Women's Soccer Southern Conference

VMI Names Women's Soccer Coach

LEXINGTON, VA. - VMI Athletic Director Donny White announced the
hiring of Julie Davis as VMI women's soccer coach, effective July 1.

Davis will work to guide the VMI women's soccer program toward varsity
competition with its inaugural Division I season likely in the fall of 2004.

Davis replaces Emilie McCombs, who guided the program on a club level basis
for one year.

Davis, 28, and a native of Flower Mound, Texas, comes to VMI after serving
three years as assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. Davis
coordinated Lady Razorback soccer recruiting, compliance and camps, and also
assisted influentially with the teaching and training aspects of the game.

While in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Davis also devoted energies to promoting
and developing youth soccer in Arkansas. She served as Region III staff age
group coach for the Girls Olympic Development Program and was also head
coach of the U13 Girls Comets Soccer Club that captured the 2001 State Cup
Championship. Davis also served as state head coach for the Arkansas
Olympic Development Program that evaluated, selected, and trained players to
represent Arkansas in the ODP. She was selected the 2001 Female Classic
Coach of the Year by the Arkansas State Soccer Association.

"It's a wonderful opportunity to be the first varsity head coach for the
women's soccer program at VMI," said Davis. "I'm looking forward to the
positive development that it will bring to women at the Institute and the
challenge that I will face in recruiting quality women to play soccer at
VMI."

Davis also coached on the college level from 1997 to 1999 as an assistant
coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and worked in all phases of
program including, recruiting, travel, equipment and scheduling. Davis also
served as assistant tournament director for the Mid-American Conference
Men's Championship.

A 1997 graduate of Wright State University with a B.A. in Psychology, Davis
holds a United States Soccer Federation "B" License and has recently earned
an Advanced National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Athletic
Association.

"What I like most about this opportunity is that I will have a chance to
build a foundation for a program that is building from the ground up," said
Davis.

VMI, currently a member of the Southern Conference, will move to the Big
South Conference for the 2003-2004 year.

"We are excited and fortunate to have Julie as our head women's soccer
coach," said White. "She came highly recommended and has high levels of
experience as a player and coach at the Division I level. We know Julie will
be an asset to our athletic department and women's soccer team."