Coaching Tree
Several of Davis' assistant coaches from his head coaching positions have gone on to be NFL and college football head coaches. Three of the coordinators from his time at the University of Miami would go on to be head coaches at either the NCAA or NFL level. Special teams coach Chuck Pagano is in his first season as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Greg Schiano would go on to become the head coach of Rutgers and is currently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Larry Coker became the head coach of the University of Miami following Davis' departure and is currently the head coach at The University of Texas at San Antonio. In addition to Pagano, Schiano, and Coker, former FIU head coach Mario Cristobal served under Davis as a graduate assistant from 1998 to 2000. Another assistant coach under Davis at Miami who would go on to become a head coach is Randy Shannon. Shannon served as the linebackers coach for Davis' first three years at Miami. Current Tulane football coach Curtis Johnson also was an assistant under Davis at UM. Johnson served as the wide receivers coach from 1996 to 2005. Despite not attaining the position of head coach at the college or NFL level Rob Chudzinski is one of Davis' most famous students. Chudzinski was a graduate assistant and tight ends coach under Butch Davis at Miami who later went on to become the offensive coordinator of Miami's 2001 National Championship team. Chudzinski has interviewed for head coaching jobs with the Jaguars and Rams in the past and was mentioned as a possible head coaching candidate at Miami following the 2010 season. In the 2011 season he was hired by the Carolina Panthers.
While with the Cleveland Browns and the North Carolina Tar Heels, three of Davis' assistant coaches went on to serve as head coaches in some capacity. Everett Withers replaced him as the head coach at North Carolina on an interim basis. Withers is currently an assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Ohio State University. The secondary coach in Cleveland under Davis, Todd Bowles served as the interim head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2011. He later interviewed for the head coaching jobs with the Dolphins and with the Oakland Raiders. The previous year he interviewed for the Dallas Cowboys head coaching job. Davis' special teams coach in Cleveland in 2004, Taver Johnson, served as the interim head coach of Arkansas for a brief time during the spring following Bobby Petrino's departure and currently has the title of assistant head coach and linebackers coach.
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