Event Speaker
Kermit John Davis Jr. is a college basketball coach who has had 543 career wins as a head coach for 26 years! He was the head coach for the Ole Miss Rebels from 2018 to 2023 and took them to the 2019 NCAA tournament and 2021 NIT. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Middle Tennessee State for 16 seasons. His head coaching experience also includes brief stops at Idaho and Texas A&M. When promoted to head coach at Idaho in 1988 at age 28, he was the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I. He is also only 1 of 2 active coaches to be named coach of the year in 4 different leagues.
He and his wife, Betty, have two daughters, Allyson and Claire. Kermit and his family reside in Oxford, Mississippi |
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First Annual 2019 Diamonds and Denim Gala
First Annual 2019 Diamonds and Denim Gala
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2022 Diamonds and Denim Gala
2022 Diamonds and Denim Gala