David Cutcliffe
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| David Cutcliffe | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Duke University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | ACC | |
| Team record | 0-0 | |
| Born | September 16, 1954 | |
| Place of birth |  Birmingham, AL |
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| Annual salary | $1.5 million/year[1] | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 44-29 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Championships | ||
| 1 SEC West co-Championship. | ||
| Awards | ||
| 2003 SEC Coach of the Year | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1976-1979 1980-1981 1982-1998 1998-2004 2005 2006-2007 2008-present |
Banks High School (Assist.) Banks High School Tennessee (Assist.) Ole Miss Notre Dame (Assist.) Tennessee (OC) Duke |
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David Cutcliffe (born September 16, 1954) is the head football coach of the Duke Blue Devils and the former head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. He is best-known for coaching Super Bowl MVPs Peyton Manning, at Tennessee, and Eli Manning, at Ole Miss, and for producing record setting offenses at both schools. Almost all offensive records at both schools were set during Cutcliffe's time as coach. As a head coach, he has compiled a career record of 44-29.
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[edit] Youth
Cutcliffe was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He had two brothers Charles "Paige" Cutcliffe, and Raymond Eugene JR. Cutcliffe. And three sisters Mary Marlyn Cutcliffe Sullivan, Margart Lynn Cutcliffe, and Elizabeth "Buff" Cutcliffe Easterly. Cutcliffe attended Banks High School in Birmingham where he played football. He attended the University of Alabama where he worked as a student assistant on Bear Bryant's Alabama staff.
[edit] Early coaching history
Cutcliffe's coaching career began at Banks High School where he served as an assistant and later as the head coach. In 1982 he was hired as a part time coach at the University of Tennessee. A year later Cutcliffe was promoted to full time status as the tight ends and assistant offensive line coach. By 1990 Cutcliffe was coaching the position he is now so well known for, quarterbacks. In 1993 Cutcliffe was promoted to offensive coordinator. As coordinator, Cutcliffe helped lead the Vols to two SEC Championships and a National Championship.
[edit] Head Coaching
On December 2, 1998, Cutcliffe was hired as the head football coach at Ole Miss. Cutcliffe had success at Ole Miss, where he recruited Eli Manning, son of Ole Miss player Archie Manning and brother of Peyton Manning, to play quarterback. In 2003, Cutcliffe tied LSU for the West Division title and a win in the Cotton Bowl.
Cutcliffe was fired by Ole Miss's Athletic Director Pete Boone in December 2004 after his only losing season at Ole Miss. Boone had asked Cutcliffe to provide a detailed plan for improving the program, specifically the defense and recruiting, as well as fire his assistant coaches, but Cutcliffe refused, and was subsequently fired along with his assistants.[2]
[edit] Post Mississippi
After his stint at Mississippi, Cutcliffe was hired as the Ast. Head Coach and quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame, but health problems forced him to resign. After taking a year off he returned to Knoxville, where he had coached Tennessee's offense during the 1990s, and where his sons, Chris Cutcliffe, Marcus Hilliard and his daughter, Katie Cutcliffe, attend college. After Randy Sanders resigned as offensive coordinator at Tennessee, Phillip Fulmer again hired Cutcliffe, who had been Sanders' predecessor at the job.
Cutcliffe led a major turnaround of the Tennessee offense during the 2006 season. Tennessee had players in the top 25 in passing (Erik Ainge) and top 3 in receiving (Robert Meachem).
[edit] Duke University
Cutcliffe was hired as the head football coach at Duke University on December 14, 2007.[3] He was hired to replace Ted Roof who had amassed a 6-45 win-loss record (3-33 in the ACC) over four plus years. Duke has had only three winning seasons in the last 25 years and has not beaten an ACC opponent in over three seasons.[4]
[edit] QB Coaching
Cutcliffe has coached NFL quarterbacks Heath Shuler, Peyton Manning, and Eli Manning. Cutcliffe also has coached college player Erik Ainge.
[edit] Family
Cutcliffe is married to the former Karen Oran of Harriman, TN. They have four children: Marcus (21), Chris (21), Katie (19), and Emily (7).
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Ole Miss Rebels (SEC) (1998 – 2004) | |||||||||
| 1998* | Ole Miss | 1–0* | 0–0* | W Independence | |||||
| 1999 | Ole Miss | 8–4[5] | 4-4[5] | 3rd (West)[5] | W[5] Independence[5] | 22 | 22 | ||
| 2000 | Ole Miss | 7-5 | 4-4 | 3rd (West) | L Music City | ||||
| 2001 | Ole Miss | 7–4 | 4–4 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2002 | Ole Miss | 7-6[6] | 3-5[6] | 4th (West)[6] | W Independence | ||||
| 2003 | Ole Miss | 10-3[6] | 7-1[6] | 2nd (West)[6] | W Cotton | 14 | 13 | ||
| 2004 | Ole Miss | 4-7 | 3-5 | T-3rd (West) | |||||
| Ole Miss: | 44–29 | 25-23 | *hired and coached last game of 1998, the Independence Bowl. | ||||||
| Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2008 — present) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Duke | 0–0 | |||||||
| Duke: | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Total: | 44-29 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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[edit] References
- ^ ESPN: Sources: Vols' offensive coordinator hired as Duke's coach
- ^ Associated Press via ESPN: Coach reportedly refused to ax coordinators
- ^ Associated Press news alert
- ^ Duke Blue Devils. Theacc.com. Retrieved on June 12, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e All-Time Football Standings - 1990-1999
- ^ a b c d e f 2002-2003 SEC Football Standings
| Preceded by Ted Roof |
Duke University Head Football Coach 2007–Present |
Succeeded by current |
| Preceded by Tommy Tuberville |
University of Mississippi Head Football Coaches 1999–2004 |
Succeeded by Ed Orgeron |
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