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Robert Edwin Davie Jr. (born September 30, 1954) is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1997 to 2001 and the University of New Mexico from 2012 to 2019. Davie worked for ESPN as a college football color commentator from 2002 to 2011.
The Notre Dame administration quickly named defensive coordinator, Bob Davie, as his replacement. Davie inherited a team with high expectations, and won his first game. He went onto, however, to lose his next four games. Though his team rebounded and were invited to a bowl game, he lost in his first post-season attempt and ended with a 7–6 ...
The 1999 season began on a positive note for Davie, who, after signing 21 recruits, [2] was given a contract extension to coach until 2003. Though there were high hopes that the Irish could finally get another national championship, [3] there were also many questions facing the team, [4] top among those would be whether Jackson could lead a young Irish team. [5]
In the 2001 season, the Fighting Irish, led by fifth-year head coach Bob Davie, had a record of five wins and six losses. [1] A day after the season ended, athletic director Kevin White announced to the media that Davie would not be retained as head coach of Notre Dame. [2]
After losing ten players to the NFL, the Irish began the 2000 season signing 17 recruits [2] Having to replace two-year starter, Jarious Jackson, Davie chose Arnaz Battle, [3] who looked to have a rough road ahead with the Irish playing four ranked teams in a row to begin the season, including a game against the favorite to win the national championship, Nebraska.
3 13:36 Notre Dame Autry Denson 48-yard touchdown run, Cengia kick good 10 14 3 2:59 Navy Chris McCoy 2-yard touchdown run, Vanderhorst kick good 17 14 4 5:48 17 7:30 Notre Dame Autry Denson 5-yard touchdown run, Cengia kick good 17 21 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 21
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After the season, seven players were taken in the 1999 National Football League (NFL) draft. Among them were Denson, who left with multiple Notre Dame rushing records, Malcolm Johnson, who left with a Notre Dame record of six consecutive games with a touchdown catch, and most of the offensive line starters. [ 20 ]