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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.
After the 1996 season, 11th-year head coach, Lou Holtz, who had led the Irish to 100 wins and a national championship, retired. 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.
* George O'Leary did not coach a single practice or game, being fired five days after being hired; he had misrepresented his academic credentials. ** Kent Baer served as interim head coach for one game at the 2004 Insight Bowl, after Tyrone Willingham was fired. *** Does not account for vacated wins.
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]
Dec. 11—Yes, Bronco Mendenhall won the news conference. But they all do that. Rocky Long won the news conference. Bob Davie won it. Danny Gonzales won it. Mike Locksley won it big time. Remember ...
Bob Davie (American football) (born 1954), New Mexico Lobos football coach, former head coach of Notre Dame Bob Davie (ice hockey) (1912–1990), Canadian ice hockey player Bob Hutch Davie (born c. 1932), orchestra leader, pianist, and composer of popular music
Former New Mexico coach Bob Davie ignored a player's plea for help in his fight against depression and instead made the lineman play a game before he took his own life, according to a lawsuit ...
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]