Emmett Davis moved to Maryland along with his family just before starting high school. His father and namesake had been hired as an assistant for the Navy men’s basketball program.
Davis blossomed into a standout football player at Broadneck High and spent four years listening to his father make recruiting phone calls. He heard coach Davis tell prospects the Naval Academy offered an elite education along with a guaranteed job after graduation.
Perhaps more impactful was meeting many of the players Davis recruited and coached during his first stint as a Navy assistant from 1986 to 1998.