Women's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- princess.davis@unt.edu
- Alma Mater:
- Texas A&M-Commerce, 2018
Princess Davis, a former Texas A&M-Commerce standout player and coach under Jason Burton, is in her second season as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for UNT.
Davis came to UNT after spending the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach on Burton’s staff at Commerce. She helped lead the Lions in their transition to Division I and was crucial piece in helping them advance to the semifinal of the Southland Conference Tournament.
In her first season in Denton, the program soared to new heights by setting a new single season wins record and winning a share of its first conference title since 1986. The Mean Green improved upon their first year with another record setting campaign in the 2024-25 season, winning 25 games and posting a 15-3 mark in league play.
Working primarily with the guards, Davis was instrumental in helping Dyani Robinson earn the AAC Sixth Player of the Year award in 2024. She also played an important role in the development of point guard Ereauna Hardaway who had one of the more impressive improvements from year to year in the conference. Davis helped Hardaway increase her numbers by over 6.0 points per game, 1.3 rebounds per game, over 30 assists and 20 steals from her sophomore to junior season.
In her role for the Lions, she was responsible for coordinating junior college recruiting, working with guards, assisting in scouting opponents, serving as an academic mentor, and had a role in the social media outreach efforts.
Prior to her one season at TAMUC, Davis served as an assistant coach at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas for two seasons.
In her time with the Lady Cardinals, Davis was on the staff for a pair of NJCAA Tournament runs, including 2020-21 when TVCC finished as the national runner up in the NJCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.
In just two seasons, Davis mentored five NJCAA all-region academic players, seven all-conference honorees, eight all-region players, a NJCAA Region XIV Freshman of the Year, and a pair NJCAA All-Americans.
Davis was also a standout on the court TAMUC, playing with the Lions from 2014-19.
No A&M-Commerce women’s basketball player has played, started, or won more games than Davis, who was one of Burton’s first recruits in Commerce.
The Shreveport, Louisiana, native ended her Lion career second in assists, third in points, and first in minutes played. She averaged 11.3 points and 3.6 assists per game and was named an all-conference player three times as well as the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year in 2014-15. She was also honored as an All-American in 2017-18.
Additionally, Davis was part of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “So You Want to Be a Coach” training program in 2019, before playing professionally in Europe for ZKK Plamen Pozega in Pozega, Croatia.
After graduating with a degree in Kinesiology & Sport Studies from A&M-Commerce in 2018, Davis also received her master’s degree in counseling at A&M-Commerce in 2020.
COACHING HISTORY
2023-Present: UNT, Assistant Coach/Recruiting coordinator
2022-23: Texas A&M-Commerce, Assistant Coach
2020-22: Trinity Valley Community College, Assistant Coach
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2019-20: ZKK Plamen Pozega (Croatia-Premijer Liga)
2014-19: Texas A&M-Commerce
