Steve Davenport
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | South Gwinnett HS (GA) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | May 3, 1967
Playing career | |
1985–1988 | Georgia Tech |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1990–1991 | Southwest DeKalb HS (GA) (DB) |
1992–1993 | Georgia Tech (GA) |
1994–1996 | Southwest DeKalb HS (GA) (OC) |
1997–2001 | Redan HS (GA) |
2003–2004 | Decatur HS (GA) |
2005–2006 | Rockdale County HS (GA) |
2007–2010 | UAB (RB) |
2011–2012 | Savannah State |
2014–2016 | Woodland HS (GA) |
2017–present | South Gwinnett HS (GA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–20 (college) |
Steve Davenport (born May 3, 1967) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Georgia, a position he has held since 2017. Davenport served as the head football coach at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia from 2011 to 2012, compiling a record of 2–20.
Playing career
Davenport was an All-American
Coaching career
Davenport was hired as a defensive backs coach at
He returned to Southwest DeKalb to become the offensive coordinator in 1994, a position he held until 1996. During this tenure, the Panthers won the 1995 Georgia State AAAAA championship. In 1997 Davenport was hired as the head football coach at Redan High School in Lithonia, Georgia where he spent four seasons (1997–2001).[2]
He was the head coach at Decatur High School for two seasons (2003–2004) and was named the Georgia Class AA State Coach-of-the-Year in 2003 as the Bulldogs finished 13–1, losing in the state semifinals.[2]
When he became the offensive coordinator at Rockdale County High School in Conyers, Georgia in 2005, he joined a staff that previously went 1–9 in 2004. The team finished the 2005 season as the runner-up in Region 8-AAAA, advancing into the second round of the state playoffs.[2]
Davenport served at the
Savannah State
Davenport was announced as head football coach at Savannah State University on January 7, 2011.[2] He was relieved of his duties as head football coach on April 17, 2013.[3]
Personal life
Davenport is married to the former Stephanie Gilstrap and is the father of one child.[2][1]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Savannah State Tigers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011–2012) | |||||||||
2011 | Savannah State | 1–10 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
2012 | Savannah State | 1–10 | 0–8 | 11th | |||||
Savannah State: | 2–20 | 1–15 | |||||||
Total: | 2–20 |
References
- ^ a b Hunter, Whitney (February 13, 2011). "Coach Steve Davenport determined to make SSU's football team a success". Tiger's Roar. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "SSU Hires Davenport To Lead Football Program". Savannah State University Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ Heath, Donald (April 17, 2013). "SSU fires football coach Davenport". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved April 18, 2013.