Since returning to his alma mater in the spring of 2009, Nathan Davis has recorded 141 wins over the past six seasons with three ODAC Championships, six NCAA Tournament bids and an appearance in the Division III Final Four. R-MC is 141-39 (.783) over the past six seasons, including 70-11 (.864) at home.
The Yellow Jackets enjoyed one of their most successful seasons this past year. R-MC went 28-3, matching the program record for victories in a season. After a 3-2 start, the Yellow Jackets won 25 consecutive games, a school record. R-MC went 16-0 in ODAC contests and became the first school in conference history to go undefeated during the regular season and win the conference tournament. The Yellow Jackets reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Davis was named ODAC Coach of the Year for the second straight year and was named South District Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
R-MC went 20-7 during the 2013-14 campaign, including 14-2 in ODAC play. The Yellow Jackets won the regular-season title in the ODAC and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Davis was named ODAC Coach of the Year.
The Yellow Jackets won the 2013 ODAC title as the No. 3 seed. R-MC advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season, the first time in program history for four consecutive NCAA bids.
R-MC went 21-10 during the 2012-13 season, including 11-5 in ODAC play and 10-2 at home in Crenshaw Gymnasium. The team registered its sixth straight 20-win season, also a program record. The Jackets won a pair of NCAA tourney games and advanced to the Division III Sweet Sixteen, falling to eventual national champion Amherst.
With 21 victories in 2011-12, R-MC secured its fifth consecutive 20+ win season. Davis’ squad was also ranked in the Top-25 and ranked as high as No. 3 in the NCAA South Regional Rankings during the year.
In 2010-11, Davis guided R-MC to a 25-5 record, a tie for first-place in the ODAC regular season standings and the ODAC Tournament title. For his efforts, Davis was named a finalist for the Glenn Robinson Division III Coach of the Year Award.
Davis returned to Ashland in April of 2009 and promptly led Randolph-Macon to one if its most successful seasons in the storied program’s history.
Randolph-Macon finished its 2009-10 season with 26 wins, the third most in the program's history and earned their first ever trip to the NCAA Division III Final Four.
Davis and his squad jumped out to a school record 13-0 record to start the season, garnering the school’s third No. 1 ranking during the fifth and sixth weeks of the season.
After that 13th win, R-MC hit a skid, losing four of their next six games before rebounding to close out regular season, winning four of five contests.
R-MC topped archrival Hampden-Sydney by 38 points in the quarterfinals of the ODAC Tournament and knocked off top-seeded Eastern Mennonite to reach the finals, before bowing out to fellow National Semifinalist Guilford in the league championship.
After receiving the school’s 18th bid to the NCAA Tournament, R-MC traveled to Albright where it topped Cabrini 95-66 and Clark 70-60 to advance to the Sectional Finals at St. Mary’s of Maryland.
In the sectional semis, R-MC knocked off DeSales for the second time and punched their ticket to the Final Four with a 73-65 victory over Franklin & Marshall.
The win over F&M marked the seventh ranked team R-MC beat in 2009-10. During the regular season, the Yellow Jackets played seven NCAA Tournament teams in the field of 61, posting a 7-4 record, while topping three teams ranked No. 1 in their respective regions during the season.
Davis, who is a 1997 graduate of Randolph-Macon and had 11 years of experience coaching at the Division I level, 
before returning to his alma mater as the Yellow Jackets new Head Men's Basketball Coach and only the fourth R-MC floor general since 1956.
Davis came to Ashland from Colgate University where he served as an assistant coach during the 2008-09 season. He arrived at Colgate after five seasons as an assistant coach at Bucknell University, where he was responsible for all aspects of the program under head coach Pat Flannery. He assisted with scouting and player development and served as recruiting coordinator for the Bison.
During his tenure, the Bison won 99 games as well as two Patriot League regular-season championships, two Patriot League Tournament championships and made two NCAA Tournament appearance s. During both of Bucknell's NCAA appearances, the Bison pulled off first round upsets over Kansas in 2005 and Arkansas in 2006. In 2006, Bucknell finished 24th in the nation in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Davis went to Lewisburg prior to the 2003-04 season having served as an assistant coach at Navy for the previous five years. While in Annapolis, he served as head coach, Don DeVoe's, chief western recruiter, landing numerous top prospects from that region. Davis helped guide the Midshipmen to Patriot League championship game appearances in 2000 and 2001, and served as director of the Navy Basketball Camps.
A native of Bethesda, Md., Davis graduated in 1997 from Randolph-Macon College with majors in history and sociology.
He earned four varsity letters in basketball playing for R-MC coaching legend Hal Nunnally and serving as team co-captain in both his junior and senior years. A two-time All-ODAC selection, Davis scored 983 career points which ranks 41st all-time in the Jackets' record book. He is one of only five players in school history to have more than 500 career rebounds, 300 career assists and 100 career steals. He also led the Yellow Jackets to the 1996 NCAA Division III Tournament.
After serving as a student assistant coach while completing his degree at Randolph-Macon in 1996-97, Davis spent one year as an assistant coach at Emory and Henry College under former Wasps' mentor Bob Johnson.
Davis is married to Jeanette Johnson-Davis, who is a 1994 graduate of Randolph-Macon. They are the parents of four children, a nine-year-old son Kieran, seven-year-old daughter Hayden and three-year-old twins Kellen and Ryan. The Davis' reside in Ashland.
