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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Butch Davis
| image = 2018-0719-CUSAMD-ButchDavis.jpg 
| caption = Davis at 2018 C-USA Kickoff
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1970
| player_team1 = [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]]
| player_positions = [[Defensive end]]
| coach_years1 = 1973
| coach_team1 = [[Fayetteville High School (Arkansas)|Fayetteville HS (AR)]] ([[Defensive coordinator|DC]])
| coach_years2 = 1974–1975
| coach_team2 = Pawhuska HS (OK) (DC)
| coach_years3 = 1976–1977
| coach_team3 = [[Charles Page High School|Charles Page HS (OK)]] (DC)
| coach_years4 = 1978
| coach_team4 = [[Will Rogers High School|Will Rogers HS (OK)]]
| coach_years5 = 1979–1983
| coach_team5 = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma State]] (TE/WR)
| coach_years6 = 1984–1988
| coach_team6 = [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]] (DL)
| coach_years7 = 1989–1992
| coach_team7 = [[Dallas Cowboys]] (DL)
| coach_years8 = 1993–1994
| coach_team8 = Dallas Cowboys (DC)
| coach_years9 = 1995–2000
| coach_team9 = Miami (FL)
| coach_years10 = 2001–2004
| coach_team10 = [[Cleveland Browns]]
| coach_years11 = 2007–2010
| coach_team11 = [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]
| coach_years12 = 2017–2021
| coach_team12 = [[FIU Panthers football|FIU]]
| admin_years1 = 2002–2004
| admin_team1 = [[Cleveland Browns]] (GM)
| admin_years2 = 2012–2013
| admin_team2 = [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] (advisor)
| overall_record = 87–75 (college)<br>24–35 (NFL)
| bowl_record = 6–4
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 3 [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] (1995–1996, 2000)
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Paul Hilton''' "'''Butch'''" '''Davis Jr.''' (born November 17, 1951) is an [[American football]] coach. He was most recently the head football coach at [[Florida International University]]. 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]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was head coach of the University of Miami's [[Miami Hurricanes football|Hurricanes football team]] from 1995 to 2000 and the NFL's [[Cleveland Browns]] from 2001 to 2004. Davis served as the head coach of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] (UNC) [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|Tar Heels football team]] from 2007 until the summer of 2011, when a series of [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) investigations resulted in his dismissal. He was hired by the NFL's [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] as an advisor in February 2012.

Davis returned to head coaching duties in 2017 when he assumed the role with [[FIU Panthers football|Florida International University]]. He led the team to three consecutive bowl games from 2017 to 2019. Davis had an acrimonious exit from the position in 2021. Shortly before his contract expired, he accused the FIU administration of intentionally undermining the football program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sallee |first=Barrett |date=November 15, 2021 |title=FIU is 'sabotaging' football program, claims coach Butch Davis, who will not return in 2022 season |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/fiu-is-sabotaging-football-program-claims-coach-butch-davis-who-will-not-return-in-2022-season/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Early years==
Davis was born on November 17, 1951, in [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]], to Paul and Pat Davis. He attended high school at Bixby High School in [[Bixby, Oklahoma]] where he was an all-state [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] and [[defensive end]] for the Spartans football team and graduated in 1970. After graduation, he attended the [[University of Arkansas]] and played defensive end for the [[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Razorbacks]]. Due to a knee injury, Davis was sidelined after his freshman year and became a student assistant for the rest of his college career. After graduation from college, he held assistant coaching positions at several high schools, including [[Fayetteville High School (Arkansas)|Fayetteville High School]] in 1973, Pawhuska High School from 1974 to 1975, and [[Charles Page High School]] in [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma]] from 1976 to 1977. He held his first head coaching job at [[Will Rogers High School]] in 1978.

In 1979, Butch began a successful 15-year association with [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]], first as a [[Wide receiver|receivers]] and [[tight end]]s coach at [[Oklahoma State University]] for the [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Cowboys]], then later as [[Lineman (American football)|defensive line]] coach at the [[University of Miami]]. During that time, the [[1987 Miami Hurricanes football team]] won the NCAA Division I-A [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national football championship]].

