Having made a second consecutive playoff appearance during the 2008-09 campaign, head coach Julie Plant aims to run the table in The Commonwealth Coast Conference during 2009-10.

As recognition to her team’s hard work, as well as her exceptional coaching abilities, Plant was named Coach of the Year by the TCCC in 2007.

Known within the athletics department for her intensity during practice, and expecting the very best out of her athletes on the court, the Regis College community awaits what is seemingly going to be one of the women’s teams best years since its championship days.

Plant was appointed Head Women's Basketball Coach at Regis College in August 2005. She also serves as a lecturer in the Athletic Department.
Prior to her appointment at Regis, Coach Plant spent one year as assistant coach of the Glendale Community College women's basketball program in Glendale, Ariz., and served as a WNBA advance scout for the New York Liberty.

Coach Plant's experience also includes the following:
1. Girls' varsity basketball coach at Bourgade Catholic High School in Phoenix, where she was also a physical education and health teacher (2003-2005)
2. Assistant coach of the women's program at the University of Rhode Island (2002-03)
3. Graduate assistant coach at Elmira College, where she earned her M.S. in general education (2000-01)

Coach Plant is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Gorham, Maine, where she competed at the college level from 1996-2000. Her team was an NCAA Div. III national finalist in 1998 and 2000. She was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, commemorating her tremendous collegiate playing career.

Coach Plant’s top assistant is former Roanoke College standout point guard Alexis Bergman

A starter at point guard for the Maroons from 1995-1999, Alexis helped lead her team to three ODAC conference titles and three NCAA tournament appearances. Alexis has used her knowledge and experience at the guard position in coaching standout players; TCCC All Conference Award winner Jessie Page, TCCC Player of the Week Laura Sears.

Alexis’s main responsibilities include advance scouting, recruiting, perimeter instruction and the director of the teams strength and conditioning program.

Riseman was a two sport athlete in basketball and softball. She was the team's captain during her junior and senior year.

Personal:
Alexis resides in Waltham with her dog Ellie and works full time as a Master Level Personal Trainer at the Boston Sports Club in Waltham.

She enjoys outdoor activities, spending time with her animals Max, Skeeter, and Ellie. Riseman states her best coaching experience has been "Coaching with Coach (Julie) Plant."

Angela Santa Fe joins the coaching staff for her first season 2011-2012. Santa Fe previously served as an assistant coach for the University of Southern Maine, where she graduated from in 2007.

Santa Fe helped lead the Huskies to an 18-11 mark last season in the Little East Conference and an appearance in the LEC Semifinals. The Huskies would eventually earn a bid into the ECAC Tournament where the Huskies reached the ECAC Championship game.

During her playing career, Santa Fe played three seasons for the Huskies after transferring in from Division II Merrimack College. During her first season with the Huskies, Santa Fe was a part of the 2006 National Finalist team that finished with a record of 32-2 and 14-0 in the Little East Conference. During her three-year career, USM compiled a record of 84-9 overall and 40-2 in the Little East. Santa Fe helped USM reach the NCAA tournament all three seasons, including its Final Four and National Finalist appearance in 2006 and a Sweet Sixteen trip in 2007.

An adept shooter, Santa Fe finished her career with an outstanding 47.3 percent (205-433) mark from the field and 551 points in 84 career games. She served as one of the team's captains in 2007-2008.

Paul Falewicz joined the program in September 2009. Serving as assistant coach, Falewicz will be responsible for fundamental defensive and offensive breakdown, and post player development.

Also, he will assist the program with recruiting, opponent scouting, and player personnel evaluations.

Falewicz has spent time coaching at Lasell College and Mount Ida College, both for two years. He is a graduate of UMass.-Lowell, and earned his MBA in 2005.

Personal:
His spouse's name is Gail, and he has two children, Michael and Hannah.

Falewicz hopes to become president of the United States, and his favorite team is the Boston Red Sox.