COACH BARBARA DAVIS, former owner, general manager and head coach of pro-minor basketball team, the Texas Hurricanes, an exhibition team that was based in Dallas, TX from 2009-2019, that competed against teams that were a part of the ABA, TPBL, UBL and IBL leagues and competed in tournaments like Tournament of the Stars and the FedEx tournament, among playing in other leagues and tournaments. Coach Davis ran this organization while being a single mother of 4 girls and grandmother on 1 plus working full-time for Dallas Colleges.
Coach Davis is currently a breast cancer warrior and continues to help make a difference in the lives of others. She is now working full-time at Tarrant County College, founder of a non-profit organization called ALPHA FEMALE LEAGUE INC and partners with several other organizations to provide outreach services and programs to the community. Alpha Female League [AFL] educates, empowers, inspires and mentors youths through young adults, ages 6 thru 26 to excel and stride to achieve greatness, discover themselves and their roots, grow sisterhood, self-love & respect and provide guidance to help them to “Become Strong, Confident and Ambitious Women.”
“Basketball is my passion” says Coach Davis. “Ever since I started playing with my brothers and his friends and going to the summer camp that was held by the Kansas Jay Hawks, where I meet Danny Manning and he took me under his wings and showed me how to control my speed on the court so I could make a controlled layup, I was hooked!”
“And as a ward of the state of Kansas, sports was a blessing and outlet for me. If it wasn’t for my coach and team, I don’t know how I would have gotten through many of those years. This is why I do what I do. The game changed my life and I hope that I can do the same for someone else.” ~ Coach Barbara Davis
Her love for family, sports, and the game of basketball, drives her to provide quality and affordable entertainment that the whole family and community can enjoy and be a part of. This dedication to family and community led Coach Davis to joining the American Basketball Association. The league has been around since the NBA and had a major impact on the league and it is the largest sports league in the world.
