Mike Davenport

Biography

Mike Davenport joined Tony Baldwin's staff as an assistant coach in August 2024. Davenport comes to Athens from North Georgia, where he was the head coach for 24 seasons. He guided the Nighthawks to DII national championships in 2015 and 2023, accumulating over a thousand victories in his tenure at UNG. His head coaching record is an astounding 1,094-280 (.796), and he is a member of the Georgia Dugout Club Softball Hall of Fame (January 2020). He’s coached numerous All-Americans, including two National Players of the Year in Courtney Poole (2015) and Kylee Smith (2018). A 10-time Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year, Davenport built a culture of championships at North Georgia, winning 17 conference regular season titles, 15 conference tournaments, nine NCAA Southeast Region Championships, and two NCAA DII National Championships. He established UNG as a powerhouse in NCAA Division II softball, taking North Georgia to three consecutive Division II Championship appearances twice from 2009-11 and again in 2021-23. Davenport helped guide the program to two National Championships during his tenure, the first in 2015, as that team would bring the University of North Georgia its first National Championship in school history on May 25, 2015, in Oklahoma City. In 2023, Davenport helped return UNG to the mountain top, giving the program its second 60-win season, breaking the program record for wins in a season with a 64-7 record, as the Nighthawks would win their second National Tit