On July 4th, 1929 Allen Davis was born to Louis and Rose Davis is Brockton, Massachusetts. Al learned at an early age, the key to success is effective communication and respect for your fellow people. Davis was never an exemplary athlete, however he was always surrounding himself with athletes and immersing himself in the culture of coaching, developing and identifying talent.
As a student at Syracuse University, Davis began taking courses on football strategy and used the familiarity of a popular player from that school with the same surname to leverage meetings with schools for coaching positions. ultimately the posturing paid off when Davis landed his first coaching job at Adelphi University as the freshman football coach and once he had his taste he got hungrier.