Georgetown Athletics
Jenny Elder, Sports Information Director

Brandon Davis, Georgetown College lacrosse coach, has tackled many new adventures since coming to Kentucky in the early 2000s. He came to play lacrosse at University of Louisville, which at the time did not have a men’s or women’s program. He was instrumental in getting both going. His passion for the game continued to spread as he began helping high schools develop the growing sport.

In 2005, he helped to develop Kentucky Country Day’s program. He moved on to assist Sacred Heart Academy for a season before taking over and leading the high school to a state title in 2011. He started Georgetown’s program, which is 59-32 in six seasons of varsity competition. The Tigers have advanced to five national tournaments with one championship appearance.

Now he has a new challenge. Wednesday afternoon Uganda Lacrosse announced Davis as head coach of its women’s program.

“I was contacted by the Uganda Lacrosse Association a few weeks ago about my interest,” Davis said. “I was officially offered the position and accepted this past Sunday.

“I have thought about coaching a national team before. I have a colleague on the board of trustees for Uganda who has worked with their men’s program the past few years. When I was approached, it seemed like the right time, right program to fulfill this dream.”

He is hitting the ground running, searching for his assistant coaches with plans of running training camps multiple times a year during breaks from Georgetown.

Davis is grabbing the reins during an exciting time for the women’s program. The team qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Coach has just more than a year to prep for those games, which are scheduled from July 7-17, 2021 in Baltimore, Md. at Towson University.

“Thus far 30 teams have qualified for World Cup competition, only two of those are from Africa.”

The women’s competition began in 1982 and occurs every four years. The United States won the 2017 title in England with 25 teams competing. Those teams were broken into five pools – one of six, three of five and one of four.

“I’m excited to take on this new challenge to see how we can develop and grow this sport I love in Africa,” Davis said. “For now I’m the coach through the 2021 games, but technically it is an indefinite assignment that I’m pleased to have.”