Class of 2020
FRANK DAVIS
OFFICIAL/COACH/MEET DIRECTOR
Davis has provided numerous opportunities for high school athletes for 45 years, through coaching in high school (since 1993; he led the Southern Durham girls to the 1995 and 1996 NCHSAA 3A outdoor track titles), leading the Durham Striders Track Club (since 1980, after serving as assistant director for 5 years), establishing and serving as meet director for the Eastern High School Challenge Indoor Meet (at the University of North Carolina), directing one of the largest summer track meets on the East Coast (Russell Blunt/East Coast Inv.), serving as meet director for the North Carolina State Games (20 times since 1993), serving in numerous officer roles with USATF and AAU, and helping kids with their academics through a program that emphasized “personal, emotional and mental development as well as physical fitness.”
He has also officiated more than 300 track meets at all levels, including NCAA National Championships, National Sports Festival and numerous international meets. USATF (TAC) Master certified since 1982.