Coaching staff profilesHead Coach scott davenportOn April 29, 2005, Scott Davenport became the11th coach in <strong>Bellarmine</strong>’s history, and in six yearstook <strong>Bellarmine</strong> all the way to the top by leadingthe Knights to the <strong>2011</strong> NCAA Division II NationalChampionship. For his efforts, he was namednational coach of the year by two different organizations:the National Association of BasketballCoaches and the Division II Bulletin.In his debut season, Davenport—who inherited ateam program that had finished last in the GreatLakes Valley Conference the year before—led histroops to BU’s first .500 finish since 2001, and thefirst conference tournament appearance since 2002.The following year, Davenport’s charges went <strong>12</strong>-15, which included threelosses in the NABC Classic at Freedom Hall against NCAA Division I opponentsLouisville, Ohio, and Saint Joseph’s. Improvement continued in 2007-08 as CoachDavenport and the Knights once again finished with a winning record at 17-11and returned to the GLVC Tourney where they lost in the first round to eventualchampion Drury.CollegiateHead Coaching Record2010-11 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> 33-22009-10 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> 23-92008-09 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> 26-72007-08 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> 17-1<strong>12</strong>006-07 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> <strong>12</strong>-152005-06 <strong>Bellarmine</strong> 14-14Career Record: <strong>12</strong>5-58 (68.3%)In the 2008-09 season, Davenport ledthe Knights to one of the best seasonsin <strong>Bellarmine</strong> <strong>basketball</strong> history, settingschool records for most wins in a season,most games played and highest in-seasonnational ranking. His 26-7 Knights made itto the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament,narrowly losing to the eventual nationalchampion in overtime in the NCAA MidwestRegional Final.After the successful 2008-09 season the nation was beginning to take notice of<strong>Bellarmine</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Heading into the 2009-10 season, Sporting News tabbedthe Knights as preseason No. 1. The Knights would go on to a 23-9 record andwin the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament championship for the firsttime in program history.In <strong>2011</strong>, everything came together as Davenport led <strong>Bellarmine</strong> to a 33-2 recordwhile capturing the Knights’ first national championship in any sport. Among themilestones reached by the <strong>2011</strong> squad were best winning percentage, most wins,and most consecutive wins, while recording a third straight 20-win season. HisKnights had a 17-1 GLVC regular season record while competing in arguably thetoughest conference division in all of college <strong>basketball</strong>. His colleagues recognizedhim for this accomplishment by voting him the <strong>2011</strong> GLVC Coach of the Year.In his six years at <strong>Bellarmine</strong>, two players have been named to All-America squads,<strong>12</strong> have been named to All-GLVC teams while one has earned conference Playerof the Year and another was named GLVC Freshman of the Year.Prior to coming to <strong>Bellarmine</strong>, Davenport served nine years as an assistantcoach at the <strong>University</strong> of Louisville under Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum andnational championship-winning coach Rick Pitino. He also served a year asan assistant coach on Mike Pollio’s staff at Virginia Commonwealth where hecoached alongside Tubby Smith.Before heading to Louisville, Davenport spent 10 seasons as the head boy’s coachat Ballard High School where he won a state championship in 1988 and coachedtwo future NBA players in DeJuan Wheat and Allan Houston.A Louisville native, Davenport and his wife, Sharon, have two sons: Russ andDoug, who are both <strong>Bellarmine</strong> graduates. Russ now works for Whayne Supplyin Louisville. Doug, who played four years at <strong>Bellarmine</strong>, is now a graduate assistanton Chris Mack’s staff at Xavier <strong>University</strong>.Assistant Coach drew cooperDrew Cooper is in his fifth year at <strong>Bellarmine</strong>under Scott Davenport. Since joiningthe staff at <strong>Bellarmine</strong>, Cooper has helpedlead the Knights to a record of 99-29 and thefirst national championship in school history.A Louisville native and graduate of St.Xavier High School, Cooper went on to starat Assumption College in Worcester, Masswhere he scored 2,001 points and was atwo-time NABC Division II Honorable Mention All-America.A three time all-conference pick, Cooper was inducted intothe Assumption Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 23, 2010. Aftergraduating in 