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Jamie Davies
Jamie Davies was named the third head coach in the 32-year history of UNF men's soccer, as announced by Director of Athletics Nick Morrow on Tuesday, Dec. 5.
In his first season at the helm for UNF, he won the ASUN Regular Season Championship with a 6-7-3 overall record and a 4-2-1 ASUN record, followed with an ASUN Tournament Championship after wins against FGCU and Central Arkansas. It was the first titles for the Ospreys since 2015, as well as the program's second trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament, where they faced West Virginia.
Davies coached the highest-scoring team in the ASUN with 1.625 goals per game overall with 26 total games, as well as 2.286 goals per game and 16 goals in conference play. He also developed the conference's individual leaders in goals and assists overall and in conference games.
Along with those accolades, Davies coached five straight ASUN Player of the Week honorees, two ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honorees and an ASUN Goalkeeper of the Week honoree. In the postseason, UNF received four ASUN All-Tournament selections and the ASUN Championship Tournament MVP, Joaquin Acuna, after his championship-clinching penalty kick at Hodges Stadium.
Davies came to Jacksonville, Fla., with over a decade and a half of coaching experience at four different collegiate institutions. His most recent collegiate stop was at the University of Central Florida, where he was the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator over the past six seasons.
Through his 15 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Davies also currently serves as a regional talent identification scout for the United States Youth National Team. He was a U-16 head coach and regional scout for Atlanta United as well from 2017-18.
A native of London, England, Davies completed his USSF A License in September 2019 under Steffen Siebert Technical Lead instructor for the A-Senior License.
During the 2023 season at UCF, Davies helped lead the program to a 10-4-2 record, including a 6-2-1 record in conference play, to finish with the second-best regular season record in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The team was ranked in the top six nationally for the majority of the season, including a No. 1 overall ranking for the final two weeks of the regular season and into the SBC Tournament.
In his six seasons with the Knights, Davies served as an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator during its run of three AAC regular season championships, one AAC Tournament championship, four AAC Championship appearances, two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and an NCAA second round appearance. He also assisted in developing five MLS draft picks, two USL professional contracts and one international professional, as well as five team GPA 3.0 awards.
Davies was a part of the UCF coaching staff that was honored as the Sun Belt Coaching Staff of the Year in 2023. This was the fourth time since he joined the program in 2018 that they've been honored with the award, while also assisting the team to five winning seasons in his six years in Orlando, Fla., with a 53-21-8 overall record since his arrival.
Before his time with UCF, Davies was the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Georgia State from 2014-18. He helped the program to four winning seasons, four straight Sun Belt Championship appearances and four team GPA 3.0 awards during those years.
In his final two seasons with the Panthers, he helped produce the top scoring offense in the conference and reached as high as 11th in the nation. He also assisted in eight GSU players earning All-Sun Belt honors and two players earning All-Region honors, while also producing an MLS draft pick and a USL professional contract.
Prior to his time in Atlanta, Ga., Davies spent four seasons at Limestone College as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, where he helped the program accomplish a pair of Conference Carolinas regular season and tournament championships, along with three tournament championship appearances. He helped produced winning seasons in all four years with four team GPA 3.0 awards, two coaching staff of the year awards and two international professional contracts.
From 2008-10, Davies started his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for his alma mater at Rio Grande. He was a part of two regular season championships and two conference tournament championships, as well as being an NAIA National Tournament finalist and semifinalist in back-to-back years as a top-three team in the nation. The program was also awarded coaching staff of the year twice and led three players to USL professional contracts during his time there.
Davies has extensive playing experience highlighted by spending five years in the USL League Two (USL 2), formally known as the Premier Development League (PDL), with the New Orleans Jesters and the West Virginia Chaos from 2007-11. He took over as the assistant coach during his second season with the Chaos and helped guide the team to a franchise-best record.
Before playing professionally in the PDL/USL 2, Davies played for Crystal Palace FC and Leyton Orient FC at the youth level. He later went on the play for Chelmsford City FC for two years before playing collegiate soccer at William Woods University, where he was named academic all-conference following his freshman and sophomore campaigns.
From 2003-07, Davies received his bachelor's degree in sport management with a minor in business at William Woods in Fulton, Mo. He also earned his master's degree in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio, while playing in the PDL/USL 2.
Davies and his wife, Alexis Amador-Davies, have two sons, Rafael and Archie.
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