Dave Clawson

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Dave Clawson
College	University of Tennessee
Sport	College football
Career highlights
Overall	58-49-0
Coaching stats
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Playing career
1985-1988	Williams College
Position	Defensive Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008-present 2004-2007 1999-2004 1996-1998 1993-1995 1991-1992 1989-1990	Tennessee (asst) Richmond Fordham Villanova (asst) Lehigh (asst) Buffalo (asst) Albany (asst)

Dave Clawson is a college football coach in the United States. He currently is the offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. The 2008 season marks his first year with the University of Tennessee. His career record as a head college football coach is 58 wins and 49 losses.

1 Coaching career
2 Offensive Philosophy
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Assistant Coaching

Clawson got his start in the coaching business as the quarterbacks and running backs coach at the University of Albany in 1989. He was an assistant at Albany again in 1990, this time coaching the defensive secondary. He later went on to coach as an assistant at the University of Buffalo, Lehigh University, and Villanova.^[1]

[edit] Fordham University

Clawson got his first head coaching position at Fordham University. His record as a head coach at Fordham was 29-29.^[2]

[edit] University of Richmond

After Fordham, Clawson became the head coach for the University of Richmond Spiders. He served as coach from the 2004 season until the end of the 2007 season, and was the 32nd football coach at the school. His career coaching record at Richmond was 29-20. This ranks him seventh at Richmond in total wins and fifth at Richmond in winning percentage.^[3]

At Richmond, he was awarded Football Bowl Subdivision Coach of the Year twice. Clawson is credited with re-energizing the Richmond program. After going 3-8 in 2004, the Spiders went 9-4 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference^[4] and made the playoffs the following year. In 2007, Richmond was beaten in the semifinals by eventual champion Appalachian State.^[5]

[edit] Move to Tennessee

On January 11, 2008, it was announced that Dave Clawson had been hired as the new offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers football team by head coach Phillip Fulmer.^[6] He replaced David Cutcliffe, who moved to Duke University as head coach.

[edit] Offensive Philosophy

Clawson describes his coaching style as one that utilizes the available talent to maximize success. His philosophy focuses on getting individual playmakers more touches rather than sticking to a rigidly-defined system. His offenses have displayed components of the Pro-Style, Spread and Power Running attacks. His influences included Hank Small whom he coached under at Lehigh University and numerous NFL teams including the New York Jets, New York Giants and others.^[7]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

http://richmondspiders.cstv.com/ University of Richmond athletics website

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