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Oklahoma Adds Lee Davis as On-Campus Recruiting Director

Davis hails from Alabama and previously worked in the recruiting offices at Mississippi State and Florida.
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Oklahoma Adds Lee Davis as On-Campus Recruiting Director
Oklahoma Adds Lee Davis as On-Campus Recruiting Director

Lee Davis, who was once called “the most powerful woman in Florida football,” has a new employer.

Davis has been hired as Oklahoma’s new director of on-campus recruiting.

She made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter.

Davis was previously director of recruiting operations for four years on Dan Mullen’s staff at Florida, where “Inside the Gators” described her duties as running the recruiting offices and the “first line of communication for all prospects, parents and high school coaches.”

She left Gainesville after Billy Napier was hired to replace Mullen, who was fired on Nov. 21.

Davis is the daughter of an Alabama high school coach and holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Alabama, where she worked as a student assistant for Nick Saban. Before Florida, she was coordinator of recruiting operations at Mississippi State from 2011-17.

OU’s recruiting efforts were previously headed up by Annie Hanson, who held the title of assistant athletic director of recruiting strategy and administrative engagement. Hanson went with Lincoln Riley to USC, who also added her husband Zach to the Trojans staff.

New head coach Brent Venables also recently added J.R. Sandlin to the OU recruiting staff as director of player personnel and recruiting. Drew Hill had been OU’s sole director of player personnel for the previous eight seasons.

Davis’ hiring continues the Sooners’ ongoing efforts — on and off the field — for a successful transition to the Southeastern Conference. 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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