Head Coach Warren Haynes
Phone: (706) 880-8328
E-Mail: whaynes@lagrange.edu

Haynes begins his ninth season as head coach of the Panthers.  The Panthers were 18-9 during the 2006-07 season and runner-ups in the Great South Athletic Conference tournament.  The 18 wins were the most by the Panthers in 13 years.

Haynes followed up a 13-13 record his first year with a 15-12 record in 2003-04. It was the school's first winning season since 1993. It was the fourth straight improvement on the previous year's record.  Haynes was hit hard with graduation and was in a rebuilding year in 2004-05, finishing 7-19. His career record currently stands at 85-125.

Before being named head coach, Haynes was an assistant for four years at his alma mater, LaGrange College. He played for the Panthers from 1996-1998 and lived a season his senior year that will remain in the history books and in his mind forever.

"After playing a season with no victories, I now realize that it is not winning or losing games that builds a man's character but what he does before and after each game that really defines him," Haynes said. His loyalty to LaGrange is a constant driving force to make the Panther program one of the best in the South.

"It is not the offense or defense that will be the landmark change in LaGrange College basketball history, but the way of life," Haynes said. "There is a certain way of life that is slowly starting to evolve, and when widely adapted and accepted, there will be great success."

Haynes' playing days began in Jasper, Tenn. at Marion County High School. From there, he traveled to Wallace State Community College in Hanceville Ala., where he played for two seasons. Haynes was a captain his sophomore season at Wallace State, earning the team's Leadership Award. He stepped into a leadership role at LaGrange College in 1996. After two seasons as a Panther, Haynes racked up two Academic All-Conference plaques, two Al Mariotti Leadership Awards, and the Delma B. Fowler Most Valuable Player award his senior season.

Haynes graduated in 1998 with a degree in psychology and was a member of Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology. He completed his master's in business administration from LaGrange in 2003. Haynes is the assistant intramural director at LaGrange and is mainly responsible for flag football and softball.

Haynes is married to the former Brook Weaver of LaGrange. They have a son, Harper.

Graduate Assistant Coach Landon Baize
Phone: (706) 880-8270
E-Mail: lmbaize@lagrange.edu

Baize begins his second year on the men's basketball staff at LaGrange. He is a graduate of LaGrange and was a four-year letterman for the Panthers as a point guard. Baize has a degree in Early Childhood Education and is currently working on a masters in teaching degree at LaGrange. As a senior during the 2007-08 season, he played in 19 games with 13 starts. He averaged 3.3 points per game and had 40 assists.

Chaplain Quincy Brown
The Rev. Brown, a native of Gainesville, Ga., is an ordained Methodist minister of the North Georgia Annual Conference. He is the campus and team chaplain at LaGrange.

Brown received a degree in electronic engineering technology from DeVry Institute of Technology in 1990 and a master of divinity degree from Emory University in 1995. At Emory, he received the John Owne Smith Preaching Award. Brown is now enrolled at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta pursuing his doctor of ministry.

Brown travels with the team on selected road games. He provides an emotional and spiritual "sparkplug" for the Panthers and will continue his honorary coaching duties again this season.