Coach Shawn Squires is in his seventh year as Head Coach of the Sails. During his tenure with the club, Sails has been recognized as a Bronze Medal club in USA Swimming's Club Excellence rankings for 2021, 2022, and 2024. He has coached four Olympic Trials qualifiers while at Sails, and is the only coach in the greater Houston area to coach 18 & Under athletes at both the 2021 & 2024 Trials.

Shawn is an ASCA Level 4 certified coach, and over the course of his career he has coached swimmers that have ranked among the top 100 in the world. He's also coached numerous Junior National Champions, Sectionals & TAGS record holders, and has coached 10 swimmers on USA Swimming’s all-time top 100 Age Group performances list. Senior level athletes that Shawn has worked with have gone on to compete for schools that include Texas, Texas A&M, Auburn, Tennessee, Arizona State, South Carolina, LSU, Wisconsin, Kansas, Rice, Tufts University, and Air Force Academy among others.

Prior to Sails, Coach Squires worked with multiple groups at the Woodlands Swim Team, and was previously the Head Coach of the San Antonio Wave in the South Texas LSC. While at Wave, he led a team of 340+ athletes & 12 assistant coaches. Under his direction the club achieved their best finish in USA Swimming’s Virtual Club Championship in the club’s 30+ year history, ranking in the top 10% of all USA Swimming clubs. The club also produced its first Jr. & Senior National qualifiers in over a decade during his tenure. While coaching in South Texas, Coach Squires served as the Open Water Committee Chair and led the LSC Open Water Travel Teams at both the Southern Zone Open Water Championships & Open Water Festival in Ft. Myers, Florida.

Before moving to San Antonio, Shawn served as the Head Age Group\National Team coach at Swim Streamline at Northampton. During his time at SSAN, the club produced their first TAGS Champion, first NAG Top 10 swimmer, first Junior National qualifier, and first college commitment in program history. Prior to SSAN, he was Senior Assistant & Head Age Group Coach at Blue Tide Aquatics in Kingwood, Texas. During his time at BTA Shawn worked with a 2012 Olympic Trials Finalist and National Junior Team member, as well as numerous other Junior National and TAGS Champions. While with BTA the team finished in the top 10 at TAGS multiple times, and had a top 10 Men’s Team finish at NCSA Junior Nationals in Orlando.

The son of a club swimming coach, Shawn literally grew up in the sport & has been involved in Gulf Swimming as an athlete & coach for over 25 years. He has worked with all level of athlete from learn to swim through Olympic Trials qualifier during his career. An article Shawn wrote about working well with swimming parents was published by the American Swimming Coach’s Association in 2011. He has served on numerous Gulf & South Texas LSC staff’s including TSA All-Stars, AG Zones, and Open Water All-Stars. Before returning to coaching, he spent 10 years with Prudential Gary Greene Realtors in Houston. In his free time, Shawn enjoys making music, Astros baseball, kayak fishing, and hanging out with his 17 year old son, Connor.

Ben comes to us after an 18 year journey as Head Age Group Coach of the Phillips 66 Splash Club in Oklahoma, ready for a new and exciting journey with the Sails.    He was head Age Group Coach here before moving up to the Lead Senior/High School Coach and Lead Assistant to the Head Coach.    Ben is also the Sails Team Administrator.

Honored to be a 6 time Age Group Coach of the year, 4 x Conference Coach of the Year, and 5 time High School/Regional Coach of the year award winner, he dedicates these awards to his swimmers for their dedication and effort!  Ben was also Head Coach (11) and Assistant (7) for Bartlesville High School teams, celebrating 6 State Championships and as many runner up finishes.   One of only three Coaches to be a two time Head Coach and winner of the Oklahoma High School Senior East vs West Showcase for both boys and girls.        

Ben saw the importance of the Dry side of Swimming as well with his committees and task force appointed as a member of Illinois Swimming.   He then served in many offices for Oklahoma Swimming, including General Chair, Vice Chair, 2 x Age Group Chair, as well as 15 years as Head Coach for the Oklahoma Zone team.  Coach Ben was a Stroke & Turn Official for 5 years while in Oklahoma.

