Kermit Davis

Kermit Davis
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Middle Tennessee
Conference Conference USA
Biographical details
Born (1959-12-14) December 14, 1959
Leakesville, Mississippi
Playing career
1978–1980 Phillips County CC
1980–1982 Mississippi State
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1984 Mississippi State (asst.)
1984–1986 Southwest Mississippi CC
1986–1988 Idaho (asst.)
1988–1990 Idaho
1990–1991 Texas A&M
1991–1993 Chipola JC (asst.)
1993–1994 Chipola JC
1994–1996 Utah State (asst.)
1996–1997 Idaho
1997–2002 LSU (asst.)
2002–present Middle Tennessee
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Big Sky Tournament (1989, 1990)
2× Big Sky regular season (1989, 1990)
3x C-USA regular season (2012, 2013, 2014)
C-USA Tournament (2016)
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2003)
Big Sky Coach of the Year (1989)

John Kermit Davis, Jr.[1][2] (born December 14, 1959) is an American college basketball coach, the men's head coach at Middle Tennessee State University since 2002.

Davis was previously the associate head coach at LSU for five seasons. His head coaching experience included brief stops at Idaho (twice)[3][4] and Texas A&M.[5]

Early years

Davis' father, Kermit, Sr., was the head coach at Mississippi State University for seven seasons, ending in 1977.[6] He was an alumnus of the school and was promoted to head coach at age 34 after four years as an assistant for the Bulldogs.[7] In his first season in 1971, he was named SEC coach of the year.[8]

The younger Davis graduated from high school in 1978 and then played at Phillips County Community College in Arkansas for two years, and transferred to hometown Mississippi State, where he played two seasons and earned a bachelor's degree in 1982 and a master's in 1984 while a graduate assistant.[3]

Coaching career

When promoted from assistant to head coach at Idaho in 1988 at age 28, Davis was the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I.[9] He had been an assistant for two seasons with the Vandals under new and first-time head coach Tim Floyd, who left for New Orleans. Floyd had rejuvenated the program and under Davis, Idaho had consecutive 25–6 (.806) seasons in 1989 and 1990, winning the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles to make the NCAA tournament both years. He left the Palouse for Texas A&M of the Southwest Conference in March 1990,[10][11] but resigned a year later after an 8–21 (.276) first season.[12][13]

After three years at a junior college in Florida and two seasons as an assistant at Utah State, Davis returned to Idaho as head coach in March 1996,[3] then left a year later to become associate head coach under John Brady at LSU.[14][15]

Davis became head coach at Middle Tennessee in 2002. He led winning records in his first four seasons but first made a postseason tournament in 2010 at the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Middle Tennessee followed that with appearances in the 2012 NIT and 2013 NCAA Tournament. Middle Tennessee moved from the Sun Belt Conference to Conference USA for the 2013–14 season.[16] Following an appearance in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, Middle Tennessee made the 2016 NCAA Tournament by way of winning the C-USA Tournament. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament as a #15 seed, Middle Tennessee upset #2 seed (and AP-ranked #2) Michigan State 90–81.[17] Middle Tennessee then lost the second round game to #10 seed Syracuse 75-50.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990)
1988–89 Idaho 25–6 13–3 1st NCAA First Round
1989–90 Idaho 25–6 13–3 1st NCAA First Round
Idaho (first): 50–12 (.806) 26–6 (.813)
Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1990–1991)
1990–91 Texas A&M 8–21 2–14 9th
Texas A&M: 8–21 (.276) 2–14 (.125)
Idaho Vandals (Big West Conference) (1996–1997)
1996–97 Idaho 13–17 5–11 5th
Idaho (second): 13–17 (.433) 5–11 (.313)
Idaho (total): 63–29 (.685) 31–17 (.646)
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Sun Belt Conference) (2002–2013)
2002–03 Middle Tennessee 16–14 9–5 2nd (East)
2003–04 Middle Tennessee 17–12 8–6 3rd (East)
2004–05 Middle Tennessee 19–12 7–7 3rd (East)
2005–06 Middle Tennessee 16–12 8–6 2nd (East)
2006–07 Middle Tennessee 15–17 8–10 5th (East)
2007–08 Middle Tennessee 17–15 11–7 3rd (East)
2008–09 Middle Tennessee 18–14 10–8 3rd (East)
2009–10 Middle Tennessee 19–14 13–5 2nd (East) CIT First Round
2010–11 Middle Tennessee 16–16 10–6 2nd (East)
2011–12 Middle Tennessee 27–7 14–2 1st (East) NIT Quarterfinals
2012–13 Middle Tennessee 28–6 19–1 1st (East) NCAA First Four
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Conference USA) (2013–present)
2013–14 Middle Tennessee 24–9 13–3 T–1st
2014–15 Middle Tennessee 19–17 9–9 6th CIT First Round
2015–16 Middle Tennessee 25–9 13–5 2nd NCAA Second Round
Middle Tennessee: 259–159 (.620) 143–71 (.668)
Total: 330–209 (.612)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ Class Schedule Listing: Beginning Basketball - 83133 - PHED 1210 - 001. Middle Tennessee State University. Accessed March 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1997-04-03/sports/sp-45033_1_todd-marinovich
  3. 1 2 3 Grummert, Dave (March 17, 1996). "UI welcomes back Davis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1B.
  4. ↑ Vogt, Andrea (March 16, 1996). "UI to name basketball coach today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1B.
  5. ↑ Stalwick, Howie (March 21, 1991). "Davis says he violated some rules". Spokane Chronicle. p. C1.
  6. ↑ "Mississippi State's Davis resigns". St. Petersburg Times. March 19, 1977. p. 3C.
  7. ↑ "Kermit Davis resigns post at Miss. State". The Times-News (Hendersonville, NC). Associated Press. March 19, 1977. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Shearer, Ed (March 17, 1971). "Kermit Davis honored as SEC coach of the year". Waycross Journal-Herald. Associated Press. p. P-7.
  9. ↑ Pierce, Oliver (October 26, 1988). "Davis isn't feeling pressure". Idahonian (Moscow). p. 8A.
  10. ↑ "Davis now an Aggie; UI begins search". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. March 29, 1990. p. 1B.
  11. ↑ "Davis hopeful he's getting in on resurgence of SWC hoop". Idahonian (Moscow). Associated Press. March 29, 1990. p. 1C.
  12. ↑ "Davis resigns as coach of Texas A&M Aggies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. March 16, 1991. p. 1B.
  13. ↑ Blanchette, John (March 31, 1993). "Idaho can't hire Davis if image means anything". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  14. ↑ Wickline, Michael R. (May 17, 1997). "Mosman bows out of bonus decision". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 5A.
  15. ↑ O'Neal, Shawn (April 2, 1997). "Davis gone, again". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. p. 1B.
  16. ↑ "Kermit Davis". Middle Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  17. ↑ Skretta, Dave (March 18, 2016). "Middle Tennessee St upsets No. 2 seed Michigan State, 90-81". Associated Press. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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