Biographical details | |
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Born | Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. | January 15, 1930
Died | October 2, 2011 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 81)
Alma mater | Tennessee (1973) |
Playing career | |
1949–1951 | Tennessee |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1953–1954 | Fort Jackson |
1955 | Sevier County HS (TN) (assistant) |
1956–1958 | Sevier County HS (TN) |
1959–1963 | Carson–Newman (assistant) |
1964–1965 | Carson–Newman |
1966–1975 | Tennessee (freshmen/DE/JV) |
Wrestling | |
1970–1974 | Tennessee |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1976–2003 | Tennessee (assistant/associate AD) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 11–7 (college football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Robert Lee Davis (January 15, 1930 – October 2, 2011) was an American football and wrestling coach. He was the starting center for the 1951 Tennessee Vols college football national championship team. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee from 1964 to 1965 and the head wrestling coach at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee from 1970 to 1974. [1] [2]