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| name             = Steve Davenport
| sport            = [[American football|Football]]
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1967|5|3}}
| birth_place      = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
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| overall_record   = 2&ndash;20
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| player_years     = 1985&ndash;1988
| player_teams     = [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] 
| player_positions = [[Wide receiver]]
| coach_years      = 2005&ndash;2010<br />2011&ndash;2013
| coach_teams      = [[UAB Blazers football|UAB]] (RB)<br /> [[Savannah State Tigers football|Savannah State]]
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}}'''Steve Davenport''' (born May 3, 1967) is the former head football coach at [[Savannah State University]] in [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref name="Davenport">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssuathletics.com/news/2011/1/7/FB_0107111125.aspx|title=SSU Hires Davenport To Lead Football Program|publisher=Savannah State University Athletics|accessdate=2011-01-31}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Education===
Davenport is a graduate of [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] with a bachelor's degree (1990) and a master’s degree (1994).<ref name="Davenport" />

===Playing career===
Davenport was an All-American wide receiver at [[Southwest Dekalb High School]] in Decatur, Georgia.<ref name="DavenportTR">{{cite web|url=http://www.tigersroar.com/features/coach-steve-davenport-determined-to-make-ssu-s-football-team-a-success-1.2466843|title=Coach Steve Davenport determined to make SSU's football team a success|first=Whitney|last=Hunter|date=2011-02-13|work=Tiger's Roar|accessdate=2011-02-14}}</ref> In college he was a three-year starter at wide receiver, and a four-year letterman, for the [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets]] from 1985-88. He was a member of the 1985 Yellow Jacket team that defeated Michigan State in the [[All-American Bowl]].<ref name="Davenport" />

===Coaching career===
Davenport was hired as a defensive backs coach at [[Southwest DeKalb High School]] (1990–91). He served as a graduate assistant coach at [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] during the 1992 and 1993 seasons under head coach Bill Lewis. During this assignment he was an assistant wide receivers coach, served as the assistant recruiting coordinator, and was responsible for the defensive scout team during practices.<ref name="Davenport" />

He returned to Southwest DeKalb to become the offensive coordinator in 1994, a position he held until 1996. During this tenure, the Panthers won the 1995 Georgia State AAAAA championship. In 1997 Davenport was hired as the head football coach at [[Redan High School]] in [[Lithonia, Georgia]] where he spent four seasons (1997–2001).<ref name="Davenport" />

He was the head coach at [[Decatur High School (Georgia)|Decatur High School]] for two seasons (2003–04) and was named the Georgia Class AA State Coach-of-the-Year in 2003 as the Bulldogs finished 13-1, losing in the state semifinals.<ref name="Davenport" />

When he became the offensive coordinator at [[Rockdale County High School]] in [[Conyers, Georgia]] in 2005, he joined a staff that previously went 1-9 in 2004. The team finished the 2005 season and finished as the runner-up in Region 8-AAAA, advancing into the second round of the state playoffs.<ref name="Davenport" />

Before becoming the head coach at Savannah State Davenport served at the [[University of Alabama-Birmingham]] as the running back coach and as the university's Director of Community Relations.<ref name="Davenport" />

====Savannah State====
Davenport was announced as head football coach at Savannah State University on {{Start date|2011|1|7}}.<ref name="Davenport" />

Davenport was relieved of his duties as head football coach on April 17, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heath|first=Donald|title=SSU fires football coach Davenport|url=http://savannahnow.com/sports/2013-04-17/ssu-fires-football-coach-davenport#.UW9Owiugm0I|accessdate=18 April 2013|newspaper=Savannah Morning News|date=17 April 2013}}</ref> 

===Personal life===
Davenport is married to the former Stephanie Gilstrap and the father of one child.<ref name="Davenport" /><ref name="DavenportTR" />

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|College football}}
* [http://www.ssuathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=60 Savannah State profile]

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| NAME              = Davenport, Steve
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American college football player, college football coach
| DATE OF BIRTH     = May 3, 1967
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Decatur, Georgia
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[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players]]
[[Category:Savannah State Tigers football coaches]]
[[Category:UAB Blazers football coaches]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in the United States]]

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