BISD Superintendent, Dr. Gayle Stinson, recently announced the appointment of Shannon Fears to the position of head girls basketball coach for Haltom High School.  

Fears has been the assistant junior varsity and varsity basketball coach at Haltom High School since 2008, and ninth-grade and assistant varsity volleyball coach at Haltom High School from 2008–19. Before Haltom High, she was an assistant coach for the University of North Texas women’s basketball team from 2007–08, and assistant varsity girls basketball coach, head freshman girls basketball coach, freshman volleyball coach and junior varsity softball coach at Carroll Senior High from 2004–08. 

Academically, she serves at the special education department chair at Haltom High. 

As a collegiate basketball player, Fears received the following awards:  

• Four-year letter winner 1997–2002;  
• Sunbelt Conference First Team All-Conference in 2002; 
• Voted as team’s Best Offensive Player in 2002; and  
• Earned the team’s Leading Rebounder Award in 2002.  

Fears received her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas.