Pat Davis
Louisiana Wrestling Hall of Fame
Wrestler: Holy Cross - State Champion in 1959 & 1960
Coach: Buras High School - Division II State Championship Teams in 1984, 1987-90 & 1998
Inducted: June 20th, 2007
Biography
-- Reprinted from NWHOF 2007 Program
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
Patrick M. Davis attended Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. He began wrestling in the eighth grade and won the state championship in the 98 lb. Division. Coached by Brother Melchior, he won two more state titles during his high school career. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Pat enrolled at LSU in June of 1966.
Pat began teaching at Buras High
School in 1971 and started the wrestling program one year later.
This was the first public school in Plaquemines Parish to have a
wrestling program. Under his leadership Buras High School won
five state titles and two New Orleans City titles. Pat coached
37 individual state champions and 20 state Runners-Up. He
believed that his success was due in part to the close relationship
he held with his wrestlers. He instilled in his wrestlers that
hard work and self-discipline are necessary to be successful not
only in wrestling but in life. Many of Coach Davis' wrestlers
continue to promote the sport of wrestling.
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Patrick Davis, Jr. Honoring his father.
Coach Davis with 2006 Hall of Fame inductee Coach Ray Gremillion.
Stan Kotteman with Coach Davis
