Friday, June 29, 2007
PC Hires Davis As Women’s Tennis Coach
CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian College Director of Athletics Dr. William B. “Bee” Carlton announced the hiring of Tyler Davis as PC’s new women’s tennis coach on Friday. Davis replaces Bobby McKee who left PC after 26 years to become the Director of Tennis/Head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
“Coach Tyler Davis will be an outstanding addition to our athletic department and women's tennis program,” remarked Carlton. “After carefully considering and making a difficult decision among very well-qualified candidates, I am confident that Coach Davis is exactly the right person to build on Coach McKee's outstanding foundation of championship tennis at PC and to lead us into our future of Division I competition.
“Coach Davis has a strong record of success at Limestone College in recruiting exceptionally talented student-athletes and building championship-caliber teams. We welcome Coach Davis to our staff and can't wait for him to get started here.”
Davis comes to PC from Limestone College where he has served as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach for the last three seasons.
“I’m honored to become the head coach of the women's tennis team at Presbyterian College,” said Davis. “The entire tennis program at PC has a rich tradition which I am honored to now be a part of. I am very excited about working with the returning players and look forward to welcoming new players in the fall and spring. With PC's reputation and the jump to NCAA Division I, I am certain that I will be able to add top players in the state, southeast, national and international levels.”
Davis was successful with the Saints as the head coach on both the men’s and women’s side, compiling an impressive 96-63 record overall in his three years at the helm of Limestone Tennis. Davis was 50-31 as the men’s tennis coach at Limestone and 46-32 as the women’s tennis coach.
The Carolina-Virginia Athletics Conference women’s tennis Coach of the Year in 2006, Davis led the men’s and women’s tennis teams at Limestone to national rankings the past two seasons. Limestone was the only institution during the time period in the CVAC to have both the men’s and women’s teams nationally-ranked.
Davis led the Limestone men to a final ranking of 37th at the end of the 2007 spring campaign, while the Limestone women concluded their efforts on the year with a final ranking of 39th.
A 1998 graduate of Limestone, Davis played four seasons for the Saints, helping to lead Limestone to an NAIA regional tournament during his junior season.
After graduating from Limestone with a Physical Education degree with a concentration in Athletic Training, Davis served as the tennis director at Legacy Park in Atlanta, Ga. before moving back to the Upstate of South Carolina to become a resident professional for the Spartanburg Country Club.
Davis left the Spartanburg Country Club after two years to take the job at Limestone in 2004.
A native of Beaufort, S.C., Davis is married to Jamie and the couple have a son Parker (3) and are expecting another in a girl that is due in late November of 2007.