Michael Davis (born September 15, 1960) is an American basketball coach at the University of Memphis.

Prior to that he was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy, a position he held from 2018 to 2024.

He would spend the next two seasons playing in Switzerland, where he and teammate Ron Burns were named to the league's all-star team, and in Italy.

[4] Davis began his coaching career as an assistant at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama.

[5] In 1990, Davis returned to the United States and took a position with the Wichita Falls Texans of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).

In his three seasons as an IU assistant, the Hoosiers compiled a 63–32 overall record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times.

Brand offered the assistants jobs as 'co coaches' but Treloar declined, deferring to Davis.

In his first season, Davis led a team featuring NBA draft picks Kirk Haston and Jared Jeffries to a 21–13 record.

In 2002, the Davis-led Hoosiers followed a 19–11 regular season with a surprise run to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament title game.

In the spring of 2005, Athletic Director Rick Greenspan warned, While we share this common goal and are both confident that it will be reached, we also know that our record the last two years is not up to the standards to which Indiana is accustomed and to which we aspire.

By late January 2006, the Hoosiers were at risk of missing the tournament for the third straight year and the calls for Davis' job grew louder.

[5] Davis replaced Mike Anderson, who left UAB after a successful stint to become the head coach at Missouri.

The Blazers narrowly missed making the NCAA men's basketball tournament and instead were rewarded with an appearance in the NIT.

The extended contract ran through and the 2012–13 season featured a base salary that was increased to $625,000 from $600,000 annually.

On March 16, 2012, after a 15–16 record (9–7 in Conference USA) Davis was fired as the head basketball coach at UAB due to "poor ticket sales and attendance" as well as waning fan support and a history of disappointing performances in postseason action.

[2] On August 2, 2012, Davis was named interim head coach of Texas Southern University after the abrupt resignation of Tony Harvey.

[11] On October 26, 2012, Davis signed a four-year contract to become the full-time coach at Texas Southern.