Davis Hodgson

Davis Hodgson Deerings

Born circa 1954 in Bluefields, Atlantico Sur, Nicaragua

Biographical Information

Davis Hodgson has managed and coached for the Nicaraguan national team. He has also been a successful manager in the Nicaraguan Amateur League. It is likely that he was a player too when younger, although no information has surfaced to date.

He made his managerial debut in the 1987 Intercontinental Cup, where Nicaragua went 2-6. He coached for Nicaragua in the 1988 Baseball World Cup. In 1989, he and the national team returned to Cuba for the José Antonio Huelga tournament, a qualifier for the World Championship in Edmonton, AB the following year. He managed Nicaragua to a Silver Medal in the 1990 Central American Games. That year he also won a championship at home with Costa Atlántica.

Hodgson was absent from the international stage for many years, although he continued to manage at home in Nicaragua. He won back-to-back championships in 2000 with Norte and 2001 with León. He coached for Nicaragua in the 2001 Baseball World Cup. In 2003, then skipper of the Chinandega club, he cited prejudice. "With just the color of my skin and because I am from the Atlantic Coast, the National Police presume that I am a drug trafficker. This is humiliating and an abuse of my human rights as a Nicaraguan citizen." However, he returned to manage the team in the 2009 Baseball World Cup and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. He coached for them when they won the Gold in the 2013 Central American Games.

Related Sites

• "David Hodgson Nombrado Manager," by Martín Ruiz Borge, July 22, 2009 (in Spanish)
• "Vejamen a Davis Hodgson," by Sergio León C., La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua), September 1, 2003 (in Spanish)
• "Davis, renace," by Edgard Tijerino, El Nuevo Diario (Managua, Nicaragua), July 23, 2009