University of North Florida Athletics

Jacob Davidson was named the assistant coach for the North Florida men’s golf team in January of 2013.

Davidson returned to his alma mater after serving a year and a half stint as an assistant coach at Mercer University.

While at Mercer, Davidson assisted coach Steve Bradley in building the Bears into a regional contender including coaching UM’s James Beale to an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Regionals.

A 2011 graduate of UNF with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing, Davidson played in 14 collegiate tournaments during his playing career. As a senior, Davidson made the travel squad for 10 events including the 2011 NCAA Regional. He recorded several top 30 individual finishes and had a personal best finish of T-22nd at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in his final season. For his career, he boasted a 76.60 stroke average over 48 rounds and posted a pair of rounds under par including a career best 68 in the Schenkel Invitational.

Off the course, Davidson garnered four ASun All-Academic honors and also helped found the FCA Chapter at UNF and served as the group's first president.