• Over 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and NFL levels. Davis has coached in 16 FBS bowl games, including three Rose Bowls, two Orange Bowls and one Sugar Bowl.
• In 2017, Davis led an offensive line that allowed a mere four sacks through 10 games. NAU ranked third in the Big Sky in total offense with 475.5 yards per game. Blake Porter and Tyler Shank both picked up Second Team All-Big Sky honors for a unit that produced 5,230 yards of offense.
• In his first year at NAU, three of his five linemen earned all-conference honors, while the unit helped produce a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher, and 1,000-yard receiver for only the third time in school history.
• Prior to NAU, Davis spent one year at SMU as the offensive line assistant.
• In his first year coaching the offensive line at Florida, Davis guided a unit that finished third in the SEC in rushing offense, averaging 188.1 yards per game, an improvement of 45 yards from the previous season.
• Coached Xavier Nixon to third-team All-SEC honors from Phil Steele and freshman D.J. Humphries to Sporting News Freshman All-America honors, as well as freshman All-SEC honors.
• In 2011 at Utah, 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 school single-season rushing record in 2011 with 1,519 rushing yards.
• 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).
• In Davis’ first year with the Miami Dolphins, the offensive line improved from allowing 52 sacks in 2004 to just 26 in 2005.
• The Dolphins’ 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, the Badgers made five bowl appearances in five years, including two Rose Bowls.
• 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 coaching job at the Division I level came at Idaho State in 1989 as the Bengals’ offensive line coach.
• Davis has been inducted into the Castro Valley Sports Hall of Fame, as well as Chabot College and California Community College.
• Davis earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Utah in 1982 and his master’s degree in higher education from Wisconsin in 1986.
Coaching Accolades
All-Conference Honorees - Jacob Julian (2015, 3rd), Blake Porter (2015, HM; 2016, 2nd), Eric Rodriguez (2015, HM), Tyler Shank (2016, 2nd)
THE TIM DAVIS FILE
College: Utah, 1982
Playing Experience: Chabot Junior College, 1976-77; Utah,1978-80
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1981-82, Utah, Offensive Line/Graduate Assistant
1983-86, Wisconsin, Volunteer Tight Ends/Graduate Assistant
1987, Arizona, Graduate Assistant
1988, Walla Walla CC, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
1989, Idaho State, Offensive Line
1990-96, Utah, Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends/Offensive Line
1997-01, Wisconsin, Tight Ends
2002-04, USC, Offensive Line
2005-06, Miami Dolphins, Offensive Line Assistant
2008, Alabama, Director of Player Personnel
2009-10, Minnesota, Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
2011, Utah, Offensive Line
2012-13, Florida, Offensive Line
2014, SMU, Offensive Line
2015-Pres., Northern Arizona University, Offensive Line
