Shippensburg University Athletics

Joe Davis enters his second season as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Shippensburg University.
 
In his inaugural season as the architect and controller of Shippensburg’s offense, Davis instructed a prolific passing attack that averaged 335 yards per game through the air – ranking eighth in Division II. SU averaged 37.4 points per game and racked up 465 yards per game.
 
Davis also provided influential tutelage to Harlon Hill quarterback Zach Zulli, who signed with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League after graduation. Zulli led the PSAC and finished fourth in the nation with 35 touchdowns as a senior while leading the PSAC with an average of 318.2 passing yards per game. Zulli also led the PSAC and ranked eighth in the country with 228 points responsible for.
 
Prior to Shippensburg, Davis amassed 10 seasons as a collegiate assistant – including four years as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the highly successful Division III program at Wheaton College in Illinois. The Thunder made six NCAA Tournament appearances in a 12-year period and had 17 of its past players sign NFL contracts.
 
From Davis’s arrival at Wheaton in 2009, the Thunder averaged more than 35 points and 400 yards per game while tallying 18 All-Conference (CCIW) selections on offense, two All-Americans and one CCIW Offensive Player of the Year.
 
In 2012, Wheaton’s offense was ranked in the Top 15 for NCAA Division III in three major offensive categories: scoring offense (11th, 40.0 ppg), total offense (15th, 478.2 ypg) and passing offense (15th, 315.5 ypg).
 
In February 2013, Davis participated in the 2013 NCAA and NFL Coaches Academy in Charlotte. The program provided 30 coaches from NCAA institutions and 30 coaches from NFL teams with an opportunity to gain further knowledge and insight into the world of coaching.
 
Before arriving at Wheaton, Davis spent three seasons at North Park University as its associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. While in Chicago, his offenses produced five All-CCIW performers (including one All-American) and the quarterbacks combined to break six school passing records.
 
From 2003-05, Davis was the quarterbacks coach at Wayne State, a perennial Division II power. The Warrior quarterbacks combined to throw for over 5,500 yards and break five school records during his tenure.
 
Davis played his college ball at Adrian College, where he was the starting quarterback. He finished his collegiate career with eight school records and was a two-time team captain.
 
He continued his playing career after college, traveling overseas to play quarterback and work as the offensive coordinator for the Vienna Rangers in Austria in 2003. Davis also spent three seasons as a quarterback in both the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) and the Arena Football League (AFL), playing for the Lubbock Lonestars, Fayetteville (NC) Guard and Evansville Bluecats in the NIFL and for the Green Bay Blizzard and the Columbus Destroyers in the AFL.
 
Davis is a native of Brighton, Michigan. He earned his B.A. in Communications from Adrian in 2002 and received an M.A. in Sports Administration from Wayne State in 2005. Joe and his wife Whitney are the proud parents of a young daughter, Zoey.