Keller High School head swim & dive coach Jamie Shults has resigned from her position, the school confirmed to SwimSwam on Friday.
Shults, who was hired as the Keller head coach in 2022, has led the program to an incredible amount of success over the past three years, including the boys’ team winning three straight Texas UIL 6A state titles from 2023 to 2025.
This past season, Shults led the girls’ program to the 6A state title, making Keller just the third school to sweep the boys’ and girls’ titles in state history.
Shults was named the 2024 NFHS Sectional High School Boys Swimming & Diving Coach of the Year and the 2025 Section and UIL Boys Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year.
She coached Maximus Williamson to a standout senior year in 2024-25, highlighted by his National High School Records in the boys’ 100 free (41.54) and 200 free (1:30.46). Williamson was named the 2025 UIL Boys 6A Swimmer of the Meet after winning five state titles (including three relays).
Shults, who previously competed for Keller as a swimmer, took over the role as head coach from her mother, Linda Shults, who held the position for 14 years before stepping down in 2022.
The reasoning behind Shults’ resignation is unknown. The school would “not share details of personnel matters” beyond confirming her resignation.
Shults has not responded to a request for comment.
Isnt it the same people that were involved in the NTN and Carroll take down a few years ago. Say Those boys didn’t move for athletic purposes, recruit other swimmers but got away with not going to their high school practices. Why did LAC have a pool use contract with Keller during school hours and why were those kids allowed to skip her class to train with the LAC coaches instead of going to class? UIL might want to investigate. This is a clear violation. Maybe the state of Texas too because I don’t think you can falsify attendance records. Hmmm…
They left Carroll because they didn’t want to swim HS practices and Travis wouldn’t let them have morning practices.
Then Dan Balent quit during a meet and immediately went to LAC, taking a lot of the talent with him.
She didn’t coach Maximus, he only went to LAC practices.
She got fired, nothing to do with the future of Keller swim guys her family has been coaching Keller swim for decades, she was fired district gave her an ultimatum resign or we will fire you she went specifically some parent is responsible reporting her to the district for the truth which is essentially she has never coached Keller HS, all of the KHS swimmers on the LAC National Team training group did not have to practice and didn’t with KHS at all and they would get out of school go straight to club and be counted present, Jamie only coached non National Team swimmers (respectfully, everyone who didn’t contribute to their accomplishments)
Are we really that shocked after what Maximus and Company did to NTN?
This is the case with pretty much all of the most successful high school programs in the country, outside of elite boarding schools.
The Massachusetts girls state championship is pretty much determined by who trains with their high school coach the least.
Holy run-on sentences, Batman!
Is this unusual? Exactly how my Texas HS worked.
After Maximus left coach didn’t want anything to do with Keller
Comment on a previous, unrelated, swimswam article said she was fired.
Apparently, she was fired! Her momma got her the job, and she did not do it? The local club deserves all of the credit for the teams wins. The parents complained each year, and some even took notes on her for years. It is no secret that most of the varsity parents wanted her gone.
They did the same thing to Kevin Murphy at Southlake Carrol.
We need a deep dive into the horrors of LAC.
Horrors? What are you talking about? Both high schools have apparent legitimate reasons to let coaches resign, nothing to do with LAC! Good try! Not sure which high school, if any, gets kids 100% ready to win state championships.
There’s a HUGE difference with Murphy. He cared for his swimmers and worked hard to improve them. Some say he overworked them. But, if he did, he did it under UIL policy. Many club swimmers didn’t like the excessive training under him, though.
Shults is known to be worthless. At best, she’s a JV coach or an assistant age group club coach. Nepotism got her the job over many qualified candidates.
Either way, this doesn’t have anything to do with LAC. Many high schools have bad swim coaches because its a sport most ADs dont understand. These 2 get written about because they’ve had big results.
No one did “the same thing” to anyone. If a school fires/retires” you, then you did something wrong…..simple!