Butch Davis

Coach, American football head coach

1951 –

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Who is Butch Davis?

Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis, Jr. is an American football coach.

After graduating from the University of Arkansas, he became an assistant college football coach at Oklahoma State University and the University of Miami before becoming the defensive coordinator of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. He was head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes football team from 1995 to 2000 and the NFL's Cleveland Browns from 2001 to 2004. Between 2007 and 2011, he served as the head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels football team from 2007 until the summer of 2011, when a series of National Collegiate Athletic Association investigations resulted in his dismissal. He was hired by the Buccaneers as an adviser in February 2012.

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Born
Nov 17, 1951
Tahlequah
Also known as
  • Paul Hilton Davis, Jr.
  • Butch
Parents
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Arkansas
Lived in
  • Arkansas

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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