Greg Davis (American football coach)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 25, 1951 Groves, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1970–1972 | McNeese State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1973–1974 | Barbe HS (LA) (Assistant) |
| 1975–1977 | PNG HS (TX) (Assistant) |
| 1978–1984 | Texas A&M (QB) |
| 1985–1987 | Tulane (AHC/WR) |
| 1988–1991 | Tulane |
| 1992–1993 | Arkansas (OC/QB) |
| 1994–1995 | Georgia (PGC) |
| 1996–1997 | North Carolina (OC/QB) |
| 1998–2010 | Texas (OC/QB) |
| 2012–2016 | Iowa (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–31 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Broyles Award (2005) | |
Greg Davis (born April 25, 1951) is a former American college football coach. He served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team until announcing his retirement on January 6, 2017. He served as offensive coordinator for the 2005 Texas Longhorns national championship, where he was awarded the Broyles Award for the nation's top assistant coach for the 2005 season.
Davis attended Port Neches–Groves High School and then played quarterback at McNeese State University, where he first met R. C. Slocum. He played in the Grantland Rice Bowl in 1971, losing to Tennessee State 26–23. He graduated from McNeese State in 1973.
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, his high school alma mater. 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.
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