Greg Davis (American football)

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Name = Greg Davis


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Title = Offensive coordinator
College = Texas
Sport = Football
Conference = Big 12
DateOfBirth = birthdate|1951|04|25
Birthplace = Groves, TX
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OverallRecord = 14–31
Contract = $425,000 [http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/01/24/0124texfoot.html "Austin American-Statesman:" Davis to make $425,000, matching pay of Muschamp] ]
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PNG HS (Assist.)
Texas A&M (QB)
Tulane (WR)
Tulane
Arkansas (OC)
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Greg Davis (born April 25, 1951 in Groves, Texas)Lane (1982), p. 22.] is a college football coach. He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Texas Longhorns. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Broyles Award for the nation's top assistant coach for the 2005 season which included a national championship victory for the Horns. [cite web | url=http://www.broylesaward.com/html/winner2005.html | title=Broyles Award | accessdate=2007-01-17] Davis is sometimes criticized by UT fans for being overly conservative and for not achieving the full potential of his talented players. [cite news |url=http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/longhorns/11/03/3bohls.html | title=It's time to give credit to Greg Davis - Longhorns have best offensive coordinator in Big 12 | publisher=Austin American-Statesman | author=Bohls, Kirk | date=November 3 2006 | accessdate=2007-01-17]

Playing career

Davis attended Port Neches-Groves High School and then played quarterback at McNeese State University, where he first met R. C. Slocum. [cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EA0781DCC745A20&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | title=Aggie friend and foe | publisher=Austin American-Statesman | author=Halliburton, Suzanne | date=November 27 1998 | accessdate=2007-12-02] He played in the Grantland Rice Bowl in 1971, losing to Tennessee State 26–23. He graduated from McNeese State in 1973.Lane (1982), p. 23.]

Coaching career

Davis started his coaching career as a quarterbacks/receivers coach at Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He served two seasons there, and then went on to become the quarterbacks coach for two seasons at Port Neches-Groves High School, which was close to his hometown. He began his college coaching career as the quarterbacks coach under Tom Wilson and Jackie Sherrill at Texas A&M University. He was a part-time assistant at A&M in 1978, and then was named a full-time coach in 1979. He worked alongside Slocum, who then served as the defensive coordinator.

Davis later became an assistant under Mack Brown at Tulane University, and succeeded Brown as Tulane head coach in 1988. Following stints at the University of Georgia and the University of Arkansas, Davis rejoined Brown's coaching staff at North Carolina, before following him to Texas in 1998.

For the 2008 season, Davis' salary was raised to $425,000, making him the second highest-paid offensive coordinator in the nation, behind Florida State's Jimbo Fisher.

Head coaching record

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name = Tulane Green Wave
startyear = 1988
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endyear = 1991CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1988
name = Tulane
overall = 5–6
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name = Tulane
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name = Tulane
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Notes

References

*citation|last=Lane|first=Oliver|title=The 1982 Maroon Book: Texas Aggie Football|publisher=Taylor Publishing Company|year=1982|location=Dallas, Texas|isbn=0878333282

External links

* [http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=593&change_well_id=2 Official Texas Longhorns bio]