You can’t learn how to swim with one foot out of the pool. And to hear assistant coach Allen Mogridge tell the reverse of that story, he says Butch Davis is thrilled to be back in the deep end — he’s all in as FIU’s new football coach.
Davis’ credentials are well-known, and they include two Super Bowl titles as an assistant with the Dallas Cowboys, a resurrection of a probation-rocked Miami Hurricanes program and a Cleveland Browns playoff year that is growing more impressive by the day given what has happened since he left.
But Davis is 65 now.