Nathan Davis (basketball)

Nathan Davis

Davis coaching a game in February, 2017
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	New Hampshire
Conference	America East
Record	17–16 (.515)
Biographical details
Born	(1974-03-25) 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	287–170 (.628)
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)

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. He previously served as the men's basketball coach at Bucknell from 2015 to 2023 and Randolph–Macon from 2009 to 2015.

Playing career

Davis played college basketball at Randolph–Macon, where he was a two-time captain and two-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference all-conference selection.

Coaching career

Davis 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.

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.

On April 7, 2023, he was hired as the new head coach at New Hampshire, replacing Bill Herrion.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

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	1–1	0–0
New Hampshire:		17–16 (.515)	7–9 (.438)
Total:		287–170 (.628)
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

External links

• Bucknell profile