Shane Davis

Position: Head Coach Experience: Eighth Season Alma Mater: Loyola (2003)

A former Loyola University Chicago volleyball standout, Shane Davis enters his ninth season as the head coach of the Loyola men's volleyball program.

Loyola secured the program's 15th-consecutive winning season in 2011, recording a 21-8 overall mark. For the second straight year, the Ramblers finished runner-up in the MIVA standings with a 9-3 conference record, while falling to Ohio State in the 2011 MIVA Championship match, 3-2 in Columbus, Ohio. On Jan. 22, 2011, Davis picked up his 150th career win as the head coach of the Ramblers. In eight seasons, he is 167-63 overall.

In 2010, the Ramblers played to a 20-6 overall record, placing second in the MIVA conference and finishing the season unbeaten at home with a 14-0 mark. For his efforts, Davis earned MIVA Coach of the Year accolades for the third time in his career. In the 2010 MIVA Championship match against Ohio State, the Ramblers fell one game short of reaching the NCAA Tournament, falling to the Buckeyes, 3-2.

In 2009, the team finished with an overall mark of 17-10, finishing the year ranked tied for No. 13 in the final Bison/AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches' Top 15 Poll. The season was highlighted by a 3-2 defeat of defending national champion and previously unbeaten Penn State in Alumni Gym for the program's first-ever victory over a top-ranked team. Loyola also excelled off the court, as 17 players earned Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) Academic All-Conference honors, while Kris Berzins was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Second Team.

Davis has already enjoyed much success in his young career, guiding Loyola to at least 20 wins in five of his first seven seasons at the helm. Highlights include leading the Ramblers to consecutive MIVA regular-season titles for the first time in program history in 2005 and 2006, in addition to receiving MIVA Coach of the Year honors both years as well.

In 2005, during just his second season as head coach, the Ramblers recorded a program-best, 21-match win streak and claimed the MIVA regular-season title en route to finishing with the best record (26-3, 15-1 MIVA) in school history. After the season, Davis helped train the U.S. Men's Under-21 National Team in Lake Placid, N.Y., as an assistant coach under John Speraw. The team traveled to India in August to compete in the FIVB Under-21 World Championship, where the Americans finished 2-3 in Pool B play and placed eighth overall.

Since his arrival in 2004, Davis has coached six All-Americans (Scott Greene, James Grunst, Chris Kozlarek, Krystian Krzyzak, Kris Berzins and Mike Bunting) and 28 All-MIVA honorees, including a pair of MIVA Players of the Year (Greene in 2005 and Kozlarek in 2006).

The Denver, Iowa native was a member of Loyola's men's volleyball team from 2000-03, during which time he set a school record for career assists (5,337), reaching second place in school history in career digs (723) as well. Davis was named Loyola's 2003 Male Athlete of the Year.

During his freshman year, he recorded 1,528 assists in a single season, good for third all-time, and was named MIVA Freshman of the Year in addition to grabbing Third Team All-MIVA honors. He received First Team All-MIVA honors in each of the next three seasons and was also a Second Team All-America selection in 2003. Davis led Loyola to 78 wins in his collegiate career, highlighted by a 24-6 season in 2002, when the Ramblers reached the MIVA Tournament championship match for just the third time in school history.

Davis currently resides in Chicago with his wife, Andrea.