Staff Directory
Williams, Shellene
Shellene Williams
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (Sprints)
- Email:
- Phone:
- 940-369-5406
- Alma Mater:
- Iowa, 2004
Shellene Williams was announced as North Texas Track & Field Assistant Coach on August 9, 2022.
In three seasons leading the UNT sprinters, Williams has coached nine relay teams to top-three finishes at the conference meets and has had a pair of sprinters reach the NCAA Division I Championships.
Under Williams' tutelage, sophomore Jaylen Washington qualified for the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships where he became the first UNT male athlete to earn indoor All-America honors with a 16th-place finish in the 60 meters. Washington was one of four North Texas sprinters in the men's 60 meters final at the AAC Championships where he placed third, one spot behind teammate Julian Forde.
Williams also helped Karlington Anunagba qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships in the 100 meters in 2023. Since then, Williams has continued to coach Anunagba following his graduation, which has played a role in Anunagba earning a spot on the Nigerian 4x100-meter relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She arrived in Denton after 10 years coaching both the men’s and women’s sprinters and middle distance runners at Iowa Western Community College, where she was twice named USTFCCCA NJCAA National Assistant Coach of the Year and was instrumental in the Reivers’ three team National Championships.
During her decade coaching at IWCC, Williams recruited and mentored 28 NJCAA National Champions, 52 USTFCCCA All-Americans, 60 Region Champions, and saw 44 IWCC school records fall. Her men’s student-athletes won five Drake Relays titles between the 4x100m, 4x400m & sprint medley relays.Â
Williams is a four-time Midwest Region Women’s and two-time Midwest Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year.
Prior to joining the Reivers as an assistant, Coach Williams served as an assistant with her alma mater at the University of Iowa.
While a student-athlete with the Hawkeyes, Williams made a strong impact on the University of Iowa women's sprinting events in a short time. She was an all-American in the 400 meters in 2004, and a four-time Big Ten Champion at Iowa (2003-04). She is one of only four student-athletes in school history to win at least four Big Ten titles during a career, and one of three to win two Big Ten titles at the same meet. Williams still holds outdoor school records in the 200 meters (23.50-2004) and as part of the 1,600-meter relay (3:36.26-2003). Coach Williams also set the University of Iowa Recreation Building 400-meter record in 2004 with a time of 54.17. Six of her indoor marks and seven outdoor marks still rank in Iowa's all-time top 10.
A junior college student-athlete herself, Coach Williams transferred to Iowa after two years at Barton Community College. A two-time NJCAA all-American for the Cougars, Coach Williams was also a two-time region nine champion and was a part of the 2002 NJCAA national champion 400-meter relay team. That group set the national record of 43.84 in bringing home the crown to Great Bend, Kansas.
In addition to her collegiate success, Williams was also successful in international competition, running on the Jamaican 400-meter relay squad that placed third at the 2003 Pan-American Games and was also a member of the 1,600-meter relay team that placed third at the 2003 World Championships. Coach Williams also placed sixth individually in the 400 meters at the 2003 Jamaican National Championships.
A native of Old Harbour, Jamaica, Williams was a four-time Jamaican National Senior and Junior team member who competed at the World Championships, World Junior Athletic Championships, Pan-American Games, and the CARIFTA Games.
Coach Williams holds her Bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of Iowa.Â
Shellene lives in Denton, Texas.
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In three seasons leading the UNT sprinters, Williams has coached nine relay teams to top-three finishes at the conference meets and has had a pair of sprinters reach the NCAA Division I Championships.
Under Williams' tutelage, sophomore Jaylen Washington qualified for the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships where he became the first UNT male athlete to earn indoor All-America honors with a 16th-place finish in the 60 meters. Washington was one of four North Texas sprinters in the men's 60 meters final at the AAC Championships where he placed third, one spot behind teammate Julian Forde.
Williams also helped Karlington Anunagba qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships in the 100 meters in 2023. Since then, Williams has continued to coach Anunagba following his graduation, which has played a role in Anunagba earning a spot on the Nigerian 4x100-meter relay team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She arrived in Denton after 10 years coaching both the men’s and women’s sprinters and middle distance runners at Iowa Western Community College, where she was twice named USTFCCCA NJCAA National Assistant Coach of the Year and was instrumental in the Reivers’ three team National Championships.
During her decade coaching at IWCC, Williams recruited and mentored 28 NJCAA National Champions, 52 USTFCCCA All-Americans, 60 Region Champions, and saw 44 IWCC school records fall. Her men’s student-athletes won five Drake Relays titles between the 4x100m, 4x400m & sprint medley relays.Â
Williams is a four-time Midwest Region Women’s and two-time Midwest Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year.
Prior to joining the Reivers as an assistant, Coach Williams served as an assistant with her alma mater at the University of Iowa.
While a student-athlete with the Hawkeyes, Williams made a strong impact on the University of Iowa women's sprinting events in a short time. She was an all-American in the 400 meters in 2004, and a four-time Big Ten Champion at Iowa (2003-04). She is one of only four student-athletes in school history to win at least four Big Ten titles during a career, and one of three to win two Big Ten titles at the same meet. Williams still holds outdoor school records in the 200 meters (23.50-2004) and as part of the 1,600-meter relay (3:36.26-2003). Coach Williams also set the University of Iowa Recreation Building 400-meter record in 2004 with a time of 54.17. Six of her indoor marks and seven outdoor marks still rank in Iowa's all-time top 10.
A junior college student-athlete herself, Coach Williams transferred to Iowa after two years at Barton Community College. A two-time NJCAA all-American for the Cougars, Coach Williams was also a two-time region nine champion and was a part of the 2002 NJCAA national champion 400-meter relay team. That group set the national record of 43.84 in bringing home the crown to Great Bend, Kansas.
In addition to her collegiate success, Williams was also successful in international competition, running on the Jamaican 400-meter relay squad that placed third at the 2003 Pan-American Games and was also a member of the 1,600-meter relay team that placed third at the 2003 World Championships. Coach Williams also placed sixth individually in the 400 meters at the 2003 Jamaican National Championships.
A native of Old Harbour, Jamaica, Williams was a four-time Jamaican National Senior and Junior team member who competed at the World Championships, World Junior Athletic Championships, Pan-American Games, and the CARIFTA Games.
Coach Williams holds her Bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of Iowa.Â
Shellene lives in Denton, Texas.
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