Davis had been the pitching coach for the NCAA Division I Panthers for the last six years before coming to Truman. When he arrived at Northern Iowa, the team had an ERA just under eight. Davis helped that number drop over the years, including an ERA of 4.63 last year, the lowest mark since the school moved to the Division I level. Also last season, the Panther pitchers struck out over 400 hitters for just the third time in school history.

 

Other highlights at Northern Iowa include helping the team win the 2001 Missouri Valley Conference tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time. That year, Davis coached Nic Ungs, the MVC Pitcher of the Year and a second-team all-American. Davis also coached a freshman all-American pitcher in 2002 and seven pitchers who signed professional contracts.

 

Other duties for Davis at Northern Iowa included being the recruiting coordinator and academic supervisor for the program. He also was the director of camps, coordinator of team travel and assisted in fundraising and fiscal management.

 

Davis also has coaching experience from SIU-Carbondale, the El Dorado Broncos and Independence Community College.

 

He was an assistant coach for the Division I Salukies from 1997-2000. He was the pitching coach there, as well as helping with recruiting and having various other duties.

 

Davis was the head coach for El Dorado in the competitive Jayhawk summer league for the 1999 and 2000 seasons, and was the assistant coach there from 1997-1998. He helped the 1998 squad win the National Baseball Congress World Series.

 

His coaching career started at Independence Community College in 1997, where he was the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and first base coach.

 

Davis pitched for SIU-Carbondale in 1994 and 1995. In his first year at the school, he broke a school record for innings pitched and led the team in strikeouts. The next year, he led the team in strikeouts and ERA, and tied for the team-high in wins. Davis was awarded the James J. Mundo Spirit award after his senior season. After his collegiate career, he played in the Frontier league for two seasons with the Kalamazoo Kodiaks and the Newark Bison.

 

Davis graduated from SIU-Carbondale in 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science. He received his master of science in higher education and administration from the same school in 2000.