Ben started his swimming journey at age 7 in the Y program and parlayed that into being able to swim and serve as captain for Augustana College, in Illinois, under the direction of Dave Thomas. He ended up on the top 25 All Time list for several events in college at the time, loving breaststroke and IM.    Ben went on to Head Coaching jobs at the Kewanee YMCA, Quad City Swim Club, and Morrison Seahorses (all in Illinois), before landing in Oklahoma. Over 45 years of chlorine bliss!  

Coach Ben is proud of the number of Individual & Relay State Championships, Conference Champs, AG Champs, TAGS, Senior,  Regional/Central Zone/Sectional/Junior National swims, team records, pool records, and high school successes his teams experienced, but he is most proud of how the swimmers under his tutelage grew over the years as people! “They gave as leaders to make themselves and those around them get the most out of every challenge and opportunity put in front of them. A true dedication to who they are and what they are all about!”

He is happy to be in League City, where his mother and sister (with her family including his niece and nephew - both on Sails!), reside. Family, faith, friends, and swimming are most important, but watching movies, TV, and attempting to golf are all enjoyable in his little bit of free time.

Coach Jeaneen started competitive swimming at the age of 8 with SCAT in Houston, TX. Jeaneen immediately fell in love with swimming and loved to race. She was on the varsity swim and water polo teams at Clear Lake High School and was a letterman all 4 years. She also earned a full scholarship for swimming at IONA University in New Rochelle, NY, where she majored in psychology. She continued to excel in and enjoy swimming during college. While at IONA Jeaneen set 2 team records. Her best events were 200 Fly, 100 fly, 200 Back, 100 Back and 200 IM.

Jeaneen started her coaching career at the age of 18 when she coached for Pineloch Piranha’s summer league team. She also helped coach the club team that practiced at her college in New York. Jeaneen started coaching for AQUASTAR Swim Team in 2002 and worked there for 20 years. She has coached all levels of swimming and served as Head Age Group Coach, Assistant Head Coach, and Head Coach during her time there. She was also a member of the AQUASTAR Board of Directors for 13 years.

Jeaneen has had much success as a coach over the years. She has coached swimmers to reach Olympic Trials, Junior Nationals, Futures, Sectionals, and TAGS levels. Many of those swimmers also placed in the top 3 or won events at those meets. Many of her swimmers were high point winners at TAGS, Gulf Champs, Summer Champs, Fall Champs, Winter Champs, and 8 and under Champs. She has coached swimmers that set TAGS records. She has also coached many swimmers to top 20 in the nation. In Juneof 2022, Jeaneen was named one of the top 50 Age group coaches in the nation by ASCA (American Swim Coaches Association).

Jeaneen lives in Clear Lake City with her husband (Jody) and son (Jaxon). She loves spending time with her family, going to church, and relaxing at home. She is passionate about sharing her love of swimming with others. Her goal is to help every swimmer that she coaches to become the best version of themselves both in and out of the water. Positive mental attitude is a huge part of her training and she wants her swimmers to understand that they need to train mentally as well as physically to reach their full potential.

Coach Christina (goes by Chrissy) joined Sails in 2014 as an Age Group Coach.  She started swimming with the League City Barracudas at age 8. She swam in High School and played water polo. In college, she swam at the University of Incarnate Word in the fall of 2001. Chrissy graduated from  University of Incarnate Word.

Coach Paul coached the Sagemont Sharks summer league team while in high school. He was a four year letter winner as a swimmer while in high schoool at Dobie in Pasadena, Texas. He was named team captain of the swim team for his junior and senior years of high school. Prior to high school swimming, Coach Paul swam for Pasadena Swim Club. After high school, Coach Paul went on to swim at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Coach Paul now resides in Seabrook, Texas. He has two sons, Makai and Shae, who swim for the Sails.