Head Coach Paul Davis

Paul Davis was hired as the program’s Head Coach on October 4th, 2021 by Athletic Director Derrick Price and will enter his first season with The Lady Big Blue.

Davis joins Bluefield State College from Livingstone College where he served as the assistant coach for two seasons.
“Bluefield State College is truly blessed with the addition of Paul Davis. He will bring a new look to our women’s team. His combined playing and coaching experience will help our women on and off the court,” said AD Price. Welcome to the family, Coach Davis!
A native of Clio, South Carolina, Davis’s playing career was launched while playing prep ball at Marlboro County High School in Bennettsville, SC. During his time at MCHS Davis was named to both the All-region and All-State Team and put an exclamation point on the end of his high school career by becoming a unanimous selection to play in the Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Game.

Upon graduating high school, Davis elected to attend Winston-Salem State University making an immediate impact starting as a true freshman. With the ability to play any position in the front court, Davis led his team in blocked shots and field goal percentage every year of his collegiate career and led his team in rebounding three of his four seasons. Davis compiled 209 career blocks, more than doubling the previous school record and became WSSU’s all-time leader in blocked shots. He also finished his career with 986 points scored with 839 boards, Davis became seventh all-time in his school’s history for rebounds. In his senior season Davis wrapped up his playing career in a big way, leading the Central Collegiate Intercollegiate Athletic Association in rebounding in 2010-2011.

Before graduating, Davis received the Mary Garber WSSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award and went on to play in the HBCU Classic All-Star game. To conclude his career, Davis walked away with the leagues Defensive Player of the Year Award, CIAA First-Team All-Conference Award, and NABC Second-Team All-District honors.

With aspirations of playing professionally, Davis entered his name in the NBA Draft prior to his senior season but elected to play out his last year at Winston-Salem State University. Although Davis received NBA interest, he elected to take his talents overseas to play for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Davis spent six years playing professionally overseas for teams in Lithuania, Australia, Thailand, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Tunisia, and Lebanon.

At the conclusion of his professional career, Davis continued to follow his passion outside the lines taking a coaching position at his alma mater WSSU. Davis spent two seasons with WSSU men’s basketball team before moving on to Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, NC for one season.
In his first year, Davis helped Queen’s capture their first ever outright regular season conference championship (19-1). Posting an overall season record of 31-5. The Royals continued on to win the Southeast Regional Championship and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament. At all three of his coaching stops, Davis has mentored a number of All-Conference and All-Academic selections, including conference tournament most valuable players, conference players of the year, and conference freshman of the year.

Coach Davis graduated Cum Laude earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education Recreation from Winston-Salem State University in 2012 where he also served as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In 2021, he received his Master’s degree in Sport Management and a Project Management Certificate from Western Carolina University.

“A huge thank you to Athletics Director, Derrick Price, Associate AD Ryan Bailey, and President Capehart. I am so excited and blessed to be here at Bluefield State College and working with some amazing people. My goal is to make sure this program reflects a family atmosphere in all that we do. I care deeply about all of these players and their success on and off the court. I’m going to push them to achieve their highest goals as well as love them and respect them throughout the process. We have a lot of work to do and a lot of goals but we can only get there by taking advantage of each practice, each weight room session, each film session etc. Controlling what we can control and getting a little bit better each day,” said Coach Davis.