Wes Davis joined the ORU baseball staff on Thursday-Courtesy: ORU Media Relations
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TULSA, Okla. – Oral Roberts University baseball coach Rob Walton announced the addition of Wes Davis as assistant coach of the Golden Eagles on Thursday. Davis joins ORU after spending the last four seasons as assistant coach at UT-Tyler.
“Wes is the younger brother of Stockton Davis, who was a former player here, so he’s been around the program for many years,” said Walton. “He’s also worked the past four seasons under James Vilade, who was an assistant coach here at ORU. Wes has a great baseball background and will be a good asset to the program.”
At UT-Tyler, Davis’ duties included strength and conditioning, defense, baserunning and assisting with hitting. Under Davis’ tutelage, the Patriots led the conference in best fielding percentage the last three seasons and also topped the league in hitting all four years. In Davis’ four seasons with the program, the Patriots compiled a 131-28 record (.824) and won three conference championships.
Davis has also been involved with various summer baseball teams. Last summer, Davis served as head coach of the Florence Red Wolves of the Coastal Plain League, where he led the team to a first-half division crown and a playoff appearance. For his efforts, Davis was one of two head coaches in the 2008 Coastal Plain League All-Star Game. The previous summer, Davis served as the hitting coach of the Wilson Tobs of the CPL, who also advanced to the playoffs. Davis also acted as hitting coach in 2005 for the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaskan Baseball League, where 12 players off the squad ended up playing professionally.
Davis spent two years playing collegiately at Seward County CC in Liberal, Kan., where the Saints won back-to-back conference titles. Davis wrapped up his playing career at Oklahoma Baptist, where he helped lead the squad to a NAIA regional appearance in 2004. Davis played prep baseball at Owasso High, where he helped the team to two 6A state championships and two runner-up finishes.
Davis’ older brother, Stockton, played at ORU from 1999-2002, and was selected in the 21st round of the MLB Draft, where he played four seasons. Davis is married to his wife, Kara.
