Butch Davis uses old formula

Posted Aug 27, 2009
Davis has applied some of the same principles from his time at Miami at UNC. There is the reliance on in-state recruiting, speed on defense and an emphasis on limiting mistakes. But it's not a carbon copy of the original blueprint. The biggest difference is that at previous stops, Davis was part of a group of assistant coaches who stayed together and followed head coach Jimmy Johnson from Miami to Dallas in the last 1980s. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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