Larry Davis

The Davis File Hometown: Selma, Ind. Alma Mater: Asbury ‘78 Family: Son, Jordan Daughter, Morgan
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1978-1981: Graduate Assistant Coach, East Tennessee State 1982-1983: Head Coach, Cloverport (Ky.) HS 1983-1985: Head Coach, Oak Hill Academy 1985-1989: Assistant Coach, Delaware 1989-1993: Assistant Coach, Wake Forest 1993-1994: Assistant Coach, Ball State 1994-1997: Assistant Coach, Minnesota 1997-2006: Head Coach, Furman 2006-2018: Associate Head Coach, Cincinnati 2018-Present: NIL portal advisor, Owner of Better Skills Basketball Training & Development

Larry Davis, the dean of the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball staff, has compiled more than a quarter century’s worth of experience in the college coaching ranks, including serving as associate head coach for the Bearcats since 2006. Davis temporarily served as head coach at Cincinnati for the final 25 games of the 2014-15 season while head coach Mick Cronin was sidelined with a health issue. The Bearcats registered a 16-9 mark under his tutelage, a 23-11 mark at season’s end, a tie for third place in the American Athletic Conference, and the school’s fifth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. For his efforts, Davis was named a finalist for national coach of the year by the Sporting News. He was the interim coach at the NCAA Tournament since Missouri’s Rich Daly and Michigan’s Steve Fisher in 1989. He also became the first non-head coach to lead a team through multiple games of a regular season and into the NCAA Tournament since 1999 (at Princeton). As the associate head coach at Cincinnati, Davis is tasked with planning, recruiting, practice, and team preparation, while focusing on the development of the team’s big men. A nine-year head coach at Furman University (1997-2006), Davis undertook a massive revitalization of the Paladins’ program, directing the school to a record of 124-139. A significant part of his rebuilding plan was to infuse new talent. He did so by recruiting the likes of two-time all-conference selection Guillermo Diaz, the first player in Southern Conference history to top 1,000 points, 600 assists, 500 rebounds, and 200 steals in a career, and 2,000-point scorer Karim Souchu. Furman posted three winning seasons after 2002 and achieved its first winning record in conference play in over a decade, under Davis’ guidance. Davis was an assistant coach at Minnesota for three seasons (1994-97), helping the Golden Gophers compile a 69-29 record and make three postseason appearances. He was credited with the recruiting of All-Americans and future NBA Draft picks Bobby Jackson and Quincy Lewis. The Minnesota staff also made a Final Four appearance during his time there. Previous coaching stops included a year at Ball State (1993-94), four seasons at Wake Forest (1989-93), and four years at Delaware (1985-89). At Wake Forest, Davis helped the school rise from last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference to make three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. While coaching the likes of longtime NBA veteran Rodney Rogers. Davis coached and recruited 22 players who went on to play in the NBA, including: Tim Duncan, First Team All-American Bobby Jackson, First Team All-American Davis launched his career as a graduate assistant at East Tennessee State following his graduation from Asbury College in 1978. After three seasons, he became a head coach in the high school ranks, serving a year at Cloverport (Kentucky) and two at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, where he compiled a 51-9 record. In addition to his coaching career, Davis is currently an NIL portal advisor and the owner of Better Skills Basketball Training & Development, where he focuses on skill development for players of all levels. Davis resides in Northern Kentucky. He has a son, Jordan, who lives in Cincinnati; his daughter, Morgan Sires and her husband Bobby live in Charleston, South Carolina.

Daniel Kosmoski

Coach Kosmoski played in the Big 10 Conference for the University of Minnesota from 1975-78. He played with 3 NBA lottery picks—Mychal Thompson #1 Portland Trailblazers, Kevin McHale #4 to the Boston Celtics, Ray Williams #9 New York Knickebockers, a veteran Harlem Globetrotter-Osborne Lockhart and former Timberwolves Coach Flip Saunders! This team finished #8 in the United States. Coach Koz began his coaching career with Flip Saunders at Golden Valley Jr. College in 1981 getting to the National Junior College Semis. The next move would take him back to his Alma Mater, the University of Minnesota in which he was an assistant coach for 9 seasons. The U of M team made it to the Sweet 16 in 89, losing to Duke with Christian Laettner and Bobby Hurley. The Minnesota team went the Elite 8 the next year losing to Georgia Tech. Minnesota won the NIT in Madison Square Garden against Georgetown in 1993. In 1994, Coach Koz moved to Division 3 St. Olaf College and has been there for the past 31 years and becoming the all time winningest coach in the schools history with 380 wins. St. Olaf cut down the nets of Division 1 St. Thomas 2 times in our conference tournament in 2013-14 and 15-16. St. Olaf made it to the Sweet Sixteen in 15-16 and made 4 NCAA appearances in a 5 year span. St. Olaf has advanced to the Conference Semis in 7 of the past 11 years. Coach Kosmoski has organized and Directed well over 162 basketball camps. More than 32,000 youth have benefited from his instruction over the past 40 years. He has run camps in Poland, Lithuania, and Spain. He continues to work with young basketball prospects around the world and is looking forward to his 32nd year at St. Olaf! He is currently coaching Giorgos Siotas from Athens!