Dr. Barry Davis
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamRider
ConferenceMAAC
Record455–497–1 (.478)
Biographical details
Alma materBridgewater College '87
Playing career
1984–1987Bridgewater
Position(s)SS
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988George Mason (asst.)
1989Frostburg State (asst.)
1990–2000Gloucester CC
2001–2004Georgia Southwestern
2005–presentRider
Head coaching record
Overall592–584–2 (.503) (NCAA) 434–109–5 (.797) (NJCAA)
TournamentsNCAA: 1–8
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAAC: 2013, 2015
MAAC Tournament: 2008, 2010, 2021, 2023
Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference: 2002
NJCAA D3: 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000
NJCAA D3 Region XIX: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
Awards
MAAC Coach of the Year (2006, 2013, 2015)
NJCBA D1 Coach of the Year (2010)
Georgia Dugout Club NAIA Coach of the Year (2002)
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.

Dr. Barry Davis is an American baseball coach, who is the current the head baseball coach of the Rider Broncs. He has held that position since prior to the start of the 2005 season. Under Davis, Rider has reached four NCAA tournaments, in 2008, 2010 and 2021 and 2023. He has been 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
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: 137–87-1 56–40
Rider (MAAC) (2005–present)
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
Rider: 455–497–1 (.478) 234–203 (.535)
Total: 1026–693–7 (.596)

      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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Barry Davis". GoBroncs.com. Rider Sports Information. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
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