Adrian Davila, who spent the last three seasons at Daytona State on his staff, was named an assistant coach on Joey Cantens' inaugural FIU staff ahead of the 2026-27 season.
During the 2025-26 season, Davila guided the Falcons to a 27-8 record, 13-3 in conference, and a first-round win in the NJCAA Tournament.
In his first two seasons in Daytona Beach, Davila helped the Falcons to back-to-back school record 28 win seasons consecutively, qualifying for the NJCAA National Tournament for the first time in 25 years and culminating in an Elite 8 run in 2024-25. Over that two year span, the Falcons won back-to-back Citrus Conference Championships and had winning streaks of 25 games & 17 games, reaching as high as a #2 national ranking on multiple occasions. During Davila’s time in Daytona, he has specialized in player development and game strategy, consistently improving player’s shooting percentages and assist to turnover ratios. His development has led to five First Team All-Conference players, six Second Team All-Conference players, two NJCAA All-Americans (Dorceus, Grullon) and one Conference Player of the Year (Dorceus), all of which progressed to Division 1 programs.Â
Prior to joining the Falcons, he was most recently at HS powerhouse Montverde Academy (FL), which holds seven HS national championships. He served as an assistant and player development coach ending in another successful trip to GEICO nationals. He worked with thirteen ESPN ranked high school prospects, including 2025 NBA 1st overall pick, Cooper Flagg, and 23rd overall pick, Asa Newell during their time at Montverde. In his year before arriving to Montverde, he was the head coach for US Prep, a post grad program that saw six players move on to the collegiate level in its inaugural season.
Davila spent the 2019-20 year as an assistant coach at Wayland Baptist University (NAIA), where they were a top 25 ranked team and received a NAIA national tournament invite before the COVID-19 pandemic cancellation. He was instrumental in scouting opponents and in the Pioneers’ player development, where he helped develop JJ Culver into an NAIA All-American and became only the fourth collegiate player to score 100 points or more in a single game. Davila also recruited future 2020-21 all-conference selections and SAC Freshman of the Year, Chinedu Okonkwo and Devin Avent.Â
Davila arrived at Wayland after a stop at NCAA Division II Midwestern State University. As an assistant at Midwestern State, Davila focused on skill development, guiding several players to All-LSC honors. He also functioned in operations and academic liaison roles for the Mustangs.Â
Prior to his time in Texas, the Orlando, FL native was heavily involved in the high school and post grad basketball scene. He was also an assistant director and coach for top Florida travel teams, including Team Parsons/CP25 and Q6 All-Stars, where he has helped place over 50 student athletes to the next level. Meanwhile, he spent seven seasons on the sideline for area high schools as an assistant and head coach, including at Lake Highland Prep where he won two state championships (13' & 14'), a state runner-up (12') and assisted in developing McDonald’s All-American and future North Carolina point guard Joel Berry along with Abilene Christian all-time leading scorer Jaren Lewis.
Davila earned a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL and is married to Rosa.
