Ottawa University

• Davis is in his fourth season as head coach of the Ottawa University football program.
• Was the program's defensive coordinator in 2021
• Led the Braves to a 2023 Bissell Division Championship and an appearance in the NAIA Football Championship Series
• Davis has coached 3 NAIA All-Americans, 1 KCAC Bissell Division Defensive Player of the Year, 59 All-KCAC performers
• Coached one, 1,000 yard rusher
• Had 34 players named Daktronic Scholar Athletes.

He is no stranger to the Ottawa University football program. Davis spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons as a graduate assistant, coaching defensive backs and linebackers at OU. He was part of two NAIA Football Championship Series qualifying teams and helped OU to a 2011 KCAC Championship. Davis coached 10 all-conference performers, three NAIA All-Americans and served as the junior varsity defensive coordinator.

Davis has helped thousands of coaches across the nation by sharing his knowledge in person and on platforms like CoachesClinic.com and USAFootball.com. He was selected to the AFCA 2022 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute.

Before returning to OU, Davis spent 10 seasons on the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology staff, a NCAA Division III school in Terre Haute, Ind. He was the Fighting Engineers defensive coordinator for six seasons and was promoted to assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator in 2018. Davis also coached the linebackers. He holds a USA Weightlifting Certification and served as Rose-Hulman’s football strength and conditioning coordinator.

Davis led one of the nation’s top defensive units in his time as defensive coordinator at Rose-Hulman. From 2015 to 2020, his defenses led the nation in sacks. The Fighting Engineer defense led the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) in total defense in 2015 and scoring defense in 2016. Under Davis’ tutelage in 2020, the Rose-Hulman defense only allowed 13.6 points and 305.6 yards of total offense per game.

While at Rose-Hulman, Davis coached three All-Americans, eight All-Region selections, and 33 All-HCAC performers. Prior to being named defensive coordinator, Davis was the Fighting Engineers’ special teams coordinator in 2013 and 2014. He coached two All-HCAC performers, had one player selected to play in the DIII Senior Classic and his special teams unit broke three school records.

Before joining the football staff at Ottawa University in 2010, Davis served as a strength and conditioning football intern at the University of Michigan and Western Illinois University in 2010.

Davis was a member of the football team at NCAA Division III Monmouth College in Illinois, earning Academic All-Conference honors. He spent one season as a defensive line assistant for the Fighting Scots. He graduated from Monmouth with a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a minor in communications in 2010. Davis completed his master’s in education curriculum and instruction from OU in 2011.? 

Davis and his wife Heather have two two dogs, Scout and Annie.