Will Davies

University of Denver Athletics

Will Davies enters his third season as a Denver assistant coach in 2024-25.

Helped lead Denver's successful defense of its Summit League tournament title, the program's seventh overall; also won the league regular-season title for sixth year in a row
Achieved season-high No. 61 ITA national ranking; saw Daniel Sancho Arbizu (season high: No. 24) and Raffaello Papajcik (season high: No. 48) spend much of the year nationally ranked in singles
Coached Sancho Arbizu and Papajcik to an all-Denver ITA Mountain Regional singles championships, sending both players to the NCAA National Singles Championship (where Papajcik would become the first DU men's player to win a singles NCAA match)
Oversaw Sancho Arbizu earning Summit League Player of the Year honors
Went 18-7 on the season including a perfect 13-0 at home an 5-0 in Summit League play

Helped lead Denver to perfect 23-0 record through the Summit League tournament (the first Divsion I men's program to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated since 2013)
Led DU to its fifth consecutive Summit League regular-season title and its sixth Summit League tournament title
Achieved the program's highest national ranking (No. 28) since 2010; finished ranked No. 44 nationally the second-highest final national ranking in program history
Also finished ranked No. 1 in the ITA Mountain Regional
Helped lead a sweep of the Summit League awards with Nicolas Herrero Cuesta repeating as Player of the Year and graduate transfer Marvin Schaber earning Newcomer of the Year
Also coached Herrero Cuesta to ITA Mountain Regional Pkayer of the Year and Raffaello Papajcik to ITA Mountain Regional Most Improved Player honors

Coached Denver to a fourth straight Summit League regular-season title and a 15-8 overall record (5-0 in Summit League and 9-2 at home)
Helped lead DU to a No. 59 final ITA national ranking, a season high
Coached Nicolas Herrero Cuesta to Summit League Player of the Year honors and sophomore transfer Daniel Sancho Arbizu to Newcomer of the Year recognition

Was interim tennis coach for Leadership in Action (March - May 2022)
Earned All-WCC Honorable Mention nod while playing at San Diego in 2021-22 (went 20-6 overall in singles, 12-2 team-best doubles record)
Played at Iowa (2017-21) and finished third all-time in program history for combined singles and doubles victories; set program record for career doubles wins
Qualified to 2021 NCAA National Championships in doubles (with partner Oliver Okonkwo), the first Iowa doubles team to do so in 32 years
Twice earned Big Ten Conference Sportsmanship honors while at Iowa