Mike Davis
Mike Davis (born September 15, 1960)
Teams coached: Indiana Hoosiers, UAB Blazers, Texas Southern Tigers, Detroit Mercy Titans
Indiana record: 115-79 (.593)
UAB record: 122-73 (.626)
Texas Southern record: 115-89 (.564)
Detroit record: 60-119 (.335)
Overall record: 412-360 (.534)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2002)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2002)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (2002)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 1 (2022)
- SWAC Regular Season Champion: 4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Conference USA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2011)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 1 (2002)
- SWAC Tournament Champion: 4 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
Awards:
- SWAC Coach of the Year: 3 (2013, 2015, 2016)
- Conference USA Coach of the Year: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2024 | Detroit Mercy |
| 2012-2018 | Texas Southern |
| 2006-2012 | UAB |
| 2000-2006 | Indiana |
| 1997-2000 | Indiana (asst) |
| 1995-1997 | Alabama (asst) |
| 1994-1995 | Chicago (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Miles College (asst) |
Mike Davis Facts
- Michael Davis
- Born September 15, 1960
- Hometown: Fayette, Alabama
- Alma Mater: University of Alabama (1983)
- Played at Alabama under long-time Tide head coach Wimp Sanderson; selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1983 NBA Draft
- Played professional basketball for several years overseas, returning to the US in 1988 to play for the Topeka Sizzlers of the CBA
- Started his coaching career in 1989, spending time as an assistant at D-II Miles College (under Alfred Baker) and D-III U Chicago (under Pat Cunningham) before being hired by David Hobbs at his alma mater, Alabama, in 1995
- Also spent four years as an assistant for the Wichita Falls Texas, a minor league team in the CBA, from 1990-1994
- Spent four seasons as an assistant at Indiana under to legendary head coach Bob Knight
- Named as Knight‘s replacement following his controversial firing in 2000 and went 115-79 in six seasons at the helm
- The Hoosiers won a share of the Big Ten title in 2002 before making a run to the National Championship game as a 6-seed
- Returned to his home state in 2006 to be the head coach at UAB, making four postseason appearances in six seasons
- Following the abrupt resignation of Texas Southern’s Tony Harvey in August 2012, Davis was named interim head coach
- During his first year, he signed a deal to officially become head coach and had tremendous success in the years following
- The Tigers have won four SWAC titles and four SWAC Tournaments in six years under Davis; was a three-time SWAC COY
- In June 2018, Davis accepted the position of head coach at Detroit Mercy in the Horizon League
- Davis’ son, Antoine, played five seasons for the Titans, was a two-time Horizon POY and finished as second leading scorer in men’s D-I history
- UDM and Davis parted ways in March 2024 following a challenging 1-31 (1-19) season; Davis still had one year left on his contract
Mike Davis Coaching Tree
- Tracy Dildy (Chicago State)
- Bob Donewald Jr. (Iowa Energy, Chinese national team, Ukrainian national team, overseas)
- Dane Fife (IPFW)
- Wes Flanigan (Little Rock)
- Donnie Marsh (Alabama A&M)
- Dusty May (Michigan, Florida Atlantic)
- Eddie McCarter (West Alabama)
- Kerry Rupp (Louisiana Tech)
- Ron Sanchez (Charlotte)