Coaching Experience
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2024-Present)
• Head Coach, Winston-Salem University University (2019-2024)
• Head Coach, Wesleyan College (2017-2019)
• Assistant Coach and Interim Head Coach, West Virginia Wesleyan College (2016-17)
Honors and Accomplishments
• Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year (2024)
Playing Experience
• University of West Alabama (2011-12)
Education
• B.S., University of West Alabama (2012)
At Cornell
In her first season on East Hill, Chanel Davis was a member of the staff that was named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year in 2024. That season the Big Red finished with an overall 14-10 record and 8-6 Ivy record, the best season since 2019, earning their first trip to the Ivy League Tournament since the Ivy League introduced a four-team single elimination tournament in 2022.
Prior to Cornell
Davis joined Winston-Salem State's athletics staff in the fall of 2019. In her first season with the Rams, she led the team to a 17-10 overall record, a 13-4 record in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play, and a fourth-place finish in the CIAA Southern Division. The team led the CIAA in total blocks (172) with freshman Niyonna McIntyre leading the conference with 77 total blocks (22 solo). In her four seasons of action, Davis developed seven all-conference players including first-team honors with Ytae Cobb in 2019 and Raven Gray in 2023.
Davis served as the head coach at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia before joining Winston-Salem. She began her coaching career at West Virginia Wesleyan College where she spent time both as an assistant coach and as an interim head coach. She also served as the head coach of the Cape Fear Volleyball Club and the head coach of the Tsunami Volleyball Club in Atlanta, Ga.
Playing Career
She is a graduate of the University of West Alabama where she played for two seasons and had a great career. During her junior season, she broke the school record for attack percentage in a single match (.750). She earned All-Gulf South Conference honors twice and she finished her career with 558 kills and 175 total blocks. She began her collegiate playing career at NCAA Division I Kennesaw State where she played for two seasons.
