Keno Davis

Keno Davis (born March 10, 1972) is an American college basketball coach entering his fifth season at Central Michigan University. Davis was previously head coach at Drake University for one season (2007–2008), where he was named the 2008 Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year, and at Providence College for three seasons (2008-2011). Davis also served as an assistant coach at Drake from 2003–2007 under his father Tom Davis prior to starting his coaching career.

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 1995–1997 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 by 6 organizations including the Associated Press and U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Davis left Drake University to join the Big East Conference as the head coach of Providence College in April 2008. After the 2010-2011 season Davis joined the Big Ten Network as an analyst for the 2011-2012 college basketball season.

Davis was introduced by Central Michigan University as the Chippewas’ 20th head men’s basketball coach on April 3, 2012. Just four players would be on CMU's roster from the previous season (all of which would be reserves for Davis). One of the youngest teams in the country, the Chippewas found a way to win in double figures each season though only acquiring a 21-41 overall record.

Experience, hard work and patience paid off as CMU finished the 2014-2015 regular season 22-7 (12-6) and earned a #1 seed in the MAC conference tournament. “We’re very proud of the accomplishments of our fine student-athletes,” said Davis. “This speaks to the commitment of our basketball program to represent Central Michigan University, the community of Mount Pleasant, and the Mid-American Conference with the highest integrity. These players represent part of the very strong foundation of our program going forward as we strive to compete for championships on the court, and continue to work to represent the high standards of the university and the community.” ^[1]

2015-2016 Accomplishments

• 1st back to back MAC West Conference Championship since 2010

• 1st back to back winning record seasons since 1988

• 1st back to back post season appearances since 1967

• CMU’s overall 40 wins in the last two seasons are the most wins in a two season span since the 1986-1987 and 1987-1988 seasons (41)

• With 324 3-pointers posted through 29 regular season games, CMU broke the program record (300) for 3’s in a season

• John Simons and Braylon Rayson became the 30th and 31st players in CMU program history to surpass the 1,000-point barrier for a career

• Chris Fowler finished his career playing for Coach Davis as the programs all-time leader in assists (680), ranking No. 5 in program scoring (1,726) and finishing Ranked fifth all-time in assists in MAC history (680)

• On December 22, 2015 Central Michigan defeated Howard University 72-52 holding the nation’s leading scorer averaging 29.1 ppg. to just 19 points. His third lowest scoring game of the season

• CMU’s 68-51 road win versus Miami (OH) on January 26th was the programs first in Oxford since 1991, a stretch of 14 games, and also marked the first time beating Miami in back to back games since 1987-1988

• John Simons became CMU’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made making 256 three’s over his career

• Rayshawn Simmons (Nov. 16th), Chris Fowler (Feb. 1st), and John Simons (Feb. 29th) earned MAC West Player of the Week honors

• Chris Fowler was named first team All-MAC and Braylon Rayson was named third team All-MAC

• Chris Fowler, Luke Meyer, Austin Stewart and John Simons made the Academic All-MAC Team and CMU lead the MAC with four players on the team

Head coaching record

References

External links

• Official website
• Central Michigan profile
• Providence profile
• Southeast Missouri State profile
• Statistics at College Basketball-Reference.com