Courtney Davidson was hired as an assistant coach for Loyola's women's basketball program in May, 2021. She joins the Greyhounds after most-recently serving as an assistant coach at the University of Hartford for the past two years. A 2016 WBCA “Thirty Under 30” award recipient, she has also worked on coaching staffs at Youngstown State (2013-14, 2017-19), Radford (2015-17) and the College of Charleston (2014-15) following a successful playing career at Michigan State.
Davidson will work with the point guards and serve as recruiting coordinator at Loyola. She has coached eight all-conference, three all-rookie and four all-academic performers during her coaching career. She guided her first team to the WNIT in 2017 after her Radford squad won 24 games and finished as Big South regular season champions. Davidson returned to the WNIT with Youngstown State in 2019 after the Penguins posted 22 victories on the year.
Prior to joining the college coaching ranks, Davidson spent five years at Ursuline High School in Ohio, rising to become the program's varsity head coach. She began her collegiate coaching career with one-year stints as the director of basketball operations at Youngstown State and the College of Charleston before earning a full-time assistant opportunity at Radford.
As a player, Davidson made 101 appearances for the Spartans, who reached three-straight NCAA tournaments from 2005-07 (National Runner-Up in 2005, Sweet 16 in 2006, Second Round in 2007) and advanced to the WNIT title game during her senior season in 2008. Davidson was twice chosen as the program’s “Sixth Man of the Year” while finishing her playing career with 379 points, 181 assists and 41 steals. She graduated from Michigan State in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in communications and added an M.A. in counseling from Youngstown State in 2011.
“Coach Court is a proven relationship builder, coach and recruiter,” said head coach Danielle O’Banion at the time of her hire. “I am excited about the opportunity to work with her after having coached against her at Michigan State and watching her work her way through the coaching ranks. We are fortunate to have this WBCA 30 Under 30 honoree coaching the Greyhound point guards.”
