Meet Our Coaches!!
Doug Davalos just completed his second season as head girls basketball coach at Round Rock High School. He has led the Lady Dragons to 51 wins (most consecutive season wins in school history) and 2 consecutive State Playoff appearances. The 2022-2023 season was a historic one, as the team improved 19 wins from the previous season, achieved 26 wins (most in school history), reached the State playoffs for 1st time since 2012, and achieved 1st playoff win since 2012. Davalos was named Centex Coach of the Year by the Austin- American Statesman, and Bailey Featherstone was named District MVP.
Prior to Round Rock High School, Davalos coached 9 years at Westwood HS. He led the Lady Warriors to the most wins in school history. The 2015-2016 season was a historic one, as the Lady Warriors finished the season with 28 wins (most in school history); 12 district wins (most in school history) and a District Championship. The Lady Warriors were also Bi-District and Area Champs, which tied the deepest playoff run in school history. Davalos was named Centex Coach of the Year by the Austin-American Statesman, and Sophie Taylor was named District MVP. This followed up the 2014-2015 season, which reached 26 wins (most in school history) and the school’s 2nd playoff appearance in 12 years. Davalos was named District 13-6A Coach of the Year.
Davalos spent seven years at Texas State as the head men’s basketball coach from 2006-13. He finished his Bobcat coaching career tied for the third-most wins and most Division 1 wins in school history with 92. During his final season at Texas State, he led his team to a great showing at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. The Bobcats posted a pair of victories that included an upset over #2 seeded Denver, but Texas State fell just short of making the championship game as they were defeated by WAC champion and NCAA Tournament participant New Mexico State in the WAC semi-finals.
Davalos inherited a 3-23 program, and improved the win total for 5 consecutive seasons including a 2010-2011 Southland Conference West Division Championship. Under Davalos’ guidance, Texas State qualified for the conference tournament four times. He had a total of seven Bobcats earn all-conference honors and six academic all-conference players during his tenure, including at least one each of the past six seasons. Sixteen student-athletes graduated during Davalos leadership at Texas State.
In 2012, Davalos was honored with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Literacy Champion Award at the annual AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show for his phenomenal work in the San Marcos community. Davalos and his players visited and read books to elementary children each year as part of the NABC Reading Program. The Bobcats also served as volunteers in various campus initiatives such as cancer awareness rallies, as well as working with the San Marcos Public Housing Authority.
Before Texas State, Davalos served as the head men’s coach at Sul Ross State, and turned the Lobos into a perennial winner during his four seasons. He inherited a program that had not achieved a winning season since 1979 (23 years) and guided the Lobos to three straight American Southwest Conference West Division championships and four consecutive postseason appearances, including the only trip to the NCAA Tournament and NCAA Sweet Sixteen in school history. In four years at the NCAA Division III school, Davalos’ teams were 72-35 overall and 52-20 in the ASC. In 2023, Davalos and his 2004 Sweet Sixteen team were inducted into the Sul Ross State Hall of Honor..
While a member of the Big Bend community, Davalos established "Reading with the Lobos," an Accelerated Reader program for K-5 students at Alpine Elementary as well as the "Lobos vs. Cancer" fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
Prior to being named the head coach at Sul Ross State, Davalos was an assistant for two years at Eastern New Mexico University where he assisted in the rebuilding of the Division II program. Davalos helped the program qualify for the Lone Star Conference Tournament for the first time in five years.
In addition to his collegiate experience, Davalos was the head boy’s coach for four years at Fort Stockton High School (1996-2000)where he had a combined 71-49 record and led the West Texas school to four straight winning seasons. His 1999-2000 Fort Stockton team posted a 19-12 record and advanced to the Texas State playoffs for just the second time in 30 years.
Davalos’ coaching career began as a student assistant coach at the University of Houston, and he was a graduate assistant coach at Auburn University at Montgomery where he had a variety of responsibilities including on-the-floor coaching, scouting, recruiting and academic advising.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Houston in 1994 and received a Master of Arts in Education from Auburn-Montgomery, in 1996. He is also a graduate of San Antonio’s MacArthur High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society.
He is the son of Texas State All-American point guard Rudy Davalos, who captained the 1960 Texas State team to an NAIA national championship. The senior Davalos retired as the Director of Athletics at the University of New Mexico and is a distinguished Texas State alumnus (2001). He was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Davalos and his wife Kim, have three daughters, Daylan, Danielle and Desiree.
Coach Shantz spent 19 years coaching Men’s basketball at Colorado Mesa University. Five as a Head Coach and 14 as Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Shantz helped the Mavericks win two RMAC Championships, four NCAA National Tournament bids and seven RMAC West Division Championships and one Rocky Division Championship. In his tenure at CMU he helped recruit 15 First Team All-RMAC selections and a total of 44 All-Conference players, 30 Academic All-Conference Players and 3 RMAC Players of the Year.
A graduate of Colorado Mesa University, Shantz played two years for the Mavericks, including the 1994-95 season in which Mesa State finished 20-9 and were RMAC Champions and earned a berth to the NCAA National Tournament. He sat out the 1995-96 season to recover from knee surgery. In 1996-97, his senior year, he started all 28 games when the Mavericks went 21-7 and won the West Division Championship. He ranks eighth all-time in 3-point field goals made (74).
Coach Castro has been coaching basketball since 2020. With a background in law and criminal justice education, she brings a unique perspective to the court. Her coaching journey has included both the freshman and JV teams, and this year, she'll be serving as the dedicated freshman coach. Coach Castro emphasizes teamwork, discipline, and attention to detail, ensuring that players not only improve their skills but also grow as individuals. When she’s not on the basketball court, you will find her coaching softball and sharing her knowledge in the classroom.