Ricky Davey joined the Georgia State men's soccer program as an assistant coach in the spring of 2018 following a one-year stint at Francis Marion. Despite a once in 100-year pandemic, Davey helped lead the 2020 squad to a 9-2-2 record, including a 5-0 start which was the best in school history. The Panthers earned a sixth-consecutive trip to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship the first team in league history to accomplish the feat before falling in penalty kicks to Coastal Carolina. In 2019, Davey helped lead the Panthers to their fifth consecutive trip to the Sun Belt Tournament Championship before falling just shy of earning a second straight Sun Belt title and trip to the NCAA Tournament after a loss in PKs to Coastal Carolina. During the regular season, he helped coach Georgia State to a 6-0-3 start to the year, setting a program record for most matches to start a season without a loss.   In his first year at Georgia State, Davey was a part of a coaching staff that guided GSU to the 2018 NCAA Tournament after claiming its first Sun Belt Conference regular season and conference tournament championship in program history. During the regular season, the team put together a six-game winning streak -- a feat that had not been accomplished by the program in over 30 years and finished undefeated in conference play for the first time since 1989. Under the direction of Davey and the rest of the coaching staff, seven student-athletes earned All-Conference honors, the most among all teams in the Sun Belt.   Prior to his time with the Patriots, Davey served as the graduate assistant coach at Le Moyne College from 2015-2016, where he also earned a masters degree in education. During his two seasons with the Dolphins, Le Moyne posted a combined 26-11-3 record and made two appearances in the NCAA Division II national tournament. He also served as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2014, a year that saw the Chargers go 13-4-2. Davey has experience working with the Syracuse (NY) Development Academy and the Huntsville (AL) Football Club. He spent one season as head varsity boys' soccer coach at Grissom High School in Huntsville. He earned his undergraduate degree in nutrition from the University of Montevallo in 2014. In his three seasons with the Falcons, he tallied 16 goals and 20 assists. Davey was named to the Peach Belt All-Conference team once, earned PBC Tournament MVP honors in 2013, was twice named NSCAA All-Region, and helped Montevallo to a pair of conference titles and two NCAA tournament appearances. Davey played at Appalachian State for one season in 2010 before transferring to Montevallo. Following his collegiate career, he played several years in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) with the Rocket City United (Huntsville, Ala.), the Birmingham (AL) Hammers, and the Rochester (NY) RiverDogz. He represented England at the U18 level against Scotland in 2008 and played and trained with the Yeovil Town Football Club (England) and the Orgyte Futbol Club (Sweden). Davey possesses a USSF D License and a National Diploma and an Advanced National Diploma, GK Level 1&2 from the NSCAA.  In the spring of 2019, Davey received his Premier Diploma from United Soccer Coaches, the organization's highest technical award.