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Is Butch Davis Headed Back to the NFL?

by Chris Pokorny on Jan 31, 2012 2:44 PM EST

Former Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis could be back in the NFL next season. Davis was the team's head coach from 2001-2004. After a hiatus that lasted a couple of seasons, Davis became the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2007-2010. He was out of football again last year, but Peter King of Sports Illustrated is reporting that Davis is a candidate to be on Greg Schiano's staff in Tampa Bay:

Greg Schiano wants Butch Davis on his staff. Not sure whether Davis would be defensive coordinator or an assistant head coach, but Schiano's interested in adding him to the staff at Tampa Bay. Schiano was Davis' defensive coordinator at the University of Miami in 1999 and 2000, and they have remained close. Davis hasn't coached in the NFL since he was dismissed by the Browns after the 2004 season. He'd be a good sounding board for Schiano.

The majority of fans over at Bucs Nation, our Tampa Bay Buccaneers affiliate, would be in support of the decision.

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Looks like Tampa is going to start drafting with spite now.

by Brownie's Year on Jan 31, 2012 3:00 PM EST reply actions

Really?

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by Kosar19 on Jan 31, 2012 3:05 PM EST reply actions

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by Txbrownsfan on Jan 31, 2012 4:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Davis hasn’t coached in the NFL since he was dismissed by the Browns after the 2004 season.

I thought he resigned. I remember that a certain mythical creature’s dad was the interim HC and ended up winning a game for us.

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by North Coast Flea on Jan 31, 2012 5:36 PM EST reply actions

Resigned because there was to much pressure to win, as a matter of fact

by GrillGuy on Jan 31, 2012 5:45 PM EST up reply actions

Good for Butch. I don’t like the way he left here (of the U for that matter), but the guy is a good coach.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 31, 2012 6:09 PM EST reply actions

He’s still my favorite coach since the return, even if that’s not saying much. The playoff season certainly helped shape that mindset.

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by Chris Pokorny on Jan 31, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions

If I am reading things right, Davis has the best W/L record of all the Browns v2.0 head coaches. I know, strongest of the weak.

I didn’t like his draft choices, said so in real time. I never got a sense that he had a particular kind of team in mind and was trying to build it.

by JamesPowell on Jan 31, 2012 8:21 PM EST reply actions

I have a guuut feeling that Butch has a teeny tiny chance of being successful in the NFL again.

What does that MEAN - TO PLAY US OUT?!!?!?

by DaveDawg09 on Feb 1, 2012 8:43 AM EST reply actions

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