Doug Davenport is in his second season as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky.
The native of Louisville played a key role in developing EKU's potent, up-tempo offense in 2016. The Colonels ranked 18
th in the country in scoring offense (80.5 points-per-game) and were the only team in the OVC to rank in the top three in the conference in all shooting percentage categories – first in three-point percentage (39.5), second in field goal percentage (a school-record 49.1) and third in free throw percentage (73.0).
Following the season, Davenport was named to the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) 2016 Under Armour 30-Under-30-Team. The 30-Under-30 Team recognizes 30 men's basketball coaches across the country that are under the age of 30.
Before arriving at EKU, Davenport served three seasons as the director of video operations at the University of Louisville
Davenport helped Louisville to an NCAA Championship, an Elite 8 appearance, a Sweet 16 trip, two conference regular season titles and two conference tournament championships. The 2012-13 UofL team went 35-5, won the Big East regular season and tournament championships and a NCAA title. He was responsible for advance scouting video of opponents and evaluation video for Louisville players.
“Opponent scouting has become a huge asset to college basketball programs and few in the country are better than Doug Davenport,” said McHale. “Doug has worked in three programs with tremendous winning traditions. He’ll bring that winning attitude to our program.”
Davenport broke into college coaching in 2010 at Xavier University. In two seasons as a program assistant for the Musketeers, he helped the team reach the NCAA Tournament twice and win the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2010-11. His primary responsibilities at Xavier was coordinating the program’s video operations, including film breakdown, film exchange and evaluation for players. He also assisted with advance scouting, on-campus recruiting and the team’s academics.
Davenport played four seasons for his father Scott Davenport at Bellarmine University. The Knights advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament Sweet 16 his junior season. As a senior in 2010, he helped Bellarmine capture the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Championship and make a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Over the last eight seasons as a coach and a player, Davenport’s teams have played in seven NCAA Tournaments.
The Louisville native was a four-time Academic All-Conference selection. He earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in political science at Bellarmine in 2010. Davenport completed a master’s of education – sport management degree at Xavier in 2012.
