate days at Texas A&M, lettering in 2005 and 2006 before transferring to Sam Houston State prior to the 2007 season.
As a Bearkat, Stein was a first-team All-Southland Conference pick in 2008, a second-team selection in 2007 and was tabbed to the league's All-Tournament Team in both 2007 and 2008.
He set a Southland Conference record for most hits in a season in 2007 and ended his career as Sam Houston's batting average leader at .379. Stein set or was apart of 16 school records and helped lead Sam Houston to the 2007 NCAA Oxford Regional Finals.
After graduating from Sam Houston State with a degree in kinesiology, Stein was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 29th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Stein retired from pro baseball in 2009 after sustaining a career-ending knee injury during Spring Training.
Stein is married to the former Bailey Schroeder, who was a member of the Aggie softball team from 2007-10. The couple has a daughter, Ellie Jo, and a son, Keith “Trip” Stein III.
In his first season with the Aggies, Stein helped Texas A&m reach the NCAA Super Regionals and had four players earn NFCA All-Region honors, including Tori Vidales, who was named a NFCA Second Team All-American. Under Stein’s tutelage, Vidales saw her batting average rise from .298 as a junior to .350 as a senior and drove in 18 more runs from the previous year.
Sarah Hudek saw significant improvement under Stein as the lefty upped her average from .291 as a freshman to team-high .363 as a sophomore. Stein’s first season saw the rise of Kelbi Fortenberry, who nearly doubled her 2017 batting average of 190 to .331 in 2018.
Stein returned to Aggieland from UTSA where he was in his first season an assistant coach for the Roadrunners and served as an assistant coach for Stephen F. Austin in 2017.
From 2013-16, Stein was an assistant and head recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He worked with the Islanders' outfielders and hitters and coached five Southland All-Conference selections.
The College Station native also designed practice plans and individual instruction schedules, managed the travel budget and itineraries among other duties.
Before working with the Islanders, Stein had volunteer softball coaching stints at Texas A&M (2010) and UTSA (2012).
Stein, who was coached by Hall of Famer Mark Johnson, enjoyed a successful baseball career, starting his collegiate days at Texas A&M, lettering in 2005 and 2006 before transferring to Sam Houston State prior to the 2007 season.
As a Bearkat, Stein was a first-team All-Southland Conference pick in 2008, a second-team selection in 2007 and was tabbed to the league's All-Tournament Team in both 2007 and 2008.
He set a Southland Conference record for most hits in a season in 2007 and ended his career as Sam Houston's batting average leader at .379. Stein set or was apart of 16 school records and helped lead Sam Houston to the 2007 NCAA Oxford Regional Finals.
After graduating from Sam Houston State with a degree in kinesiology, Stein was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 29th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Stein retired from pro baseball in 2009 after sustaining a career-ending knee injury during Spring Training.
Stein is married to the former Bailey Schroeder, who was a member of the Aggie softball team from 2007-10. The couple has a daughter, Ellie Jo, and a son, Keith “Trip” Stein III.
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