I love sports! And I'm not the only one.
Davis Beaver and I have known each other since 1993, when he was a sophomore and I was a senior at Lamar High School in Arlington. After graduating from Lamar, Davis earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern State and a master's degree from Oklahoma. In addition to various high school stops, Coach Beaver coached college basketball for over a decade at NCAA Division 1, Division 2, and Juco levels. He helped Sam Houston State go from last to first in their conference. As head coach, he led Texas A&M International to its most successful season at the NCAA level and only winning nonconference record at the time. He also led Brown Mackie to just the 5th winning season in school history and the regional finals, the farthest they have ever advanced in the postseason.
When the public school I worked at was hiring Coach Beaver, his references included now 4-time National Championship coach Kim Mulkey and then UTA and now Troy head basketball coach Scott Cross, both of whom spoke very highly of him. While there, he picked up head coaching duties for our softball team, leading it to a district championship in our first year as a UIL school.
In May, 2021, Coach Beaver was selected to lead the inaugural softball team at Arlington Baptist University. I'm grateful that he extended the invitation to me to serve as the team's chaplain. Team One, as they were affectionately known, won a regional championship and finished as College World Series semifinalists at the NCCAA level. Team Two will be the top seed in the Regional Tournament and is hoping for a deep postseason run. Embracing the adage that "leaders are learners," Coach Beaver is also pursuing his doctorate in performance psychology at Grand Canyon University.
In part 1 or a 2-part series, I hope that you hear Coach Beaver's love for his players and his desire for them to not only become great players and a great team, but even more so, to become the incredible people whom God has created them to be.
Coach Beaver can be reached at dbeaver@abu.edu.
Links:
Community North Baptist Church website: communitynorthbc.org
Arlington Baptist University website: abu.edu
Arlington Baptist University (ABU) Softball Twitter page: twitter.com/ABU_Softball
ABU Softball Instagram page: instagram.com/abu.softball
ABU Softball Facebook page: @ABU Softball
Compete to Create (formerly Win Forever): c2c.competetocreate.co
Music: Lookin' Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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