Ross Davis

Senior and Age Group Coach

Email: [email protected] 

Coach Ross Davis was born in Fremont, CA but grew up South of Pittsburgh in Uniontown, PA. He was a walk on at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, but earned a spot on the State Conference Team his first year in 100/200 backstroke and 200/400IM. Granted a scholarship his sophomore year but missing National qualifying in the same events, was asked to swim 200 Butterfly his junior year. He qualified for Nationals just 4 months later in the new event and went on to earn NCAA All American Honors 8 times; while setting school records in the 200 Free, 200 Fly, 200IM and 800 Free Relay. He competed as an Open Water Lifeguard, winning Maine's Iron Guard event 4 times. He was honored as Maine's Most Valuable Lifeguard in 1989. Graduating from Clarion in 1989, with a BSBA in Accounting, Coach Ross entered the sales field with a Nikon Instrument dealer in Georgia and was later hired by Nikon in Dallas. He excelled in sales and was promoted to Industrial Sales Manager during his tenure. He formed his own company in 2001 specializing in microscope sales and service and worked as Production Manager for Komak Manufacturing before coming back to the swimming world as a part time coach for WMST, the Northampton Cudas, and SSAN. Ross joined WMST in 2006 and has been active in Masters swimming since 1993. He has been ranked Top Ten Nationally in the 50/100/200/400/500 Free, 50/100/200 Fly, 50/100/200 Back, 100/200/400 I.M., open water swimming and 1 hour postal. Coach Ross recorded South Texas Masters Zone records in the 100/200 Fly, 50/100/200 Back, 50/100/200 Free and 200/400IM. He has achieved All American Masters status over the past 10 years, achieved many National Titles, broke 2 World records and National records. He was an Assistant Coach of the Northampton Cudas for 8 seasons helping lead them to a 2012, 2013, 2014 C-1 Division Championship!

He is currently is in his 10th year at SSAN as Senior Coach/Co-Owner and is looking forward to the 2019 season! Coach Ross tries to lead by example by building strong positive habits and fundamentals, which will not only help a swimmer swim faster but build self-confidence for the future. He believes, "The mirror does not reflect truth or potential, only your perception" which he hopes young swimmers realize that if they think and train like a champion every chance they get, they can become one.