sentences:  In his first season in 1971, he was named SEC Coach of the Year.The younger Davis graduated from high school in 1978 and then played at Phillips County Community College in Arkansas for two years, and transferred to hometown Mississippi State, where he played two seasons and earned a bachelor's degree in 1982 and a master's in 1984 while a graduate assistant.He and his wife, Betty, have two daughters, Ally and Claire.