In the latest round of “Are you kidding me?” news from Lubbock, former Lubbock High coach and youth pastor Jeremy Maxfield just picked up three more charges for indecency with a child—because apparently five felonies weren’t quite enough for his collection. The new charges date back to 2014 and involve yet another victim, adding to an already stomach-turning history that stretches from church youth groups to classroom desks.
Maxfield’s record reads like a greatest hits album of institutional failure: first accused as a youth pastor in Amherst back in 2006, then again as a teacher and coach in 2019, and somehow managing to keep working with minors for nearly 20 years. The latest indictment says the abuse happened both at school and church, proving that his predatory pattern was as consistent as his employment record.
Lubbock ISD, ever the model of proactive leadership, says they only found out about this last year—fifteen years after the first allegations and five years after the crimes on their own property. They’ve since “accepted his resignation,” which, in Lubbock bureaucrat-speak, translates to “we’d rather pretend we didn’t know.”
Maxfield was booked again this week but promptly posted bond—because nothing says “justice served” like a man accused of serial child abuse strolling out of jail for the price of a used pickup.
At this point, maybe Lubbock should just rename the high school gym “The Maxfield Memorial for Institutional Oversight.”