1999, he went on to play professionally overseas.Cooper got his first taste of the coaching profession whenhe joined the staff as a volunteer assistant at <strong>Bellarmine</strong> in2001-2002 then moved on to become a graduate assistant atNorthern Kentucky. The following year, Cooper joined the staffas an assistant at Babson College just outside of Boston, wherehe stayed until 2005. In 2006, he got his first head coaching jobwhen he was named to the position at Division III WheelockCollege. He held that position until coming back to <strong>Bellarmine</strong>in August of 2007 to join Scott Davenport’s staff.Cooper is a graduate of <strong>Bellarmine</strong>’s MBA program and livesin Louisville with his wife, Tamara, his five-year old daughter,Delaney Marie, and stepsons Shawn and Chandler.Assistant COACH CARL WHITEThe <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> season marks the third year forCarl White as an assistant <strong>basketball</strong> coachat <strong>Bellarmine</strong>. A graduate of Iroquois HighSchool and Kentucky State <strong>University</strong>, Whitespent 22 years in corporate America as acomputer systems engineer before pursuinghis true passion: coaching <strong>basketball</strong>.His first coaching assignment was atLouisville’s Crosby Middle School, where hetaught for nine years, and helped lead the<strong>basketball</strong> program to become one of the top teams in the city.In 2004, White joined the Eastern High School coachingstaff as assistant head coach. During his time at Eastern, theprogram won 75 percent of its games and captured prestigioustournament titles such as the Louisville Invitational Tournament(twice) and the Seventh Region championship. The Eagles alsoadvanced to Kentucky’s “Elite 8” in 2009.White is married to Lorrie B. White, and has three daughters,Kenekii Ward, Jordan Bivens and Kameron White. He also hastwo granddaughters, KaSandra and Alicia.Assistant COACH MICHAEL SCOTTMichael Scott enters his third season asan assistant coach at <strong>Bellarmine</strong>. He willbe assisting in all aspects of the program,including recruiting, scouting, film exchangeand player development. Scott’s main responsibilitywill be post player developmentand concentrating on team defense. Scotthas been at <strong>Bellarmine</strong> since Davenport’sarrival during the 2005-2006 season, andserved four years as the team manager before graduating in2009 with a bachelor’s in Business Administration.Scott, a native of South Bend, Indiana, graduated high schoolin 2005 from Trinity School at Greenlawn where he was a threeyear varsity starter in <strong>basketball</strong>. During his playing career,Scott’s team improved its win total every year including twoICST Final Four appearances and a state runner-up finish duringhis sophomore year.Scott is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administrationdegree at <strong>Bellarmine</strong> and will graduate in December.4
<strong>2011</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> RosterNO. NAME poS. HT. WT. CLASS HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS COLLEGE)3 Braydon Hobbs G 6-5 180 SR New Albany, Ind. New Albany H.S.4 Jeremy Kendle G 6-2 195 JR Jeffersonville, Ind. Jeffersonville H.S.5 Chris Dowe G 6-3 185 JR Louisville, Ky. Eastern H.S.10 Corbin Maynard G 5-10 170 FR Louisville, Ky. DeSales H.S.11 Garett Ross G 6-1 170 R-FR Corydon, Ind. Corydon Central H.S.<strong>12</strong> Aaron Robison F 6-6 230 SR Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier H.S.14 Jeff Whitton F 6-3 200 FR Winchester, Ky. George Rogers Clark H.S.15 Richie Phares F/C 6-8 220 R-SO Georgetown, Ky. Scott Co. H.S. (Louisville)20 Kris Carree G 6-2 190 SR Louisville, Ky. Male H.S.21 Stephen Asihene C 6-7 200 FR Freehold, N.J. Oak Hill Academy23 Keisten Jones G 6-3 190 SO Louisville, Ky. Ballard H.S.24 Ryan Burton F 6-8 200 FR Bedford, Ind. Bedford North Lawrence H.S.25 Gentry Parker G 6-2 180 FR Indianapolis, Ind. Cardinal Ritter H.S.31 Luke Sprague F/C 6-8 220 SR Newburgh, Ind. Castle H.S.32 Jelani Johnson G 6-4 185 JR Aurora, Ill. Waubonsie Valley (Western Ill.)33 Stevie Loveless F 6-6 215 R-SO Frankfort, Ind. Frankfort H.S. (Purdue)Head Coach: Scott DavenportAssistant Coaches: Drew Cooper, Carl White, Michael ScottTeam Managers: Jon Turl, David ShearnTeam Trainer: Brad BluestoneTEAM PASTOR: Fr. Dale CieslikALPHABETICALROSTER21 Stephen Asihene24 Ryan Burton20 Kris Carree5 Chris Dowe25 Tony Hamann3 Braydon Hobbs32 Jelani Johnson23 Keisten Jones4 Jeremy Kendle33 Stevie Loveless10 Corbin Maynard15 Richie Phares<strong>12</strong> Aaron Robison11 Garett Ross31 Luke Sprague22 Julian WilkisonPronunciations<strong>Bellarmine</strong>:BELL-uhr-menAsihene: as-uh-HE-neeCarree: cuh-REEDowe: DOWHamann: HAH-menKeisten:KEE-stunPhares: FAIR-usRobison: ROBB-i-sonSprague: SPRAIG5
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