# Barry Davis (baseball)

Barry Davis is an American baseball coach, who is best known for his 20 year stint as the head baseball coach of the Rider Broncs. He held that position from the start of the 2005 season until the end of the 2024 season. Under Davis, Rider reached four NCAA tournaments, in 2008, 2010 and 2021 and 2023. He was named MAAC Coach of the Year three times: 2006, 2013, and 2015
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.
Davis has been inducted in four Hall of Fames. He was inducted into the Gloucester County College Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. 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.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Gloucester CC (NJCAA) (1990–2000) ||||||
| Gloucester CC (NJCAA): | Gloucester CC (NJCAA): | 434–109–5 | National Junior College World Series Champions (1992–93,99–2000) | | |
| 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 (NAIA): | Georgia Southwestern (NAIA): | 137–87-1 | 56–40 | | |
| Rider (MAAC) (2005–2024) ||||||
| 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 |
| 2024 | Rider | 28–23 | 18–6 | 3rd | MAAC tournament |
| Rider: | Rider: | 483–520–1 (.482) | 252–209 (.547) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,054–716–7 (.595) | | | |
| 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 ||||||