Irwin Vincent Davis was an

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...

and head football coach at Saint Francis University, from which he retired in 1979. He was inducted into the Saint Francis University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.

Early years

Born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Davis attended

Ponchatoula High School Ponchatoula High School is a public high school in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Ponchatoula. It is operated by the Tangipahoa Parish School System. Ponchatoula High School is one of the largest high schools in ...

where he participated in football, basketball, and track for four years. Davis matriculated to the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

where he was a three-year member of both the track team, and the football team as an offensive and defensive lineman. Davis majored in physical education.

Head coaching record

Davis was head coach at Saint Francis for four seasons, compiling a record of 14–27–1.

References

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