Bob Davis | |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1930 |
Birth Place: | Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Tennessee (1973) |
Player Years1: | 1949–1951 |
Player Team1: | Tennessee |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1953–1954 |
Coach Team2: | Fort Jackson |
Coach Years3: | 1955 |
Coach Team3: | Sevier County HS (TN) (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1956–1958 |
Coach Team4: | Sevier County HS (TN) |
Coach Years5: | 1959–1963 |
Coach Team5: | Carson–Newman (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1964–1965 |
Coach Team6: | Carson–Newman |
Coach Years7: | 1966–1975 |
Coach Team7: | Tennessee (freshmen/DE/JV) |
Coach Sport8: | Wrestling |
Coach Years9: | 1970–1974 |
Coach Team9: | Tennessee |
Admin Years1: | 1976–2003 |
Admin Team1: | Tennessee (assistant/associate AD) |
Overall Record: | 11–7 (college football) |
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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]