Julie Plant

Julie Plant

Title: Head Coach
Phone: 781-768-7234
Email: julie.plant@regiscollege.edu
College: Univ. of Southern Maine

Julie Plant was appointed Head Women's Basketball Coach for the Pride in August 2005. The Gorham, Maine native managed to turn a struggling program into a conference championship contender. The Regis Women's basketball program finished the 2011-2012 season with a 21-6 overall record and an 18-0 regular season conference record in the NECC. Coach Plant also led the Pride to an ECAC post season tournament appearance - the programs third straight post season appearance.

The Pride made the move to the New England Collegiate Conference from the Commonwealth Coast Conference in 2011. While the Pride competed in the CCC, Plant led the program to the conference semi-finals in 2009 & 2011, and led her team to the Conference Championship game in 2010. Plant also was awarded the Commonwealth Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2008 after having a nationally recognized record turnaround from 5-20 in 2007 to and 18-8 record in 2008.

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, while teaching physical education and coaching basketball and softball at Bourgade Catholic High school in Phoenix, Arizona.

Before traveling west, Coach Plant served as an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island in 2002-2003. Coach Plant helped the Rams advance to the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship game. Before URI, Plant worked with the New York Liberty as their basketball and video operations intern. During the 2002 summer season, the Liberty advanced to the WNBA Finals. Before her WNBA internship, she served dual roles as an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. while earning her Masters degree in Education.

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.

PLANT BY THE NUMBERS  
Regis Head Coach (W/L)  
2005-2006 (8-17) .280
2006-2007 (5-20) .200
2007-2008 (18-8) .692
2008-2009 (17-9) .654
2009-2010 (20-10) .667
2010-2011 (16-12) .571
2011-2012 (21-6) .777
Overall Record (105-82) .561
Alexis Bergman

Alexis Bergman

Title: Assistant Coach
Born: 02/26/1977
Hometown: Gorham, Maine
College: Roanoke

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

Angela Santa Fe

Title: Assistant Coach
Hometown: Derry, NH
College: Southern Maine

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

Paul Falewicz

Title: Assistant Coach
Born: 09/27/1973
Hometown: Billerica, Mass.
College: U-Mass. Lowell

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.



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