Peggy Davis
Athletic Director
 Entering her sixth full year as Virginia State University’s Director of Athletics, Peggy Davis continues to enrich a proud legacy of Trojan athletics. Davis, for the second consecutive year, won the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Athletic Director of the Year award. Under Davis’ leadership the VSU Athletics Department was honored by the university and awarded the Governor’s Excellence Outstanding Team award. In 2005 she received the Jeannette A. Lee Athletic Administrator Achievement Award. Davis has overseen the Trojan athletic program since July 10, 2003.
Prior to her current position of athletic director, Davis served as the women’s head basketball coach, associate athletic director and senior woman administrator.
Davis has been at the helm of a VSU sports program which has won seven CIAA Conference Championships and four NCAA Tournament bids in five years. Six Head Coaches have been awarded the CIAA Coach of the Year under her leadership.
She has witnessed many improvements to the athletic facilities at VSU. Renovation began in 2004 with the installation of new electronic bleachers in Daniel Gymnasium and a new playing court surface. The campus continues to see improvements to Rogers Football Stadium, including a renovated press box, new locker rooms, weight room, coach’s offices and President’s Suite. The improvements to the VSU Tennis Complex from three regulation courts to nine, and upgrades to Whaley Colbert Field on the VSU campus, home of the 2007 and 2008 CIAA Champion Virginia State University baseball team.
Many great highlights have taken place under Davis’ athletic leadership, including the men’s program winning the C.H. Williams All-Sports Award for excellence in the men's sports programs in 2008. The women’s sports program was awarded the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Award for excellence in the women’s sports programs in 2004. Davis also started the $1,000 Trojan Athletic Fundraising Club.
Davis’ career at VSU has been dedicated to encouraging hard work and producing results. Her tenure as women’s head basketball coach yielded many accolades for the Lady Trojans. In 2000-2001 she guided Virginia State University to a CIAA Eastern Division crown. In 2001-02 she led the Lady Trojans to the CIAA Eastern Division title, the CIAA Tournament Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. It was there that the Lady Trojans downed Presbyterian College in the first round, marking the first NCAA Tournament win ever for a VSU women’s basketball team.
During the 2002 CIAA Tournament, the Lady Trojans received the John B. McLendon Sportsmanship Award, which recognized their outstanding sportsmanship throughout the tournament.
Davis’ coaching career is decorated with several history-making events. Before coming to VSU in 1997, Davis was the head basketball coach at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. She led the ‘Belles to a regular-season and Lone Star Conference Tournament championship.
Under her direction, Angelo State also advanced to the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament for the first time in school history.
Before taking the reins of the Angelo State women’s basketball program, Davis was the head women’s basketball coach at her alma mater, Howard Payne University. While at HPU, Davis guided the Yellow Jackets to a Texas Intercollegiate Association Championship. In 1996 Davis was inducted into the HPU Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2007 Davis was named to the Lone Star Conference’s 75th Anniversary Basketball Team for her achievements as a player while at Howard Payne University.
In the three conferences that Davis has served as a head coach, she has been named “Coach of the Year” in each. She has served on numerous NCAA Committees.
Davis is currently President of the CIAA Executive Committee and is a member of the CIAA Tournament Committee. She is also a member of National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
Davis is a native of Bastrop, TX, and received her Bachelor’s degree from Howard Payne University. She received her Master’s Degree from Tarleton State University. Davis and her husband, Thomas, have two daughters, Courtney (18) and Taylor (13).
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