Tom Davis (born December 3, 1938)
Teams coached: Lafayette Leopards, Boston College Eagles, Stanford Cardinal, Iowa Hawkeyes, Drake Bulldogs
Lafayette record: 116-44 (.725)
Boston College record: 100-47 (.680)
Stanford record: 58-59 (.496)
Iowa record: 270-139 (.660)
Drake record: 54-66 (.450)
Overall record: 598-355 (.627)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 5 (1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1999)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1972, 1975, 1980, 1995, 1998)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 1 (1981)
- East Coast Regular Season Champion: 3 (1975, 1976, 1977)
- Middle Atlantic Regular Season Champion: 1 (1973)
Awards:
- AP Coach of the Year: 1 (1987)
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 1 (1987)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (1981)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2003-2007 | Drake |
| 1986-1999 | Iowa |
| 1982-1986 | Stanford |
| 1977-1982 | Boston College |
| 1971-1977 | Lafayette |
| 1967-1971 | Maryland (asst) |
Tom Davis Facts
- Dr. Thomas Robert Davis
- Born December 3, 1938
- Hometown: Ridgeway, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-Platteville (BA, 1960) / University of Wisconsin (MA) / University of Maryland (PhD)
- Played point guard at UW-Platteville and after graduation, became the head coach at Milledgeville HS (IL)
- Spent a total of eight years as a high school head coach at Milledgeville and Portage HS (IN)
- Earned a masters degree from UW during this time
- Became as assistant to Frank Fellows at Maryland in 1967, working with the Terps for four seasons while also earning a doctorate; later in his career he would become known by the nickname “Dr. Tom”
- Spent six years as the head coach at Lafayette College, winning four conference titles and going to two NITs
- Was the head coach at Boston College for five years, coaching the program at the start of the Big East Conference; Davis’ teams won the Big East and went to the Sweet Sixteen in 1981, then the Elite Eight in 1982
- Spent four years as the head coach at Stanford, but had a winning record just once – 19-12 in 1983-84
- Took over the Iowa program in 1986, where he would be the Hawkeyes’ coach for the next thirteen seasons
- Davis took the team to nine NCAA Tournaments, including three trips to the Sweet Sixteen
- Won 20+ games ten times during his Iowa tenure and finished 30-5 in his first year
- Temporarily retired in 1999 after Iowa declined to renew his contract, but took over the Drake program in 2003
- Retired for good after four years at Drake, stepping away with 598 career Division I coaching victories
- Along with his wife, Shari, has one son, former Division I head coach Keno Davis
Tom Davis Coaching Tree
- Keno Davis (Central Michigan, Providence, Drake)
- Kevin Gamble (Illinois-Springfield)
- Kevin Mackey (Cleveland State)
- Tim O’Shea (Bryant, Ohio)
- Bruce Pearl (Auburn, Tennessee, Milwaukee, Southern Indiana)
- Eric Reveno (Portland)
- Jason Shay (East Tennessee State)
- Gary Williams (Maryland, Ohio State, Boston College, American)
