Career

He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1908), Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now Oklahoma State University (1909–1914), North Dakota Agricultural College—now North Dakota State University (1915–1917), and the University of North Dakota (1920–1924), compiling a career college football record of 69–57–6. Davis was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical (1911–1915), North Dakota Agricultural (1915–1918), and North Dakota (1920–1924), tallying a mark of 112–44. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical from 1909 to 1915, amassing a record of 54–40–1.

Davis was the eighth head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1908 season.

His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 5–4. This ranks him 20th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and eighth at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage.

From 1909 to 1914, he coached at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical, and compiled a 29–16–1 record. From 1915 to 1917, he coached at North Dakota Agricultural, where he compiled a 10–7–1 record.