Former Indiana head coach Mike Davis reportedly hired at Mississippi Valley State

ATLANTA - MARCH 30: Head coach Mike Davis of Indiana talks with his player Kyle Hornsby #32 during the semifinal round of the NCAA Men's Final Four game against Oklahoma on March 30, 2002 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. Indiana defeated Oklahoma 73-64, advancing them to the championship game. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/ Getty Images) | Getty Images

Former Indiana men’s basketball head coach Mike Davis is reportedly set to lead a program once again after a brief stop as an assistant at Memphis, his first assistant role since his time in Bloomington.

Davis is set to be named the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, per reporting from Jason Munz of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. It’ll be Davis’ fifth time leading a college program after stops at Indiana, UAB, Texas Southern and Detroit Mercy.

Mississippi Valley State, or MVSU, is widely considered to be one of if not the most challenging coaching jobs in all of NCAA Division-I men’s basketball. The program ranks in at 364th since 1997 in KenPom’s program rankings, which is right at the bottom. The Delta Devils haven’t won ten or more games since the 2011-12 season, when they went 21-13 with a win in the SWAC Tournament before a loss to Western Kentucky in the First Four and have been led by four coaches since, not counting Davis. MVSU finished the 2025-26 season having gone 3-30 and 2-16 in SWAC play.