Calvin Davis Jr.
Induction
2024
Sport
Tennis
Type
Coach
• Won 36 State Championships and has coached four professional players.
• Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2024.
• Named National High School Tennis Coach of the Year (five times!) by the Professional Tennis Registry, 2005 USTA/NCHS Tennis Coach of the Year, 1997 and 2014 Carl Bolick Coach’s Award, and the Charlotte Observer “All-Time Top 10 Coaches for All Sports” in Mecklenburg County.
• Won 35 State Championships and has coached four professional players. • Honored with The Calvin Davis Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund established in 2020 and the scoreboard on Rankin Tennis Courts was named in honor of Coach Davis in 2022.
“Not only is Calvin a world-class tennis coach, he is also one of the best motivators and teachers of life skills I have ever come across. His many words of wisdom and motivational lessons have stayed with me personally and professionally for the last 32 years long after my graduation from Country Day. For this, I am forever grateful to Coach Calvin and could not be prouder of him for the great impact he has had on countless student-athletes. I will always appreciate Coach Cavlin for the culture he created at Country Day - winning the right way with discipline, respect, and class."
–Stuart Sherrill ’92, Friend and Former Student-Athlete
