William & Mary Athletics

Erin Dickerson Davis heads into her fourth season at William & Mary following a monumental 2024-25 campaign that saw the Tribe win its first CAA title in basketball in school history. She was named the sixth Division I head coach in Tribe women’s basketball history on April 12, 2022. W&M announced in August of 2024 a contract extension for Davis through the 2029 season.

The 2024-25 season will not be forgotten by W&M alumni and fans, near and far, as the Tribe won its first CAA title in school history under Davis' guidance. The championship ended W&M's drought as the only original Division I member to have never made an NCAA Tournament appearance in men's or women's basketball. After an 11-18 regular season Davis and the Tribe entered the CAA tournament as the No. 9 seed and became the lowest seed to ever make the CAA title game, let alone win it. W&M beat Campbell 66-63 in the final to achieve history, knocking off top-seed N.C. A&T along the way in the quarterfinals, the program's first ever win over the No. 1 seed in postseason play.

The magical run for Davis and the Tribe didn't stop there, beating High Point in the NCAA First Four in Austin, Texas for the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win. The victory also made Davis' bunch the first team with a below .500 record to win an NCAA Tournament game. The 2024-25 squad also posted the most assists and field goals made in program history under her leadership.

National attention came with the historic run as the Tribe played its first three nationally televised games in program history, while also playing a program-record 12 games on linear television throughout the season. Bella Nascimento earned CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors and was an All-CAA Second Team selection under Davis' tutelage. Davis became the first coach in program history to have won 15-plus games in each of her first three seasons.

Davis' second season in Williamsburg, 2023-24, was highlighted by numerous records, culminating in another 12-6 record in the CAA, matching the program record for league wins for the second season in a row. Finishing fifth in the conference, it was the first time in program history that the Green and Gold won 10-plus conference games in back-to-back campaigns. The Tribe's 8-3 start in CAA play was the best conference start in program history through 11 games, and the squad's six conference road wins also tied the most in program history. Davis personally put her name in the W&M record books in 2023-24 season, becoming the fastest head coach to 20 conference wins (29 games) in program history, and the fastest to 30 career wins (53 games) in 95 years. During non-conference play the Tribe captured the FIU Thanksgiving Classic title, beating host FIU in the championship game on their home floor.

The talent Davis and her staff ushered in to the Tribe program was noticed by the conference with Nylah Young and Cassidy Geddes earning CAA First Team and All-Rookie honors respectively. Young finished second in the league at 16.1 points per game with 11 performances of 20 points or more. Geddes made an immediate impact for W&M in her first collegiate season, averaging the second most minutes on the team to go with 9.7 points per game.

In 2022-23, Davis led William & Mary to 18 wins — the most by a first-year head coach in program history. Additionally, the 12 CAA wins by the Tribe matched the record for most in a single-season. Under Davis, the Green and Gold finished the regular season fourth in the league and advanced to the program's sixth conference semifinal. The team finished first in the CAA at the free throw line, shooting 78.6%, and was second in 3-point field goals made per game at 7.3.

Davis also saw graduate guards Riley Casey and Sydney Wagner take their respective games to the next level as the duo was named preseason All-CAA. Caesy went on to rack up 12 20-plus point games in '22-'23, fourth-best all-time, before being named CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year, and earning a spot on both the VaSID and All-CAA first teams. Meanwhile, Wagner was named Second-Team All-CAA and captured a spot on the All-Tournament Team. Casey also finished her final season with the Tribe sitting No. 2 on the team's single-season scoring list.
 
Before arriving in Williamsburg, Davis served as the Associate Head Coach at Wake Forest University where she helped lead the Demon Deacons to a pair of postseason appearances, highlighted by the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 30 seasons.
 
Davis joined the Wake Forest staff in 2020 as an assistant coach and was promoted to associate head coach in 2021. During her time with the Demon Deacons, she recruited and coached three All- Atlantic Coast Conference selections. She assisted with leading and managing all aspects the program, including the development and implementation of daily practice plans, and leading the program's offensive efforts and scouting strategies. She also coordinated all on and off-campus recruitment efforts of student-athletes.
 
Prior to Wake Forest, Davis was assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Georgetown University from 2017-20.  In the 2018-19 season, the Hoyas had its most overall wins (19) in seven seasons and reached the quarterfinals of the WNIT. The team reached the second round of the WNIT in 2017-18 as well.
 
At Georgetown, she recruited and coached four All-Big East selections, one Defensive Player of the Year and one Most Improved Player of the Year.  She helped the program sign a 2018 recruiting class that ranked first in the Big East. 
 
Davis also held coaching positions at Towson University from 2015-17 (associate head coach/recruiting coordinator); Illinois State University from 2013-15 (assistant coach/recruiting coordinator); La Salle University from 2010-13 (assistant coach) and at Furman University from 2009-10 (assistant coach).  Overall, she has recruited and coached 16 all-conference selections.
 
In 2021, The Athletic named Davis one of 22 assistant women’s basketball coaches ready to lead their own program.  She was also named a 2017 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Thirty Under 30 honoree. 
 
Davis has a master’s degree in sports industry management from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in learning and organizational change from Northwestern University. While at Northwestern, she was a four-year scholarship athlete and letter winner in women’s basketball. She was team captain for all four years. 
 
A Chicago native, Davis and her husband, Thomas, are the parents of daughter, Lyla.