==Coaching career==
===Dallas Cowboys===
Davis followed Jimmy Johnson to Dallas, where Davis was promoted to [[defensive coordinator]] of the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in 1993 after the departure of [[Dave Wannstedt]]. As defensive coordinator and coach of the defensive line, he helped Johnson and new owner [[Jerry Jones]] win back-to-back [[Super Bowl]]s with a Dallas Cowboys team that had gone 1–15 in 1989, Johnson's first year as head coach. After Johnson left, Davis continued at Dallas for one more year as assistant coach under [[Barry Switzer]].

===Miami===
Davis was hired as the head football coach at the [[University of Miami]] in January 1995.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/25/sports/davis-named-coach-at-miami.html|title=Davis Named Coach at Miami}}</ref> Not long after Davis' arrival, the Hurricanes were found to have committed several violations of NCAA rules during the tenure of his predecessor, [[Dennis Erickson]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 4, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/04/sports/pro-football-miami-awaits-ruling-by-the-ncaa.html|title=PRO FOOTBALL; Miami Awaits Ruling by the N.C.A.A.|author=Wallace, William}}</ref> As a result, the Hurricanes were barred from postseason play in his first year (despite an 8&ndash;3 record) and lost 31 football scholarship spots over several years. Davis earned a 51&ndash;20 record during his tenure as head coach. During Davis' final year as head coach, the Hurricanes finished 11&ndash;1, their best season since coming up one win short of the 1992 national championship. Despite finishing second in both human polls, a quirk in the [[Bowl Championship Series]] formula resulted in the Hurricanes being shut out of that year's national championship game, the [[2001 Orange Bowl]]. The Hurricanes were passed over in favor of the [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State Seminoles]], even though the Seminoles had lost to the Hurricanes that year when a last-second field goal attempt sailed wide right. The Seminoles ultimately lost the Orange Bowl to the Oklahoma Sooners 13–2. The Hurricanes used the snub as motivation in the following season for a run to their first undisputed national championship in two decades under Davis' offensive coordinator, [[Larry Coker]].

Ultimately, the BCS added a "quality win" bonus to its formula, which gave extra credit for beating a top-ten team. The Hurricanes earned recognition from the [[American Football Coaches Association]] for outstanding graduation rates in each of his six seasons at Miami.

Numerous professional football players were coached or recruited by Davis in his time at Miami, such as [[Ray Lewis]], [[Ed Reed]], [[Andre Johnson]], [[Clinton Portis]], [[Edgerrin James]], [[Reggie Wayne]] and [[Jeremy Shockey]].

===Cleveland Browns===
Davis became head coach of the [[Cleveland Browns]] in 2001, inheriting a team that won five games combined in the previous two years. Davis led the team to a 7&ndash;9 record in his [[2001 Cleveland Browns season|first year]], missing the playoffs by a game. In his first year, one of the most controversial refereeing moments in NFL history was [[Bottlegate]]. His defense that year forced a league leading 33 interceptions. The Browns posted a 9&ndash;7 record and got a playoff berth in Davis' [[2002 Cleveland Browns season|second year]], getting in after winning two close games in a row against the [[2002 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]] and the [[2002 Atlanta Falcons season|Atlanta Falcons]]. In [[2003 Cleveland Browns season|2003]], a quarterback controversy erupted between [[Tim Couch]] and backup [[Kelly Holcomb]] after Holcomb, starting the 2002 playoff game for the injured Couch, threw for 429 yards and three touchdowns. Davis would ultimately give the starting job to Holcomb, though Couch did start a few games. In the [[2004 Cleveland Browns season|2004]] offseason, Davis signed [[Jeff Garcia]] and cut Couch. Davis was forced to resign in early December 2004 after a 3&ndash;8 start and ended with a 24&ndash;35 overall record as coach of the Browns. Davis was the only coach to lead the expansion Browns to the playoffs, until [[Kevin Stefanski]] would do so in the [[2020 Cleveland Browns season|2020 season]].

