Head Coach Warren Haynes
Haynes begins his sixth season as head coach of the Panthers.  The Panthers were 18-9 last season and runner-ups in the Great South Athletic Conference tournament.  The 18 wins were the most by the Panthers in 13 years. Haynes brings back a strong nucleus of returners for the 2007-08 season and 11 newcomers.

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 61-71.

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.

Assistant Coach Dale Lomax
Lomax begins his secondseason on the men's basketball staff at LaGrange College. A former standout player for the Panthers, Lomax graduated in 2004 and played one year professionally prior to returning to LaGrange.

Lomax's duties include coordinating practices, player development, primarily with the guards, recruiting, scouting, among other administrative duties.

Known for his leadership and ability to score, Lomax was a four-year letterman for the Panthers (2000-04) and was named GSAC All-Conference during his final two years. He received the team's Most Valuable Player award after his final season. 

Lomax scored over 1,100 points in his career and was the team's leading rebounder as a junior.  He finished his career ranked in the top ten all-time in steals (110) and  three-point percentage (39%), attempted (309) and made (120).

Lomax was a key member of a group of players that watched the program improve in each of the four years he played. He was a member of the 2003-04 team that completed their first winning season in over ten years.  It was also the first winning season as a NCAA Div. III member.  The four straight 10-plus win seasons were the most since the 1970's, when the Panthers experienced their longest run of nine straight (71-80).

Lomax resides in LaGrange.

Assistant Coach Mark Butler
Butler, a Vidalia, Ga. native, begins his first season with the Panthers. He comes to LaGrange after working as the head assistant coach at Brewton-Parker College under former LaGrange College head coach Steve Barker.

Butler was a four-year letterman at NCAA Division II Newberry (S.C.) College. Butler was the team captain and a member of the All-SAC Academic team his senior year. He played on the first Newberry team to reach the SAC tournament championship game. Butler graduated from Newberry with a degree in history and a minor in coaching. He was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta history society and president of the Newberry chapter in 2006. Butler was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, serving as chaplain for the Newberry chapter from 2004 through 2006. He was co-founder and charter member of the Newberry College History Club, serivng as vice-president and president.

In high school, Butler helped Vidalia  reach the Sweet Sixteen in back-to-back seasons for the firt time in school history. He was a McDonalds All-American nominee and played on team USA in the EUROBASKEight 2001 Invitational World Tournament in Italy. Butler was named to the all-start team at the end of the tournament.

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.