John Solomon "Sap" Davis (October 21, 1898 – February 16, 1985) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator.

[2] Davis was also the athletic director and head basketball coach at Ottawa from 1927 to 1931.

He moved to the State Normal School of Colorado—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—in 1931 to replace George E. Cooper as head basketball coach.

[3] In 1937, Davis was hired as the head basketball coach at Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Colorado State University.

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