===North Carolina===
[[File:Butch Davis.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Davis at the 2007 ACC Football Kickoff]]

On November 13, 2006, [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] athletic director [[Dick Baddour]] announced that Davis had been hired as the school's new head football coach. On November 27, 2006, Davis officially succeeded [[John Bunting (coach)|John Bunting]], who was fired in October 2006 after posting one winning season in the previous six seasons as head coach of the [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|Tar Heels]]. Davis took over a program that had seen three winning seasons in the past eight years, and none since 2001. They had also only notched two winning records in [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] play since 2001.

During his first season as head coach, the [[2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|2007 Tar Heels]] finished 4&ndash;8. However, the Tar Heels were fairly competitive, with six of those losses coming by a touchdown or less and two coming against teams ranked in the top 15 at the time. They also remained in bowl contention well into November. Despite a losing record in 2007, North Carolina fans averaged over 57,000 fans in [[Kenan Stadium]] during the season, the highest average attendance since the [[Mack Brown]] era. The 2007 matchup against [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]] saw a crowd of 61,000, the second-largest in school history. During the season, suspicion mounted that Davis would leave UNC after his first year if the head coaching job at his alma mater, Arkansas, opened up. The rumors grew louder when [[Houston Nutt]] was forced to resign at Arkansas, but Davis denied he was leaving. On November 21, 2007, Davis agreed to a one-year contract extension, along with a raise of about $291,000 annually. Davis said in a statement that one year at UNC convinced him that this was where he wanted to be, and that he intended to have "a long and successful career in Chapel Hill."<ref>{{cite web|title=Butch Davis Agrees To Contract Extension|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|url=https://goheels.com/news/2007/11/21/205496804.aspx?path=football|date=November 21, 2007|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> Davis originally signed a seven-year deal worth approximately $1.86 million per season, with a base salary of $286,000. Additionally, he received $25,000 a year in expenses and a supplement from the Educational Foundation (Ram's Club) that ranged from $1 million in 2007 to $1.3 million in 2013. Baddour said he could not release all the details of the contract until it was approved by the school's board of trustees, but did say the base salary would rise $29,000, the expenses would go up $5,000, and Davis' supplemental income would go up $100,000.

====2008====
The [[2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team]] were expected to be much improved from the previous year, with most outlets picking them to finish second in the Coastal Division. On October 4, the Heels defeated the then 24th-ranked [[2008 Connecticut Huskies football team|Connecticut Huskies]] 38&ndash;12 for their first victory over a ranked non-conference opponent in 11 years. As a result, the Tar Heels were ranked 22nd in the weekly [[Associated Press]] rankings, their first appearance in a major poll in seven years. The following Saturday, the Tar Heels defeated the [[2008 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]], their first regular-season win as a ranked team in 11 years. A crowd of 60,500, third-largest in school history, watched the Tar Heels play the Fighting Irish. A 16&ndash;13 overtime loss at [[2008 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]] on October 18 briefly knocked the Heels out of the rankings, but after a 45–24 victory over [[2008 Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College]] on October 25, the team became bowl-eligible for the first time since 2004. The win also resulted in the team being ranked in the [[Bowl Championship Series]] rankings for the first time since the BCS began in 1998. A week later, they defeated [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Georgia Tech]] to clinch their first winning season since 2001, and only their fourth since Brown left the school after the 1997 season. The Tar Heels lost three of their last four games, including a loss in the Meineke Car Care Bowl to [[2008 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]].
[[File:ButchDavisFSU.JPG|thumb|Davis coming through campus before UNC's game against [[Florida State Seminoles|Florida State]] in 2009]]

====2009====
Davis led [[2009 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|the 2009 Tar Heels]] to another 8&ndash;4 regular season record and a second straight bowl appearance, the first time since the 1997&ndash;1998 seasons that UNC had made consecutive bowl appearances. A loss to North Carolina State in the final game of the season sent them back to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. UNC faced the [[2009 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh Panthers]] on December 26, 2009, and lost for the second straight year, giving UNC another 8–5 final record. Additionally, Davis led Carolina football to its 6th consecutive year of graduating more than 75% of its football players. The America Football Coaches Association recognized fewer than 30 public universities for superior graduation rates last year, with UNC the only such institution in the state of North Carolina and the Atlantic Coast Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/story.aspx?filename=205480216&file_date=12/10/2009|title=Carolina Football Graduation Rate Honored By AFCA|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|date=December 10, 2009|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>

