Keno Davis
| Keno Davis | |
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 Davis being introduced as head coach at Providence College |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 10, 1972 Easton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1995 1995–1997 1997–2003 2003–2007 2007–2008 2008–2011 |
Iowa (asst.) Southern Indiana (asst.) Southeast Missouri (asst.) Drake (asst.) Drake Providence |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 74–55 (.574) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships MVC Regular Season Championship (2008) MVC Tournament Championship (2008) |
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| Awards AP National Coach of the Year (2008) Chevrolet Coach of the Year (2008) The Sporting News Coach of the Year (2008) Henry Iba Award Coach of the Year (2008) Hugh Durham Award Mid-Major Coach of the Year (2008) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (2008) MVC Coach of the Year (2008) |
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Keno Davis (born March 10, 1972 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Providence College. Davis was previously head coach at Drake University for one season (2007–2008), when he was named the 2008 Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year. Davis also served as an assistant coach at Drake from 2003–2007 under his father Dr. Tom Davis.
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[edit] Coaching career
Davis served as an undergraduate assistant coach at the University of Iowa under his father from 1991–1995. After graduating, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Southern Indiana from 1995–97 and at Southeast Missouri State University from 1997–2003. He rejoined his father as an assistant coach after the elder Davis was named head coach at Drake University in April 2003. When his father retired in 2007, Keno Davis became the team's head coach, and led the Bulldogs to a 28–5 record and a berth in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Following the season, Davis was named the Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year. After just one season as head coach at Drake, Davis left the school to join the Big East Conference as the head coach of Providence College in April 2008.
On February 24, 2009, Davis coached Providence to possibly the biggest win of his coaching career, knocking off Pittsburgh, who were at the time were ranked #1 in the AP Poll. In his first season at Providence, Davis led the team to an 18–12 regular season record, which also included a win over #15 Syracuse, a 10–8 Big East Conference record, and a win in the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to eventual champion Louisville. The Friars were then defeated in the first round of the 2009 National Invitation Tournament by Miami.
However, in 2009–10, Davis' team posted statistically the worst defensive performance in Big East history en route to a 12–19 finish. The 11-game losing streak to end the season led into a disastrous 2010 spring for Davis, who dismissed his leading scorer from the previous season in Jamine Peterson, had two of his players (James Still and Johnnie Lacy) arrested and dismissed or transferred, lost an assistant coach (Pat Skerry) to another Big East job, and had a top recruit from his 2010 (Joe Young) and 2011 (Naadir Tharpe) classes decommit. Davis later lost a top class of 2012 recruit and Rhode Island native Ricky Ledo, who gave Providence a verbal commitment in December 2010, only to rescind his commitment in January 2011.
In 2010–11, Davis coached Division I's second-leading scorer, forward Marshon Brooks for his senior season. However, the Friars could not improve on their conference record from the previous season, finishing 4–14 and 14th in the conference standings.
Davis was fired by Providence on March 11, 2011, despite five years remaining on his contract. He finished with an 18–36 conference record and 46–50 overall record in three seasons.[1]
Davis joined the Big Ten Network as an analyst for the 2011–12 college basketball season.[2]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2008) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Drake | 28–5 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| Drake: | 28–5 | 15–3 | |||||||
| Providence (Big East Conference) (2008–2011) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Providence | 19–14 | 10–8 | T–7th | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Providence | 12–19 | 4–14 | 15th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Providence | 15–17 | 4–14 | 14th | |||||
| Providence: | 46–50 | 18–36 | |||||||
| Total: | 74–55 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ McNamara, Kevin (2011-03-11). "PC makes it official: Keno Davis done as head coach". The Providence Journal. http://hoopsblog.projo.com/2011/03/pc-fires-coach.html. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
- ^ http://www.illinihq.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2011-11-18/5-oclock-shadow-eddie-johnson-btn.html
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Providence College profile
- Drake profile
- Southeast Missouri State profile
- Rivals.com profile
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- Living people
- 1972 births
- American basketball coaches
- Drake Bulldogs men's basketball coaches
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball coaches
- University of Iowa alumni
- University of Southern Indiana people
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Southeast Missouri State Redhawks men's basketball coaches
- People from Easton, Pennsylvania
- Providence Friars men's basketball coaches
