Deon Davids
| Full name | Deon Horace Davids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 February 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Victoria West, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Albert Myburgh Secondary School, Bredasdorp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of the Western Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Number eight / Flanker / Lock | ||
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| 1998 | Villagers Worcester | ||
| 2002 | Boland College | ||
| 2002 | Boland 'A' | ||
| 2002 | South Africa Students | ||
| 2002–2006 |
Boland Cavaliers (assistant coach) |
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| 2005 | African Leopards | ||
| 2006–2007 |
Boland Cavaliers (Vodacom Cup) |
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| 2007–2009 |
Boland Cavaliers (head coach) |
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| 2008 |
Emerging Springboks (assistant coach) |
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| 2009 |
South Africa Under-20 (assistant coach) |
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| 2010–2011 |
UWC (head coach) |
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| 2011–2012 |
Golden Lions (Vodacom Cup) |
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| 2011–2012 |
Golden Lions (Under-21) |
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| 2012–2015 |
SWD Eagles (academy head coach) |
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| 2015 |
SWD Eagles (director of coaching) |
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| 2016–present | Kings | ||
| 2016–present |
SWD Eagles (head coach) |
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Deon Horace Davids (born 11 February 1968 in Victoria West, South Africa) is a South African rugby union coach, currently the head coach of the Kings Super Rugby franchise.
Davids played as a number eight, flanker or lock and spent the majority of his career playing in the Boland Super League, as well as playing for university side UWC. He played for Villagers Worcester, where he also took over as coach, guiding them to the Boland Super League B title in 1998. He also guided Boland College to a title win in 2002 before he was appointed as the assistant coach to Hawies Fourie at provincial side Boland Cavaliers.
With Davids coaching the forwards, Boland Cavaliers won the Currie Cup First Division in 2003 and 2004 and the Vodacom Shield in 2004. When Fourie left to become the backline coach of the Stormers for the 2006 Super Rugby campaign, Davids took over as the head coach of the Vodacom Cup side, but remained as the assistant to Fourie and Director of Rugby Rudy Joubert in the Currie Cup competition. When Fourie permanently left to join the Free State Cheetahs coaching staff in 2007, Davids was appointed as the head coach of the Boland Cavaliers for the 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division, guiding them to seventh spot in the competition. His side reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Vodacom Cup before Davids assisted Chester Williams in coaching the Emerging Springboks side to victory in the 2008 IRB Nations Cup competition held in Romania. Upon his return to South Africa, he once again helped Boland Cavaliers finish in seventh spot in the 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division.
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