====Academic misconduct====
{{Main|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal}}
In July 2010, the NCAA began investigating violations involving improper benefits provided by agents to current players at UNC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc/story/7993844/|author=Greg Barnes|title=Sources: NCAA Probe Focus Narrows|date=July 20, 2010|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> In September 2010, the NCAA opened a second prong of its investigation, this time involving possible improper tutor involvement with UNC student-athletes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5501067|author=Joe Schad|title=UNC probe expands to academic misconduct|website=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=August 27, 2010|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> In response to the investigation, local and national sports columnists called for Davis' termination,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/30/712304/tudor-uncs-butch-davis-must-go.html|author=Caulton Tudor|title=Tudor: UNC's Butch Davis must go|access-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113013708/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/30/712304/tudor-uncs-butch-davis-must-go.html|archive-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/09/05/north-carolinas-butch-davis-has-to-go-and-now/|author=Terence Moore|title=North Carolina's Butch Davis Has to Go -- And Now|access-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106134729/http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/09/05/north-carolinas-butch-davis-has-to-go-and-now/|archive-date=November 6, 2010}}</ref> but some North Carolina fans still supported the coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxcharlotte.com/sports/Support-Butch-Davis-Quickly-Becoming-A-Movement-105000519.html|author=Steve Lyerly|title="Support Butch Davis" Quickly Becoming A Movement|access-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505012756/http://www.foxcharlotte.com/sports/Support-Butch-Davis-Quickly-Becoming-A-Movement-105000519.html|archive-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref> A survey of UNC fans reflected strong support for Davis despite the ongoing investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/unc-fans-survey-indicates-support-for-butch-davis|title=UNC fans' survey indicates support for Butch Davis|date=October 21, 2010|publisher=Raleigh News and Observer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312151709/http://blogs.newsobserver.com/accnow/unc-fans-survey-indicates-support-for-butch-davis|archive-date=March 12, 2012}}</ref> Thirteen UNC football players were suspended for the team's season opener in Atlanta against the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers, and the Tar Heels lost the game 30&ndash;24. The Tar Heels later lost to ACC rivals Miami, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, and NC State, but won their first game since 1981 in Virginia's Scott Stadium and gained their first win ever in FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium. In October 2010, wide receiver Greg Little, defensive tackle Marvin Austin, and defensive end Robert Quinn were ruled permanently ineligible after it was discovered they improperly accepted gifts from sports agents. Five other players were found guilty of accepting improper benefits and/or inappropriate academic assistance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five Dismissed, 3 Suspended; Probe of Football Continues|date=October 11, 2010|publisher=Carolina Alumni Review|url=https://alumni.unc.edu/news/five-dismissed-3-suspended-probe-of-football-continues/|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> On July 27, 2011, Davis was fired by UNC chancellor [[Holden Thorp]] amid an NCAA investigation of academic misconduct and allegations players receiving improper benefits from agents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/6809612/butch-davis-fired-north-carolina-football-coach|title=UNC's Butch Davis fired|website=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=July 27, 2011|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> Thorp said the move was necessary to restore confidence in UNC's integrity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carolina makes a football coaching change|url=http://www.wralsportsfan.com/asset/colleges/unc/2011/07/27/9918140/1311804919-ButchFired.pdf|publisher=WRAL Sports Fan|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> On September 19, 2011, in response to an NCAA notice of allegations, Davis was never mentioned in the NCAA inquiry and had no involvement in the investigation.

North Carolina subsequently vacated all of its wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons after retroactively declaring Austin, Quinn and Little ineligible.<ref>{{cite news|title=Timeline of events in the UNC scandal|date=December 19, 2012|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/unc-scandal/article15573848.html|work=[[The News & Observer]]|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> As a result, these are "officially" North Carolina's only winless seasons in the modern era.

