Hired Feb. 1, 2019, Wendel Davis is in his sixth season as a defensive quality control coach for the Packers. Davis joined the team after three seasons (2016-18) working as a defensive graduate assistant at the University of Georgia.
During his five seasons in Green Bay, Davis has been a part of defensive staffs that have helped the Packers rank No. 8 in the NFL over that span in points allowed (21.4 ppg), their top average over a five-season span since 2009-13 (20.8 ppg). Green Bay has limited its opponents to 21 or fewer points in 43 games since 2019, the third most in the NFC over that span behind only San Francisco (49) and Dallas (44). Davis has been a member of staffs that have helped guide the Packers to four straight top-10 league rankings in passing defense, the lone NFL team to do so the last four seasons (2020-23) and the team's first time doing so since 1974-77.
In 2021, Davis assisted with a unit that ranked in the top 10 in the NFL in total defense (No. 9, 328.2 ypg), passing defense (No. 10, 219.1 ypg), interceptions (t-No. 6, 18) and takeaways (t-No. 8, 26). The 328.2 yards allowed per game were the fewest by Green Bay since 2010 (309.1 ypg). In 2020, Davis helped coach a unit that finished No. 9 in the NFL in total defense, the Packers' highest ranking in the category since 2010 (No. 5). In his first season with Green Bay in 2019, Davis was part of a staff that helped the defense rank No. 9 in the NFL in points allowed (19.6 ppg), the first time the Packers had finished in the top 10 since 2010 (15.6 ppg, No. 2).
As a graduate assistant at Georgia, Davis was part of a coaching staff that led the Bulldogs to a 32-10 record from 2016-18 with appearances in two SEC title games, the Rose Bowl, the College Football Playoff National Championship and the Sugar Bowl. He worked with the inside linebackers, assisted with recruiting and helped coach the defensive scout team. In 2017, the Bulldogs ranked in the top 10 in the nation in total defense (No. 6, 294.9 ypg), scoring defense (No. 6, 16.4 ppg) and passing defense (No. 8, 168.9 ypg). He also helped mentor LB Roquan Smith, who was a unanimous first-team All-America selection in 2017 and became the first Georgia player to win the Butkus Award, given to the nation's top linebacker.
Prior to his time with the Bulldogs, Davis spent the 2015 season at the University of Texas as a defensive football analyst, where he worked with the defensive line. He helped tutor DT Hassan Ridgeway, a fourth-round pick (No. 116 overall) of the Indianapolis Colts in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Davis worked for two seasons (2013-14) as the inside LBs coach and travel coordinator at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He was part of a staff that helped turn around a 1-9 record in 2012 to 7-5 in 2013. The turnaround continued in 2014 as the Lions went 9-3 and won the Lone Star Conference title. Davis began his coaching career as a volunteer at West Texas A&M, eventually serving as the inside LBs/graduate assistant (2010-12).
A native of Sweeny, Texas, Davis was a four-year letterwinner (2006-09) and two-year starter at LB at the University of Arkansas. He recorded 164 career tackles in 47 games, earned SEC All-Freshman recognition in 2006 and served as team captain as a senior in 2009. He graduated from Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in sociology and holds a graduate degree in education from the University of Georgia and Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Born Aug. 16, 1988, Davis and his wife, Ashton, live in Green Bay.