David Nelson Cutcliffe was born on September 16,1954 and is the Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations at the Southeastern Conference and former college football coach, most recently head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils.
21 Facts About David Cutcliffe
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David Cutcliffe earned multiple college football coach of the year awards from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Maxwell Football Club, and the Bobby Dodd Foundation.
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David Cutcliffe was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which played a formative role in his development as a football coach.
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David Cutcliffe attended Banks High School in Birmingham where he played football.
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David Cutcliffe attended the University of Alabama, where he worked as an assistant director of the athletic dormitory.
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In 1976, David Cutcliffe took a job at Banks High School where he served as an assistant and later as the head coach.
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David Cutcliffe helped groom Heath Shuler and future Super Bowl MVP and Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, serving as their position coach.
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On December 2,1998, David Cutcliffe was hired as the head football coach at Ole Miss after Tommy Tuberville left for Auburn.
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David Cutcliffe had success at Ole Miss, where he recruited Eli Manning, son of Ole Miss player Archie Manning, to play quarterback.
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In 2003, David Cutcliffe's Rebels tied LSU for the Southeastern Conference West Division title, and they won the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Rebels' most prestigious bowl game since the Johnny Vaught era.
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David Cutcliffe was fired by Ole Miss Athletic Director Pete Boone in December 2004 after his only losing season at Ole Miss.
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David Cutcliffe refused to fire any staff members, and was fired along with his assistants.
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David Cutcliffe led a major turnaround of the Tennessee offense during the 2006 season.
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David Cutcliffe inherited a program that had tallied only three winning seasons in the last 25 years and, before the 2008 season, had not beaten an ACC opponent in over three seasons.
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David Cutcliffe immediately began a strength and conditioning program, challenging the team to collectively lose 1,000 pounds after finding the team in less than ideal physical shape.
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In January 2010, following Lane Kiffin's abrupt departure after just one season at the helm of the Tennessee football team, David Cutcliffe quickly emerged as a leading candidate to replace Kiffin.
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On October 20,2012, Coach David Cutcliffe led the Devils to their first win over North Carolina since 2003.
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The 2014 season under David Cutcliffe started off with four double-digit victories over Elon at home, Troy on the road, Kansas at home and Tulane at home.
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David Cutcliffe is third on Duke's all-time wins list, behind only Hall of Famers Wallace Wade and Bill Murray.
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Eight quarterbacks whom David Cutcliffe coached in college have gone on to play in the NFL: Heath Shuler, Peyton Manning, Tee Martin, Eli Manning, Erik Ainge, Thaddeus Lewis, Sean Renfree, and Daniel Jones.
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David Cutcliffe coached former Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton while Helton played quarterback at Tennessee.