In 2013, Davis told [[CBS Sports]]' Bruce Feldman that he believed his firing was an "overreaction" by Thorp, in the belief that "if he released me, maybe the investigation of the football program would go in a different direction." Around the same time, Baddour told Feldman that firing Davis "was not my recommendation." Baddour added that Thorp was well aware that he wanted Davis to remain as coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/despite-being-cleared-in-scandal-at-unc-davis-still-waiting-for-a-gig/|author=Feldman, Bruce|title=Despite being cleared in scandal at UNC, Davis still waiting for a gig|work=[[CBS Sports]]|date=December 11, 2013|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>

===Tampa Bay Buccaneers===
In February 2012, the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] hired Davis as a special assistant to newly hired head coach [[Greg Schiano]]. The terms of Davis' settlement with the University of North Carolina prevented him from taking a coaching position, and he was instead hired as an advisor to Schiano, who was the defensive coordinator under Davis at the University of Miami.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/dominik-davis-wants-be-extra-set-eyes-not-coach|title=Dominik: Davis wants to be an 'extra set of eyes,' not coach|date=February 14, 2012|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|access-date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319160954/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/dominik-davis-wants-be-extra-set-eyes-not-coach|archive-date=March 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===FIU===
On November 14, 2016, Davis confirmed he was leaving his analyst position at [[ESPN]] and agreed to a five-year contract to take the head coaching job at [[FIU Panthers football|Florida International]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FIU hires ESPN's Butch Davis to be its next head coach|date=November 15, 2016|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18049428/florida-international-hires-espn-butch-davis-next-head-coach|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> In November 2021, FIU declined to extend Davis beyond the 2021 season, ending his tenure there after five seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vannini |first=Chris |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Butch Davis won't return to FIU in 2022 after 5 seasons: Source |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4075148/2021/11/15/butch-davis-wont-return-to-fiu-in-2022-after-5-seasons-source/ |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[The Athletic]] |language=en}}</ref>

