Beginning his fourth season at the helm of the Auburn University at Montgomery women's basketball program, Dan Davis has only built on the tradition established by his predecessors. In three seasons as head coach, Davis has led the Warhawks to the NAIA Tournament, helped the team win nearly 60 percent of its games and earned Southern States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors. During his time at the helm, Davis has also coached one All-American player, six SSAC All-Conference performers and one SSAC All-Freshman team member.

Last season, Davis helped AUM to a 14-16 overall record and a 5-7 mark in conference play. The Warhawks finished just one game shy of a tie for second place in the SSAC West Division and had two all-division players, as well as six All-Academic selections. Four student-athletes also earned NAIA Scholar Athlete honors. AUM also finished tied for second in the conference and seventh nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense. In the classroom, the Warhawks sported a team grade point average of better than 3.0 for the third time in as many years.

During the 2009-10 campaign, Davis guided AUM to a 15-15 record and a tie for fourth place in the SSAC standings. Highlighting the season was a 73-49 thrashing of perennial conference powerhouse, Lee University, only AUM's third victory against the Lady Flames in 15 tries. In addition, Cassie Moore became the 23rd AUM player to earn All-America status, earning honorable mention honors, while also being named the SSAC's Defensive Player of the Year.

In his first season, Davis served as interim head women's basketball coach and led the Warhawks to a NAIA National Tournament appearance and a 20-9 overall record. Under his leadership, AUM led the SSAC in scoring defense and 3-point field goal percentage, while ranking second in field goal percentage, defensive field goal percentage and defensive 3-point field goal percentage. Moore earned Third-Team All-American honors, while the Warhawks finished the season ranked 25th in the nation.

Along with success on the court, the Warhawks have also excelled in the classroom under Davis, as seven student-athletes have been named NAIA Academic All-Americans and 15 have earned SSAC Academic All-Conference honors. The women's basketball program has also had the AUM Honor Student-Athlete during two of the last three seasons and has posted a team GPA of 3.0 or better during six semesters under Davis.

Davis also spent one season as the Warhawks' assistant coach under now Athletic Director Steve Crotz. As the assistant coach, Davis served as the recruiting coordinator and provided assistance in all areas of individual and team development.

Prior to joining AUM, Davis spent five years at Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, Ga., as the head coach of the girls' basketball team from 2002-07. During his time with PCA, Davis coached seven all-county and all-region performers, two all-state players and one region player of the year. He helped the Stars to a 65-63 overall record during his tenure, while also serving as the school's athletic director from 2005-07.

Davis has also made coaching stops at South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Ga., where he was head coach of the boys' junior varsity basketball team and Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., where he was head coach of the boys' basketball varsity squad.

Along with his coaching duties, Davis serves as AUM's Champions of Character coordinator. He is also very involved in the community, as well as professional organizations, including the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, YMCA, American Red Cross and Christ Community Church. He has directed numerous youth camps and has been on staff at camps hosted by the University of Tennessee, University of Georgia and Florida State University.

Before joining the coaching ranks, Davis was a four-year member of the AUM men's basketball team, playing for legendary Warhawks' Head Coach Larry Chapman. During his AUM career, the Senators played in the NAIA National Tournament, won the NAIA Southeast Region and were the Southern States Conference Champions. Davis graduated from AUM in 1999 with a degree in secondary education and social sciences.

Davis is married to the former Christi Shirley. The couple has two children, Abigail and Cooper.

Samantha Paradise is currently in her first season as assistant coach of the Auburn University at Montgomery women's basketball team. Paradise will work specifically with the guards, as well as assist with scouting and recruiting. She will also play a key role in the team's strength and conditioning program.

Paradise joined the Warhawks after spending the past year as an assistant coach at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla.

During her year with the Buccaneers, Paradise was responsible for a variety of elements within the program, including monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes, monitoring the program's compliance within the NCAA guidelines, assisting with the organization and direction of daily practices and the scouting of opponents. She also assisted with the recruitment of student-athletes and taught a Teaching Basketball course to Barry students.

Prior to her time at Barry, Paradise spent one season as the head girls' basketball coach at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Fla., and a year coaching AAU U-15 girl's in Pensacola, Fla. She also spent one year working as an intern with the University of West Florida men's basketball team and two seasons as an assistant girls' coach at Escambia High School in Pensacola.

Paradise joined the coaching ranks after playing two seasons at West Florida in Pensacola. During her first season with the Argonauts, she appeared in 24 games, helping the Argonauts to a 20-7 record. She won the team award for defensive player of the game four times and offensive player of the game once.

At the prep level, Paradise played at St. Thomas Aquinas in Overland Park, Kan., where she helped the Saints advance to the 6A state title game three consecutive years, winning the championship in 2001. She was named to the All-Eastern Kansas League team as a junior and senior.

Paradise earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from West Florida in 2007 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with her master's in exercise science from UWF in 2009. She is the daughter of Jim and Wendy Paradise.

Following a standout playing career, Haley McIntyre joined the AUM women's basketball coaching staff as a graduate assistant. McIntyre will work primarily with the post players and will also assist in scouting of opponents.

During her playing career, McIntyre battled through a pair of knee injuries and scored 1,109 points, a total which ranks No. 11 all-time in school annals, while also pulling down 499 rebounds. She appeared in 119 career games, scoring in double figures 55 times. McIntyre was an all-conference performer as a junior and earned SSAC All-Freshman honors in her first season. She was also a three-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete and member of the conference All-Academic team.

McIntyre came to AUM following a highly-decorated prep career at Meadowview Christian School in Selma, Ala., where she was the Alabama Independent School Association Player of the Year as a senior and the Trojans' Most Valuable Player all four years. She also lettered in softball and track and field at MCS.

Currently pursuing her master's in business administration, McIntyre is a 2010 graduate of AUM with a degree in physical education. She is the daughter of Bryan and Lisa McIntyre and is engaged to Anthony Rosa.

Catie Bonner is beginning her first season as a student manager on the Warhawks' women's basketball staff.

Bonner, who is a freshman from Oakman, Ala., came to AUM after graduating from Oakman High School, where she was a four-year letterwinner in softball and lettered three seasons in basketball.

The daughter of Jeff and Penny Bonner, she has two younger brothers, Michael and John David. She is majoring in secondary education at AUM.