Glenn Davis, of Sallis, will be inducted into the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 22 at the Hinds Community College Clyde Muse Center in Pearl.
Davis is a 1982 graduate of Delta State University where he was a three-year letterman as a defensive back and outside linebacker for the Statesmen. He served as the head coach of the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolf Pack football team for 21 years before his retirement at the end of 2024. At that time, Davis had the longest consecutive tenure of any current coach in the MACCC.
Davis finished his coaching career with a 114-81 record as the head coach at Co-Lin. Under his leadership, the Wolves won the MACJC state title in 2012 and finished MACJC State Runner-Up four times. The 2023 season saw the Wolves finish as South Division Co-Champions and Conference Runners Up and claim the 2023 C.H.A.M.PS. Heart of Texas Bowl Championship. Davis also led the team to a win at the Golden Isle Bowl in 2006.
Davis is the all-time winningest head football coach in Co-Lin history and was selected as MACJC Coach of the Year in 2006, 2014, and 2018, and MACCC South Coach of the Year in 2023. He has had over 250 student-athletes play at four-year universities. Davis has had numerous players drafted in the NFL including first-round draft picks Montez Sweat and Nick Fairley and second-round draft picks Randy Thomas and Tony Bryant.
Prior to coming to Co-Lin, Davis served as running backs coach at Mississippi State University under former head coach Jackie Sherrill. Under his tutelage, the Bulldogs led the Southeastern Conference in rushing in 2000 averaging 193.8 yards per game, and ranked third in 1998 averaging 172 yards per game. While an assistant coach at Holmes Community College, Davis recruited and coached NFL Hall of Famer Walter Jones.
Davis was inducted into the Co-Lin Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. He and his wife, Minta have two children, Ann Shelby (Josh) and Micah (Ashley), and five grandchildren: Brooke, Cannan, and Hayes Davis, and Jackson and Lily Kay Smith.
