Barry Davis (baseball)

Dr. Barry Davis

Biographical details
Alma mater	Bridgewater College '87
Playing career
1984–1987	Bridgewater
Position(s)	SS
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988	George Mason (asst.)
1989	Frostburg State (asst.)
1990–2000	Gloucester CC
2001–2004	Georgia Southwestern
2005–2024	Rider
Head coaching record
Overall	483–520–1 (.482) (NCAA) 434–109–5 (.797) (NJCAA) 137–87–1 (.611) (NAIA)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x MAAC: 2013, 2015 4x MAAC Tournament: 2008, 2010, 2021, 2023 Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference: 2002 4x NJCAA D3 National 1992–1993, 1999–2000 8x NJCAA D3 Region XIX: 1992–1996, 1998–2000
Awards
3x MAAC Coach of the Year (2006, 2013, 2015) NJCBA D1 Coach of the Year (2010) Georgia Dugout Club NAIA Coach of the Year (2002) 4x NJCAA D3 Coach of the Year (1992–1993, 1999–2000) Gloucester County College Sports Hall of Fame 2010, Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame 2010, Bridgewater College Athletic Hall of Fame 2014, and the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame 2016.

Barry Davis is an American baseball coach, who is best known for his 20 year stint as the head baseball coach of the Rider Broncs. He held that position from the start of the 2005 season until the end of the 2024 season. Under Davis, Rider reached four NCAA tournaments, in 2008, 2010 and 2021 and 2023. He was named MAAC Coach of the Year three times: 2006, 2013, and 2015 ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Prior to Rider, Davis was the head coach at NJCAA school Gloucester County College (1990–2000) and then-NAIA school Georgia Southwestern State University (2001–2004). At Gloucester, Davis won four NJCAA Division III national championships. ^{[1] [5] [6] [7]}

Davis has been inducted in four Hall of Fames. He was inducted into the Gloucester County College Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. ^[8] and the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Davis was also inducted into the Bridgewater College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014 and the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2016.

Davis holds a bachelor's degree from Bridgewater College (Virginia) in health and physical education, a master's degree in education from Frostburg State University (Maryland) and a doctoral degree in sports leadership from Concordia University at Chicago.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Davis's yearly records as a collegiate baseball head coach. ^{[1] [6] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Gloucester CC (NJCAA)(1990–2000)
Gloucester CC (NJCAA):		434–109–5	National Junior College World Series Champions (1992–93,99–2000)
Georgia Southwestern (Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference)(2001–2004)
2001	Georgia Southwestern	29–25	17–9	4th	GAC Conference Tournament
2002	Georgia Southwestern	49–13	19–5	1st	NAIA Regional
2003	Georgia Southwestern	35–18	15–10	4th	GAC Conference Tournament
2004	Georgia Southwestern	24–31-1	5–16		GAC Conference Tournament
Georgia Southwestern (NAIA):		137–87-1	56–40
Rider (MAAC)(2005–2024)
2005	Rider	21–29	14–13	6th
2006	Rider	25–31	17–10	T-3rd	MAAC Tournament
2007	Rider	20–29	11–15	7th
2008	Rider	29–28	13–10	4th	NCAA Regional
2009	Rider	26–23	14–10	T-4th	MAAC Tournament
2010	Rider	36–23	15–9	T-3rd	NCAA Regional
2011	Rider	33–18	16–7	2nd	MAAC Tournament
2012	Rider	22–34	13–11	4th	MAAC tournament
2013	Rider	35–22	18–6	1st	MAAC tournament
2014	Rider	16–33	7–15	10th
2015	Rider	28–22	15–6	1st	MAAC tournament
2016	Rider	18–33	10–14	8th
2017	Rider	24–28–1	12–12	6th	MAAC tournament
2018	Rider	12–35	7–16	10th
2019	Rider	17–36	8–16	T-9th
2020	Rider	6–8	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Rider	23–18	18–16	3rd	NCAA Regional
2022	Rider	28–26	12–10	T-4th	MAAC tournament
2023	Rider	36–21	14–7	2nd	NCAA Regional
2024	Rider	28–23	18–6	3rd	MAAC tournament
Rider:		483–520–1 (.482)	252–209 (.547)
Total:		1,054–716–7 (.595)
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

See also

• Rider Broncs

References

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2. Stanton, Phil (February 8, 2012). "Nine Innings with Barry Davis". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
3. "2004–2005 College Coaching Carousel". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
4. "MAAC Baseball Individual Awards". MAACSports.com. October 5, 2007. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
5. "NJCAA Baseball Record Book" (PDF). NJCAA.org. National Junior College Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
6. "Year-by-Year Results (since 1991)". GSWCanes.com. Georgia Southwestern Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
7. "Baseball". GCCNJ.com. Gloucester County College. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
8. "Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame to Induct 13 New Members". NJ.com. Gloucester County Times. February 17, 2012. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
9. "2002 Georgia Southwestern Baseball Stats" (PDF). GWSCanes.com. Georgia Southwestern Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
11. Boyd's World Yearly Standings Archived 2013-02-20 at the Wayback Machine at BoydsWorld.com. Accessed 25 January 2013.
12. "2014 MAAC Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.