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Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis is an American football coach who has been the head coach of the University of Miami football team and of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.

Early years

In college, he played defensive end at Arkansas. Then after a brief stint as a high school football coach, Butch began a successful 15-year association with Jimmy Johnson, first as a receivers and tight ends coach at Oklahoma State, then later as a defense coach at the University of Miami. During that time, the Hurricanes won the 1987 National Championship.

First NFL Venture

Butch would follow Johnson to Dallas where, as defensive coordinator and coach of the defensive line, he helped Johnson and new owner Jerry Jones construct a back-to-back Super Bowl champion out of the Dallas Cowboys team that went 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.

Head Coach

Davis returned to college football when he got his first chance as a head coach. Back at the University of Miami, he helped turn around a program that was in disarray. Despite facing NCAA sanctions that eliminated 31 scholarship spots, he managed to post a 51-20 record during his tenure as head coach and by his last year, the Hurricanes finished 11-1 and # 2 in the country. (The team he built soared to the national championship the year after Davis left.)

Returning to NFL football in 2001, Davis walked the sidelines as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, where he took the Browns from a 5-27 record for 1999-2000 to a 7-9 record in his first year. However, after three seasons, managing a 24-35-0 record, Davis left his coaching career for a stint on television.

Broadcaster

He's now seen on NFL Playbook, an NFL Network program where he now talks with his fellow staff members about the upcoming games, and he even has a portion of the show in the NFL Playbook War Room where he'll break down an upcoming key match-up.

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