Jerome Davis

Jerome Carson Davis (born August 10, 1972) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding. He competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), in which he won the 1995 PRCA bull riding world championship. He also competed in the Bull Riders Only (BRO) and Professional Bull Riders (PBR) circuits; the latter of which he was one of the founding members. He was also the founder of the semi-professional Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association (SEBRA). Since 2022, he has been the head coach of the Carolina Cowboys in the PBR Team Series. In 2025, the Cowboys won the PBR Team Series Championship title.

In 2023, Davis was ranked No. 8 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR history.

Early life Jerome Davis, nicknamed "Jethro", was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father, Carson Davis, was stationed there while serving in the U.S. military.

Six months after his birth, Jerome moved back with his family to the Davis Family Ranch in Archdale, North Carolina, where he grew up and has lived his entire life. That same year, he turned pro and joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

Davis would qualify for the NFR five times in his career, from 1993 through 1997. In 1995 at the NFR, he won the PRCA bull riding world championship, having won the most money of any bull rider in the PRCA that year. He was first in the PBR world standings at the time of the incident. It did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but returned in 2021.

In 2022, Davis became the head coach of the Carolina Cowboys; one of eight founding teams in the PBR Team Series, which debuted that year and runs from the summer to autumn. It concludes with the Team Series Championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tiffany is the team's assistant general manager. The Cowboys won the fifth event of the 2022 PBR Team Series season at Gambler Days in Austin, Texas; the hometown event of rival team, the Austin Gamblers. The Cowboys were eliminated after the second day of the inaugural Team Series Championship.

In 2023, the Carolina Cowboys were eliminated after the first day of the Team Series Championship.

In 2024, the Carolina Cowboys finished in second place during the Team Series regular season. As a result, both them and regular-season champions, the Kansas City Outlaws, received a first-round bye and automatically qualified for the second day of the Team Series Championship. At the Team Series Championship, the Cowboys succeeded in making it to the final round against the Austin Gamblers. The Gamblers ended up defeating the Cowboys to win the 2024 PBR Team Series Championship title.

In April 2025, the Carolina Cowboys defeated the Nashville Stampede to win the PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge presented by Camping World at the Unleash the Beast Series (UTB) event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

At the 2025 Team Series Championship, the Carolina Cowboys succeeded in making it to the final round for the second season in a row, only now against the Missouri Thunder. The Cowboys defeated the Thunder to win the 2025 PBR Team Series Championship title.

In March 2026, the Carolina Cowboys defeated the Nashville Stampede to win the Monster Energy Team Challenge at the UTB event in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Honors In 1998, Davis was inducted into the PBR Ring of Honor.

In 2018, he was inducted into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame.

In 2023, he was ranked No. 8 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR history.

In 2026, he was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.