Altherias Warmley is entering her sixth season as head coach for Alabama A&M with an overall record of 68-75. In her five seasons as head coach of the Bulldogs, the team has steadily improved, highlighted by a 17-13 season in 2006-07 and a 13-5 finish in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The team won its first 11 conference games a year ago and will be considered one of the favorites entering the 2007-08 campaign. The 2005-06 season ended with the Bulldogs making a run in the SWAC Tournament. As the sixth seed, the Bulldogs upset Mississippi Valley State in the opening round and had eventual champion Southern on the ropes before falling on a controversial ending in overtime. Her 2004-05 team finished the regular season tied for second place in the conference. Her teams have averaged a 3.0 GPA in each of her first five seasons as head coach. She is just the fourth head coach in the 26-year history of women's basketball at AAMU.

Warmley arrived to "the Hill" after spending eight seasons with Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Her first three seasons she assisted Lewis Bivens, former MTSU head coach. The last five years she spent as the number one assistant and recruiting coordinator for Stephany Smith, who moved from MTSU to become the head coach at Alabama.

During her tenure in Murfreesboro, the Lady Raiders posted a 140-94 record, won two Ohio Valley Conference titles, and earned two trips to the NCAA Tournament as well as two trips to the NWIT (National Women's Invitational Tournament).

Warmley is a native of Bessemer, Alabama, where she starred in both volleyball and basketball at Jess Lanier High School. In 1986, she enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, walked on for the Lady Blazers in 1987, and went on to letter for three seasons (1987-1990). She also spent her summers working in the mayor's office with the Birmingham Youth Games. After graduating from UAB, she served one season at Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Alabama, as a volunteer assistant coach. One year later she joined the Lady Blazers coaching staff as the second assistant. Her main duties included recruiting, scouting, promotions, on-the-floor coaching, and coordinating team travel.

In 1994, after three seasons with the Lady Blazers, Warmley headed north to join the staff at Middle Tennessee State University where she became known as an outstanding recruiter. She coached three OVC Freshman of the Year, the former South Carolina Player of the Year, and several All-State performers. Warmley also had three former players to play professionally. The All-Star Girls Report rated the 2001 signing class for MTSU one of the Top 50 in the nation. Her other duties at MTSU included scheduling, budgeting, on-the-floor coaching, and scouting.

Altherias is the daughter of retired Sergeant Major James Warmley, Jr. (deceased) and Johnnie Mae Warmley. She has one brother, James "Jimmy," and one sister, Vicki (deceased), who left behind a daughter (Brittney) and two sons (Kenneth and Kevin), who are dear to her heart. Warmley is single and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.