Michelle Guyant-Holloway

Head Women's Basketball Coach

Northern Michigan '97, 2004 MPA

Year at Shenandoah: 1st

The newest head coach at Shenandoah University is Michelle Guyant-Holloway, who came on board in June 2006 as just the second full-time women's basketball coach in school history.

Guyant-Holloway comes to Shenandoah after serving as the lead assistant coach at Division II Northern Michigan University from 1998-2005. Previous to her experience at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference school Guyant-Holloway served as the interim head coach at Dodge City (Kan.) Community College for the 1997-98 season.

A 1997 Northern Michigan grad who also received her Master's Degree from NMU (in 2004), Guyant-Holloway was part of a staff that led the Wildcats to seven NCAA appearances in her seven seasons with two of the squads reaching the regional championship game.

As a player, Guyant-Holloway played on two GLIAC Tournament championship teams and was the GLIAC Tournament MVP in 1995. Her 1995 team also won the North Region championship and participated in the NCAA DII Elite Eight.

Guyant-Holloway and her husband, Phil, live in Winchester.

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Bob Burner

Assistant Women's Basketball Coach

Bridgewater '98

Year at Shenandoah: 1st

Joining Guyant-Holloway on the Hornets sidelines this season is veteran area high school coach Bob Burner.

Burner comes to SU after serving as assistant girl’s basketball coach at two different Virginia high schools. Most recently, Burner assisted his brother, Jeff, at Stonewall Jackson High School in Quicksburg.

Since leaving the coaching ranks after the 2001-02 season, Burner has taught for the city school districts in Staunton, Richmond and Winchester. He is currently an alternative education teacher Douglass Community Learning Center in Winchester.

A 1998 graduate of Bridgewater College, Burner will be involved in all aspects of the Hornets program and will focus extensively on recruiting.

Joia Davis

Assistant Coach

Shenandoah '06

Year at Shenandoah: 1st

The final member of the Hornets coaching staff is 2006 graduate Joia Davis.

Davis, a four-year member of the women's basketball team and a three-year member of the women's lacrosse program, will assist Guyant-Holloway in all aspects of the program.

During her playing career, Davis started 86 of 99 games she played in and turned in averages of 7.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She was a Shenandoah University All-Tournament selection during her freshman year and earned All-USA South honors in lacrosse three times. In 2005, she led the women's lax team to a league championship and was named tournament MVP.