Robert Davenport, the tenth head coach in Wayland men's basketball history, is beginning his fifth year as the leader of the Pioneers.

In his second season, the former head man at the University of Texas-Pan American led the Pioneers to a 20-13 record, a Top 25 ranking, and a spot in the NAIA Men's Championship Tournament, where the team made it into the Sweet 16. Three Pioneers were named NAIA Scholar Athletes, and senior Danny Storey was named 2nd team All-American and broke the WBU career record in rebounding. Storey also became just the second player in WBU history to register 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career.

A native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, Coach Davenport has over 16 years of coaching experience, including five years as an assistant coach at UT-Pan American before taking over the reigns in 2004. During his time at UTPA, which competes as a NCAA Division I Independent, the program graduated 24 out of 28 seniors and accumulated 80 victories. The 2000-01 team ranked 11th among all NCAA D-I teams in scoring and 23rd in field goal percentage. A member of the NCAA Division I Assistant Coach's Committee from 2001-2004, he recruited UTPA's first All-American in 20 years, nine All-Independent players and a pair of Independent Defensive Player of the Year award winners.

Prior to his time in the Rio Grande Valley, Coach Davenport spent two years as head coach at LeTourneau University and Missouri Baptist University. At Missouri Baptist, Davenport guided his team to a 15-18 record and a second place finish in the American Midwest Conference Tournament in 1999. The 15 wins were more than the previous two years combined. He recruited two All-AMC players, four All-Academic AMC players, the MBU all-time single-season assist leader, and a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American. He also served on the NAIA National Tournament Redcoat Committee for two years.

A member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches for the past 16 years, Coach Davenport was an assistant coach from 1993 to 1997 at Oklahoma Baptist University, where he recruited four NAIA All-Americans and two NAIA All-American Scholar Athletes. OBU won two SAC crowns and qualified for the NAIA national tournament each of those years, finishing second in 1997.

A collegiate player for the Bison his final two years of eligiblity, Coach Davenport began his playing career at Oklahoma Christian University. He also played one summer for Athletes In Action in South America.  He received his bachelor's degree in public relations from OBU in 1988, and earned a master's degree in secondary education from East Central University in 1996.

Davenport and his wife, LeAnna, have been married for more than 20 years and have two children; Morgan and Reid.