Coach Davenport begins his first season as interim head coach and his fourth overall season as a part of the Toros volleyball program.
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Davenport attended Genesee Community College where he led his squad to a league championship en route to earning MVP and all-league honors. After transferring to Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, he helped the Mastodons earn an NCAA Division I semifinal berth, finishing 4th overall.
In 1995, Davenport moved to California in pursuit of a professional beach volleyball career, which began in 1997 and continues to this day. Over an eight-year career, he has finished ranked in the top 20 on three different occasions. In 2001 alone, he earned six top-nine finishes. Two years prior, Davenport played and served as team co-captain at the Pan American Games for Team USA, where he and his partner earned a 7th-place finish internationally.
Locally, Davenport founded Club Performance Volleyball, a small junior boys and girls volleyball club located in Palos Verdes, CA. He was the head coach of the Palos Verdes Peninsula HS boys program from 2000-03, earning consecutive CIF Bay League Coach of the Year honors. Under his direction, over 20 of his players have earned Division I volleyball scholarships.
In addition to his Toro coaching duties, Davenport is an active member of the AVP pro volleyball tour and runs Club X, a volleyball club based in the South Bay.
A resident of Redondo Beach, Davenport is married to Wendi Dearsman.
