Staff Directory

Deshaun Davis

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Linebackers
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Deshaun Davis was hired as the Gamecocks' linebackers coach before the start of the 2025 season.

During his first season with the Gamecocks, Mac Sanders earned All-Freshman honors from Conference USA after leading the team in tackles with 85 and adding 11.5 for loss. Walker O’Steen was the team’s second-leading tackler with 84 and had seven for loss.

Davis spent the previous two seasons coaching linebackers at North Alabama. Last season, freshman Josh Anglin was named to the Stats Perform FCS All-America team under Davis's tutelage after making 81 tackles with seven for loss. Additionally, Jackson Bratton was second in the United Athletic Conference in tackles for loss.

Prior to UNA, Davis was a graduate assistant at UCF.

As a player, the Prichard native was a First-Team All-SEC linebacker at Auburn in 2018 and earned an invitation to the Reese's Senior Bowl and was a quarterfinalist for the Lott Impact Trophy.

Davis was drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and also spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles as well as the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.