A month prior to his contract's expiration, Davis accused the university of "sabotaging" the football program. He claimed that player safety equipment was at least a decade old, thus having to rely on donated equipment from [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]. He also attacked the university for prohibiting the coaching staff from conducting visits with recruits.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lyons |first=Dan |title=Butch Davis Won't Return For 2022, Bashes FIU's Administration |url=https://www.si.com/college/2021/11/15/butch-davis-wont-return-fiu-2022-administration-sabotaging-program |access-date=September 2, 2022 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref> In October 2021, the university posted a job opening for head football coach while Davis still held the position.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2021 |title=FIU Posts Football Head Coach Job, But School Says Don't Read Much Into It |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/fiu-posts-football-head-coach-job-but-school-says-dont-read-much-into-it/2566748/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=NBC 6 South Florida |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami Hurricanes]]|conf=[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]]|startyear=1995|endyear=2000}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship = conference
|year         = [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]]
|name         = [[1995 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|overall      = 8–3
|conference   = 6–1
|confstanding = T–1st
|bowlname     = 
|bowloutcome  =
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 
|ranking2     = 20
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship = conference
|year         = [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|1996]]
|name         = [[1996 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|overall      = 9–3
|conference   = 6–1
|confstanding = T–1st
|bowlname     = [[1996 Carquest Bowl|Carquest]]
|bowloutcome  = W
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 14
|ranking2     = 14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]]
|name         = [[1997 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|overall      = 5–6
|conference   = 3–4
|confstanding = T–5th
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|bowloutcome  =
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 
|ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[1998 NCAA Division I-A football season|1998]]
|name         = [[1998 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|overall      = 9–3
|conference   = 5–2
|confstanding = T–2nd
|bowlname     = [[1998 MicronPC Bowl|Micron PC]]
|bowloutcome  = W
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 21
|ranking2     = 20
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
|name         = [[1999 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|overall      = 9–4
|conference   = 6–1
|confstanding = 2nd
|bowlname     = [[2000 Gator Bowl|Gator]]
|bowloutcome  = W
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 15
|ranking2     = 15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry|championship=conference|year=[[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]|name=[[2000 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]|overall=11–1|conference=7–0|confstanding=1st|bowlname=[[2001 Sugar Bowl|Sugar]]|bowloutcome=W|bcsbowl=yes|ranking=2|ranking2=2}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=Miami|overall=51–20|confrecord=33–9}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina Tar Heels]]|conf=[[Atlantic Coast Conference]]|startyear=2007|endyear=2010}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
|name         = [[2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
|overall      = 4–8
|conference   = 3–5
|confstanding = 4th <small>(Coastal)</small>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]
|name         = [[2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
|overall      = 0–5*
|conference   = 0–4*
|confstanding = T–3rd <small>(Coastal)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl|Meineke Car Care]]
|bowloutcome  = L
|bcsbowl      = no
|ranking      = 
|ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2009]]
|name         = [[2009 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
|overall      = 0–5*
|conference   = 0–4*
|confstanding = 4th <small>(Coastal)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl|Meineke Car Care]]
|bowloutcome  = L
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      = 
|ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]]
|name         = [[2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
|overall      = 8–5 
|conference   = 4–4
|confstanding = T–3rd <small>(Coastal)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2010 Music City Bowl|Music City]]
|bowloutcome  = W
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=North Carolina|overall=12–23**|confrecord=7–17**}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
|name      = [[FIU Panthers football|FIU Panthers]]
|conf      = [[Conference USA]]
|startyear = 2017
|endyear   = 2021
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
|name         = [[2017 FIU Panthers football team|FIU]]
|overall      = 8–5 
|conference   = 5–3 
|confstanding = 2nd <small>(East)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2017 Gasparilla Bowl|Gasparilla]]
|bowloutcome  = L
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
|name         = [[2018 FIU Panthers football team|FIU]]
|overall      = 9–4 
|conference   = 6–2 
|confstanding = T–2nd <small>(East)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2018 Bahamas Bowl|Bahamas]]
|bowloutcome  = W
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
|name         = [[2019 FIU Panthers football team|FIU]]
|overall      = 6–7
|conference   = 3–5
|confstanding = T–5th <small>(East)</small>
|bowlname     = [[2019 Camellia Bowl|Camellia]]
|bowloutcome  = L
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020]]
|name         = [[2020 FIU Panthers football team|FIU]]
|overall      = 0–5
|conference   = 0–3
|confstanding = 6th <small>(East)</small>
|bowlname     = 
|bowloutcome  =
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
|championship =
|year         = [[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2021]]
|name         = [[2021 FIU Panthers football team|FIU]]
|overall      = 1–11
|conference   = 0–8
|confstanding = 7th <small>(East)</small>
|bowlname     = 
|bowloutcome  =
|bcsbowl      =
|ranking      =
|ranking2     =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=FIU|overall=24–32|confrecord=14–21}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
|overall   = 87–75
|yearstart = 2000
|yearend   = 2000
|poll      = two
|polltype  = 
}}
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> North Carolina vacated all 16 wins in the 2008 and 2009 seasons due to NCAA violations. On-field record in 2008 was 8-5 (4-4 ACC); on-field record in 2009 was 8-5 (4-4 ACC).<ref name=NOA>{{cite web |author=William H. King, III |author2=William H. Brooks |publisher=The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |title=Response to Notice of Allegations, Case Number M357 |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/NOAresponse091911.pdf |access-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011212731/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/NOAresponse091911.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref></small><br>
<small><nowiki>**</nowiki>Record at North Carolina is 28-23 (15-17 ACC) counting vacated games.</small>

===NFL===
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|-
!rowspan=2|Team!!rowspan=2|Year!!colspan=5|Regular Season!!colspan=4|Post Season
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result
|-
![[2001 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]||[[2001 NFL season|2001]]
||7||9||0||.438||3rd in AFC Central||-||-||-||-
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2002 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]||[[2002 NFL season|2002]]
||9||7||0||.563||'''2nd in AFC North'''||0||1||.000||<Small>'''Lost to [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in [[NFL playoffs, 2002-03|AFC wild card game]]'''</Small>
|-
![[2003 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]||[[2003 NFL season|2003]]
||5||11||0||.313||4th in AFC North||-||-||-||-
|-
![[2004 Cleveland Browns season|CLE]]||[[2004 NFL season|2004]]
||3||8||0||.273||Resigned||-||-||-||-
|-
!colspan=2|CLE Total||24||35||0||.407||||0||1||.000||-
|-
!colspan=2|[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DaviBu0.htm Total]||24||35||0||.407||||0||1||.000||-
|-
|}

==References==
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* [https://fiusports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/butch-davis/368 FIU profile]

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