ALBEMARLE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

HALL OF FAME 

DR. BARRY DAVIS

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Dr. Barry Davis is a 1983 Albemarle High School graduate. After earning All-ODAC second-team recognition as a sophomore, Davis followed with a stellar junior season when he was the team’s Most Valuable Player and a first-team All-ODAC and All-State selection. As a senior, he received the team’s 100 percent award. Davis played on two ODAC Championship squads and the Eagles posted a 73-32-2 record while he was in the program. Davis graduated as the Eagles’ all-time hits leader with 122. Davis was also a member of the national leadership society Omicron Delta Kappa during his senior year.

Following graduation, Davis embarked on his collegiate coaching career with stops as an assistant baseball coach at Frostburg State and George Mason. He landed his first head coaching job at Gloucester County Junior College in New Jersey where he led the team to eight regional titles and four national championships during his 11 years with the program. Davis was named National Coach of the Year four times. He then took the head coaching job at Georgia Southwestern State University where the winning continued. In four years, his teams posted a 137-87 record and his 2002 squad was ranked No. 5 in final NAIA poll of the season.

Davis returned to New Jersey to take the head coaching job at Division I Rider University in 2004, a position he still holds. He has guided the program to two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles, one regular season title and two trips to NCAA postseason play. Davis was named the MAAC Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2013.

Davis was inducted into the Gloucester County College Sports Hall of Fame in 2010, the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, the Bridgewater College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014, and the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2016.

Nominated by Donald Wright, AHS Alumni Hall of Fame member.