Update: The deal with David Cutcliffe fell through and Tennessee is expected to hire Derek Dooley of Louisiana Tech.
David Cutcliffe, who was an assistant at Tennessee from 1983-98 and 2006-07, is Tennessee's likely choice as its new coach, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Cutcliffe, 55, has spent the past two seasons at Duke, leading the Blue Devils to records of 4-8 and 5-7. Before his arrival, Duke was the worst program in a Bowl Championship Series conference for a 10-year span, with only 13 victories over Division I-A teams.
Cutcliffe was Mississippi's coach from 1998-2004, going 44-29. The Rebels played in five bowl games, winning four.
He has a reputation for developing quarterbacks, having coached Heath Shuler, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Erik Ainge.
When did Cutcliff coach Brady Quinn?...Never I believe.
Posted by: borromini | January 15, 2010 at 08:49 AM
He spent the 2005 season as an assistant at Notre Dame.
Posted by: The Wiz | January 15, 2010 at 09:20 AM
He resigned due to having triple by-pass heart surgery in March of 2005...before actually performing any duties! That means...he never got to work with Quinn. Peter Vaas was subsequently hired as the QB coach.
Posted by: borromini | January 15, 2010 at 04:20 PM
I believe he had the bypass surgery in March 2005 but didn't resign until June 2005.
http://www.fanblogs.com/notre_dame/005202.php
I'm not clear if he still coached during spring ball.
Posted by: The Wiz | January 15, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Yes that's true...but the record also shows that from March 'til June he never set foot on the field or film room. While he recovered from the surgery...Weis had taken over QB duties for spring practice 'til David got back on his feet.
However, the return never happened...so probably the furthest he and Quinn ever got was an introductory handshake. This is well documented on the Internet.
Bottom line...Cutcliffe had no part in BQ's development.
Posted by: borromini | January 15, 2010 at 11:17 PM
OK, fair enough. To keep things accurate, I just struck Quinn's name from the entry.
Thanks for pointing this out, Borromini!
Posted by: The Wiz | January 15, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Your welcome Wiz...keep up the good work!
Posted by: borromini | January 16, 2010 at 08:54 AM