Nathan Davis (born March 25, 1974) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the New Hampshire Wildcats men's basketball team.[1] He previously served as the men's basketball coach at Bucknell from 2015 to 2023 and Randolph–Macon from 2009 to 2015.[2]
 Davis coaching a game in February, 2017 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | New Hampshire |
| Conference | America East |
| Record | 18–26 (.409) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 25, 1974 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1996 | Randolph–Macon |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1998 | Emory and Henry (assistant) |
| 1998–2003 | Navy (assistant) |
| 2003–2008 | Bucknell (assistant) |
| 2008–2009 | Colgate (assistant) |
| 2009–2015 | Randolph–Macon |
| 2015–2023 | Bucknell |
| 2023–present | New Hampshire |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 288–180 (.615) |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) 9–6 (NCAA Division III) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 ODAC regular season (2011, 2014, 2015) 3 ODAC tournament (2011, 2013, 2015) 4 Patriot League regular season (2016–2019) 2 Patriot League tournament (2017, 2018) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× ODAC Coach of the Year (2014, 2015) 2× Patriot League Coach of the Year (2016, 2017) | |
Playing career
editDavis played college basketball at Randolph–Macon, where he was a two-time captain and two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference all-conference selection.[3]
Coaching career
editDavis got his coaching start at Emory and Henry for a single season before assistant coaching stops at both Navy, Bucknell and Colgate before returning to his alma mater as head coach in 2009, replacing Mike Rhoades.In six seasons with the Yellow Jackets, Davis guided the team to a 141–39 overall record with six NCAA Division III tournament appearances, including a Final Four in 2009.[3][4]
In 2015, Davis took over for Dave Paulsen at Bucknell where in eight seasons, Davis led the Bison to four Patriot League regular season titles from 2015 to 2019, as well as two conference tournament titles and appearances in the 2017 and 2018 NCAA tournament. On March 3, 2023, Davis was let go as the head coach at Bucknell, where he finished with a 129–115 overall record.[5]
On April 7, 2023, he was hired as the new head coach at New Hampshire, replacing Bill Herrion.[6][7][1]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (2009–2015) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Randolph–Macon | 26–7 | 11–5 | 4th | NCAA Division III Final Four | ||||
| 2010–11 | Randolph–Macon | 25–5 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA Division III second round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Randolph–Macon | 21–7 | 12–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division III first round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Randolph–Macon | 21–10 | 11–5 | 3rd | NCAA Division III third round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Randolph–Macon | 20–7 | 14–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III first round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Randolph–Macon | 28–3 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Elite Eight | ||||
| Randolph–Macon: | 141–39 (.783) | 77–19 (.802) | |||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Patriot League) (2015–2023) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | Bucknell | 17–14 | 14–4 | 1st | NIT first round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Bucknell | 26–9 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Bucknell | 25–10 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Bucknell | 21–12 | 13–5 | T–1st | |||||
| 2019–20 | Bucknell | 14–20 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Bucknell | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2nd (Central) | |||||
| 2021–22 | Bucknell | 9–23 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Bucknell | 12–20 | 5–13 | 10th | |||||
| Bucknell: | 129–115 (.529) | 80–56 (.588) | |||||||
| New Hampshire Wildcats (America East Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | New Hampshire | 16–15 | 7–9 | T–4th | |||||
| 2024–25 | New Hampshire | 2–11 | 0–0 | ||||||
| New Hampshire: | 18–26 (.409) | 7–9 (.438) | |||||||
| Total: | 288–180 (.615) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Nathan Davis Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". University of New Hampshire Athletics.
- ^ "Nathan Davis to Become Bucknell's Next Head Men's Basketball Coach". Bucknell Bison.
- ^ a b "Nathan Davis '97". Randolph-Macon.
- ^ "Nathan Davis - Men's Basketball Coach". Bucknell University Athletics.
- ^ "Nathan Davis out as Bucknell hoops coach after 8 seasons". ESPN. Associated Press. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Borzello, Jeff. "New Hampshire Wildcats name Nathan Davis as new head coach". ESPN.com.
- ^ Staff Reports. "UNH names former Bucknell University head coach as new men's basketball coach". Portsmouth Herald.
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