Mike Davis
Class of 2022

Mike Davis

Mike Davis along with Katherine Conner started the girls athletic programs at Ardmore High School. Davis would serve as Ardmore’s girls basketball coach from 1971-82. He also coached volleyball for two years and the boys basketball team from 1979-81. 

Davis posted a career record of 78-37 as the Lady Tigers basketball coach. His teams of the early 1980’s were dominant. The 1980/81 and 1981/82 teams were a combined 42-8. The 1981/82 team captured the county season and tournament championship, Area 14 championship and were Region 7 champions. Ardmore would lose to the eventual state champions Pisgah in the quarter-finals of the state tournament. 

Angie Fogg played basketball at Ardmore and said Davis was more than just a coach. “Coach Davis was tough yes but he was very caring person. He was like a father figure. He supported us girls both on and off the court. He loved our parents and the community of Ardmore. I am a cancer survivor. When I was going through my treatments, Coach Davis would call all the time and check on me. He would coach and encourage me. Coach Davis is a good man and he was a great influence not only on starting girl’s athletics at Ardmore High School but the community as well,” said Fogg.