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Greg Davis

b. 1951

American football player and coach

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Born 1951. Greg Davis is an American american football player and american football coach.

Greg Davis (born April 25, 1951) is an American former 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 national champion Texas Longhorns, where he was awarded the Broyles Award for the nation's top assistant coach for the 2005 season.

Playing career 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.

However, on December 6, 2010, after the worst season in the Mack Brown era at the University of Texas, Greg Davis resigned as offensive coordinator of the Longhorns. The 2010 season was the first season in 13 years the Longhorns failed to make a bowl game, and the first in nine seasons the Longhorns failed to reach 10 wins on the season.

After a year out of football, Davis was hired by the University of Iowa for the 2012 season. Greg Davis replaced Ken O'Keefe as the offensive coordinator for the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2012.

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Port Neches-Groves High School

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Who is Greg Davis?

American football player and coach

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Greg Davis was born on 25 April 1951 in Groves.

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Greg Davis is an american football player and american football coach.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Greg Davis

· Wikidata: Q5605468

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