Anthony Davison

Biography

No other coach in program history has impacted Charlotte women’s tennis like Anthony Davison, who enters his ninth season at his alma mater in 2025-26. The 49ers have entered international, national, and regional discussions on a consistent basis, elevating their level of play each season as a force within the Carolina Region. He enters the season on the heels of being named the 2024 ITA Carolina Region Coach of the Year. It’s that standard by which he has directed the program, setting its course for immediate and future success. RECORD Davison, the seventh head coach in program history when he was hired in June 2018, has posted a remarkable 134-48 (.736) dual-match record in his eight seasons, including an unfathomable 78-7 (.918) mark when playing on home courts. After debuting with 19 victories in his first season and the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened campaign during his second year, Davison guided the Niners to even greater heights in 2021. Charlotte capped the campaign at 21-7, tying for the second-most single-season wins in school history and the most since 1991. In 2022 he posted his third season with at least 19 wins and guided the 49ers to just the second Conference Championship Match appearance in program history and first as a member of Conference USA. For his efforts, Davison was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year, becoming the first head coach in program history to earn a Coach of the Year honor. The program soared even higher in 2023, winning 22 matches fo