:John S. Davis

{{Short description|American coach and college athletics administrator}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = John S. Davis

| image = Sap Davis.png

| alt =

| caption = Davis pictured in the 1928 Ottawa University yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|21}}

| birth_place = Williamsburg, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|2|16|1898|10|21}}

| death_place = Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.

| alma_mater = Ottawa University (1922)The Ottawa Campus, April 2, 1931, Ottawa, Kansas

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1930

| coach_team2 = Ottawa (KS)

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1927–1931

| coach_team4 = Ottawa (KS)

| coach_years5 = 1931–1937

| coach_team5 = Colorado Teachers / Colorado State–Greeley

| coach_years6 = 1937–1945

| coach_team6 = Colorado A&M

| admin_years1 = 1927–1931

| admin_team1 = Ottawa (KS)

| overall_record = 1–6 (football)
152–162 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

John Solomon "Sap" Davis (October 21, 1898 – February 16, 1985) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas for one season, in 1930, compiling a record of 1–6.{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawabraves.com/documents/2012/8/22/Football%20History.pdf |publisher=Ottawa Braves |title=2012 Football Media Guide |page=7 |accessdate=February 26, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Davis was also the athletic director and head basketball coach at Ottawa from 1927 to 1931. He moved to the State Normal School of Colorado—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—in 1931 to replace George E. Cooper as head basketball coach.{{cite news |author= |title=Kansan Will Coach Bears in Basketball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66460969/greeley-daily-tribune/ |newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune |location=Greeley, Colorado |date=May 7, 1931 |page=1 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In 1937, Davis was hired as the head basketball coach at Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as Colorado State University.{{cite news |author= |title=Davis, Who Built Bear Cage Fives, Accepts Position At Colo. Aggies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66462652/greeley-daily-tribune/ |newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune |location=Greeley, Colorado |date=July 8, 1937 |page=1 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Davis To Aggies (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66462715/greeley-daily-tribune/ |newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune |location=Greeley, Colorado |date=July 8, 1937 |page=81 |access-date=December 30, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}