Brian Davis is entering his first season as a member of the Frostburg Men’s Wrestling staff.
Davis brings a wealth of wrestling and coaching experience. He served as a High School head wrestling coach down the road from FSU at Fort Hill from 1996-1998, then a pair of Ohio schools in Carrollton High from 1998-2003, and Buckeye Local High from 2003-2007. He also served as an assistant coach at Mountain Ridge in Frostburg from 2016-2020. At the high school level, Davis coached two individual state champions, 12 state place winners, four all-Americans, and two individual national champions.
From 2007-2015, Davis spent eight seasons as the head coach at NCAA Division II power and MEC rival West Liberty. Under Davis’ guidance, the Hilltoppers were a top 20 fixture in the national rankings year over year. At West Liberty, Davis produced one individual national champion, two individual national runner-ups and ten Division II All-Americans. In addition, he coached 37 wrestlers who would go on to become NWCA Academic All-Americans.
Davis is a native of Frostburg. As a competitor, he led then-Beall (now Mountain Ridge) to three team Maryrland state titles by winning two individual state titles and finishing as a runner-up his sophomore season. After graduating from high school, he served six years in the United States Marine Corps and is a Gulf War veteran. He was also a member of the All-Marine wrestling team in 1988 and 1989, qualifying for the Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman Wrestling in ’88.
After completing his tour of duty with the Marine Corps, Davis enrolled at West Liberty. At WLU, as a member of the wrestling team, he became West Liberty’s first four-time All-American. He placed in the top three of the 177-pound weight class at the national championships in each of his four seasons, claiming a national title in 1994. In 1995, Davis’ senior season, the Hilltoppers finished in second-place at the national tournament. Davis completed his wrestling career at WLU with a 99-17-1 record.
Receiving recognition for his accomplishments, Davis was inducted into the West Liberty Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Maryland State Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2020.
Davis currently resides in Frostburg with his wife, Stephanie. Between them, he and Stephanie have six children and seven grandchildren. Davis is employed by Allegany County Schools working at the Center for Career and Technical Education as an inclusion teacher.
