Scott Davenport

Scott Davenport, also known as "Scotty", is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Bellarmine Knights men's basketball team.[2]

Scott Davenport
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBellarmine
ConferenceAtlantic Sun Conference
Biographical details
Born1957/1958[1]
Louisville, Kentucky
Alma materLouisville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–85Louisville (grad assistant)
1985–86VCU (assistant)
1986–96Ballard HS
1996–2005Louisville (assistant)
2005–presentBellarmine
Head coaching record
Overall344–101 (Division II)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 1 NABC Division II Coach of the Year (2011)
  • 4 GLVC Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2017, 2018)

Early life

Davenport, a native of Bellarmine's home city of Louisville, Kentucky, grew up less than a mile from Churchill Downs in the city's South End, an area described by Sports Illustrated writer Pat Forde as "gritty". His father died of a heart attack when he was 9 years old, and he was raised from that point by his mother, a hair stylist who had a sixth-grade education. According to Forde, Davenport "was not blessed with abundant athletic talent, but had an unquenchable love of basketball", playing at nearby Iroquois High School.[1]

Coaching career

Davenport began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach under Denny Crum at Louisville in 1984. He then moved on to VCU for one season as an assistant to Mike Pollio. He returned to the Louisville area as a high school head coach at Ballard High School where he'd stay for 10 seasons from 1986–1996. In his first two Ballard seasons, he led the Bruins to the state tournament finals, both against a Clay County team led by future Kentucky star Richie Farmer. The Bruins, featuring future NBA player Allan Houston in both seasons, lost in overtime in 1987 and survived a 51-point game by Farmer to win in 1988.[1] Davenport later coached another future NBA player in DeJuan Wheat.[2] Davenport returned to the Cardinals under Crum in 1996, and would stay on as an assistant coach for Rick Pitino. When Pitino took over from Crum in 2001, he gave Davenport, who then weighed 249 pounds (113 kg), an ultimatum to lose weight; Pitino reminded Davenport of the loss of his father, telling him, "Think of all the things your dad never got to see you do." Within a year, he had lost 78 pounds (35 kg), and has remained at his new weight ever since.[1] Davenport remained at Louisville until 2005, when he accepted the head coaching job at Bellarmine.[3]

Since joining the Knights, Davenport has become the all-time wins leader at the school, and has led the team to six Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season titles and five conference tournament titles, along with 12 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament which includes four Final Four appearances (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017), and the 2011 national title.[4][5]

Personality

In a 2020 story for SI, Forde had this to say about Davenport's personality:[1]

The coach doesn’t just wear his emotions on his sleeve; he wears them on his trousers, his collar, his forehead … everywhere. North Carolina coach Roy Williams has declared himself the corniest man in college basketball, but he better make room for the new guy. The guy whose ring tone on his phone is “One Shining Moment.” The Louisville lifer who will tell stories for hours about growing up here and wanting to make his hometown proud.

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bellarmine Knights (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2005–2020)
2005–06 Bellarmine 14–1411–83rd (East)
2006–07 Bellarmine 12–1511–85th (East)
2007–08 Bellarmine 14–1411–8T–3rd (East)
2008–09 Bellarmine 26–713–52nd (East)2009 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
2009–10 Bellarmine 23–912–63rd (East)2010 NCAA DII Second Round
2010–11 Bellarmine 33–217–11st (East)2011 NCAA DII National Champions
2011–12 Bellarmine 29–416–21st (East)2012 NCAA DII Final Four
2012–13 Bellarmine 24–812–6T–3rd (East)2013 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
2013–14 Bellarmine 23–812–63rd (East)2014 NCAA DII First Round
2014–15 Bellarmine 31–417–1T–1st (East)2015 NCAA DII Final Four
2015–16 Bellarmine 23–715–3T–1st (East)2016 NCAA DII First Round
2016–17 Bellarmine 32–417–11st (East)2017 NCAA DII Final Four
2017–18 Bellarmine 29–316–21st (East)2018 NCAA DII Second Four
2018–19 Bellarmine 28–514–42nd2019 NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
2019–20 Bellarmine 20–813–75th
Bellarmine Knights (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2020–present)
2020–21 Bellarmine 0–10–0
Bellarmine: 264–110 (.706)174–44 (.798)
Total:264–110 (.706)

      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

References
  1. Forde, Pat (December 3, 2020). "The Rise of the Bellarmine Knights: How a Hometown Hero Built a Division I Basketball Program". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  2. "Bellarmine University - Scott Davenport - 2017-18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff - Bellarmine University". athletics.bellarmine.edu.
  3. "Davenport Departs to Become Bellarmine's Head Coach". University of Louisville Athletics.
  4. "TRUST THE CHAMPS! BELLARMINE WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!". Bellarmine University Athletics.
  5. Lane, Tom. "LANE | Historic victory for Scott Davenport at Bellarmine". WDRB.
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