Tim Davis Offensive Line – 1st Season

Coaching Accomplishments

• Owns 29 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and NFL levels.
• Apart from one season spent as the Dir. of Player Personnel at Alabama, Davis has spent his entire career coaching offensive lines or tight ends.
• Davis has coached in 15 FBS bowl games, including three Rose Bowls and two Orange Bowls.
• In 2011 with the Utes, he coached a pair of tackles to all-Pac-12 honors, as Tony Bergstrom was selected to the first team and John Cullen was named to the second team.
• Utah RB John White set a new single-season rushing record at Utah in 2011 with 1,519 rushing yards.
• His 2010 offensive line at Minnesota allowed just 17 sacks on the season, tied for 26th-fewest in the nation.
• While serving as the Dir. of Player Personnel, Davis played a key role as Alabama signed the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class in back-to-back years (2008 and 2009 classes).
• In Davis’ first year with the Dolphins, the offensive line improved from allowing 52 sacks in 2004 to just 26 in 2005.
• The Miami offensive line led a rushing attack that averaged 4.3 yards per carry in 2005 and 4.2 in 2006. It was the first time the Dolphins averaged more than 4.0 yards per carry in back-to-back seasons since 1986-87.
• While at USC, the Trojans won a pair of national championships and three BCS bowl games.
• Davis’ offensive lines protected two Heisman Trophy winners at USC in Carson Palmer (2002) and Matt Leinart (2004).
• During his second stint at Wisconsin from 1997-2001, the Badgers made five bowl appearances in five years, including two Rose Bowls.
• The Badgers rushed for a school-record 3,305 yards in 1999.
• The UW offensive line paved the way for running back Ron Dayne, who rushed for an NCAA career record 6,397 yards with 63 touchdowns and won the 1999 Heisman Trophy.
• In 1992 at Utah, he helped the Utes earn their first bowl bid in 36 years and eventually three more bowl appearances in his seven years on staff from 1990-96.
• His first full-time collegiate coaching job at the Division I level came at Idaho State in 1989 as the Bengal’s offensive line coach.

Prominent Players Coached

USC

• T SAM BAKER – Three-time All-American as well as a Freshman All-American who went on to become a first round NFL Draft pick in 2008 by the Atlanta Falcons. Also a three-time First Team All-Pac-10 performer and was named USC’s Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2004 as a freshman. USC’s Co-Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2006 and 2007.
• C RYAN KALIL – All-American in 2006 was selected in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. Member of USC’s 2003 and 2004 National Championship teams and won the 2006 Pac-10 Morris Trophy, awarded to the conference’s top offensive lineman as selected by the league’s defensive linemen. All-Pac-10 First Team in 2005 and 2006.
• C NORM KATNIK – Named first team All-Pac-10 in 2003 and played one season in the NFL with the New York Jets.
• T JACOB ROGERS – Consensus first-team All-American in 2003 and won the Pac-10’s Morris Trophy. Two-time First Team All-Pac-10 selection in 2002 and 2003 and was USC’s offensive lineman of the year in 2001 and 2003. He was a second-round NFL Draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys. 

UTAH

• T TONY BERGSTROM – Named first-team all-Pac-12 offensive line in 2011 and selected to play in the Senior Bowl.
• OL ANTHONY BROWN – A third-team AP All-American and first-team All-WAC selection in 1994. Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals and played five NFL seasons.
• TE RAY ELGAARD – Played at Utah in 1981-82 and later blossomed in the Canadian Football League from 1983-96. Retired as the CFL’s all-time leader in receptions (830) and receiving yards (13,198). A member of the CFL Hall of Fame.
• G LANCE SCOTT – Selected first-team All-WAC in 1993 and 1994 and was a fifth-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 1995.
• G BARRY SIMS – Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Oakland Raiders in 1999 and played 12 NFL seasons with the Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.

WISCONSIN

• TE MARK ANELLI – First-team All-Big Ten selection in 2001 was a sixth-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2002 NFL Draft.
• T AARON GIBSON – Consensus First Team All-American in 1998 and a finalist for both the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy. Also First Team All-Big Ten in 1998. Selected in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.
• T CHRIS McINTOSH – A consensus First Team All-American in 1999 and finalist for the Outland Trophy, given to the nation’s best interior lineman. Also a First Team All-Big Ten selection in 1999 and helped lead an offense that rushed for a school-record 3,305 rushing yards that year. Drafted 22nd overall by the Seattle Seahawks in 2000.

NFL Draft Picks Coached in College (Round Drafted)

• TE Andy Parker (5th) – Utah ’84 – L.A. Raiders
• T Kevin Belcher (7th) – Wisconsin ’85 – Los Angeles Raiders
• T Jeff Dellenbach (4th) – Wisconsin ’85 – Miami Dolphins
• T Paul Gruber (1st) – Wisconsin ’88 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• T Rob Woods (4th) – Arizona ’89 – Cincinnati Bengals
• TE Craig Hudson (10th) – Wisconsin ’90 – Kansas City Chiefs
• T Glenn Parker (3rd) – Arizona ’90 – Buffalo Bills
• TE Kurt Haws (4th) – Utah ’94 – Washington Redskins
• OL Anthony Brown (UFA) – Utah ’95 – Cincinnati Bengals
• G Lance Scott (5th) – Utah ‘95 – Arizona Cardinals
• TE Henry Lusk (7th) – Utah ’96 – New Orleans Saints
• G Barry Sims (UFA) – Utah ’99 – Oakland Raiders
• T Aaron Gibson (1st) – Wisconsin ’99 – Detroit Lions
• T Chris McIntosh (1st) – Wisconsin ’00 – Seattle Seahawks
• T Mark Tauscher (7th) – Wisconsin ’00 – Green Bay Packers
• TE Mark Anelli (6th) – Wisconsin ’02 – San Francisco 49ers
• T Ben Johnson (7th) – Wisconsin ’03 – Detroit Lions
• T Jacob Rogers (2nd) – USC ’04 – Dallas Cowboys
• T Winston Justice (2nd) – USC ’06 – Philadelphia Eagles
• C Norm Katnik (UFA) – USC ’06 – New York Jets
• G Deuce Latui (2nd) – USC ’06 – Arizona Cardinals
• G Fred Matua (7th) – USC ’06 – Detroit Lions
• C Ryan Kalil (2nd) – USC ’07 – Carolina Panthers
• T Sam Baker (1st) – USC ’08 – Atlanta Falcons

Playing Career

Started his collegiate career at Chabot Junior College in Hayward, Calif., as an offensive tackle for two seasons and was inducted into the Chabot College Hall of Fame. Then was a three-year letterman on the offensive line at Utah, earning the team's Most Inspirational Player Award in 1980. He played in the CFL for the Hamilton Tigercats (1981) and in the USFL for the L.A. Express (1983).

Personal Information

• Birth date: June 17, 1958
• Hometown: Castro Valley, Calif.
• Education: 1982 – Bachelor’s Degree from Utah; 1986 – Master’s Degree from Wisconsin
• Family: He and his wife, Janice, have a son, Nick, and a daughter, Mary Rose.

Bowl Games as a Coach

• 1984: Hall of Fame
• 1989: Centennial (JUCO)
• 1992: Copper
• 1993: Freedom
• 1994: Freedom
• 1996: Copper
• 1997: Outback
• 1999: Rose
• 2000: Rose
• 2000: Sun
• 2003: Orange
• 2004: Rose
• 2005: Orange
• 2008: Insight
• 2009: Insight
• 2011: Sun