(will be introduced at 10:00 a.m. press conference in Berea on Tuesday)

Butch Davis has been named Head Coach of the Cleveland Browns, President and CEO Carmen Policy announced today. The 49-year-old Davis becomes the 10^th full-time head coach in franchise history. His 28-year coaching resume includes six seasons in the NFL and 16 seasons at the major college level. He spent the previous six seasons as Head Coach at the University of Miami and capped his overwhelmingly successful tenure by leading the Hurricanes to an 11-1 record and No. 2 consensus national ranking this past season.

"The Browns’ organization is extremely pleased to have Butch Davis as our next head coach," Policy said. "We will be withholding any further comments until Coach Davis is introduced at his 10:00 a.m. press conference on Tuesday at our facility in Berea. Al Lerner, Dwight Clark, Coach Davis and myself look forward to meeting with everyone in the media at that time."

Davis accepted the head coaching position at Miami in 1995 and rebuilt the Hurricanes program back to college football’s elite status. Davis inherited a Miami program following NCAA sanctions that severely reduced the number of available scholarships during his first three years. Under his six years of guidance, Miami totaled a 51-20 record including a 4-0 bowl record, was nationally ranked five times and captured three Big East titles. The 2000 Hurricanes ranked 2^nd in the nation in scoring (42.6 points per game), 5^th in total offense (460.8 yards per game), 5^th in scoring defense (15.5 points per game), 8^th in passing defense (220.6 yards per game) and capped their season by defeating SEC Champion Florida 37-20 in the 2001 Nokia Sugar Bowl.

Prior to joining the Hurricanes, Davis coached six seasons (1989-94) with the Dallas Cowboys including the final two as the club’s defensive coordinator. Davis helped Dallas post one of the most spectacular turnarounds in sports history as the Cowboys went from a 1-15 season in 1989 to consecutive Super Bowl championships in 1992 and 1993. Davis was defensive line coach in the Cowboys’ 52-17 win over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVII and served as defensive coordinator in the Cowboys’ 30-13 win over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVIII. As defensive line coach in 1992, Davis helped the Cowboys rank 1^st in the NFL in rushing (77.8 yards per game). Davis’ 1993 defensive squad helped the Cowboys capture their second consecutive Super Bowl, set a club record by allowing just 21 total touchdowns in 16 games and allowed one offensive touchdown or less in 12 of 16 games. He was also defensive coordinator during Barry Switzer’s first season as head coach and helped Dallas reach the NFC Championship Game where eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco denied their bid for a three-peat. Davis’ 1994 Cowboys’ defense ranked 1^st in the NFL in total defense (269.6 yards per game), 1^st in pass defense (172.0 yards per game), 3^rd in scoring defense (15.5 points per game), 10^th in rushing defense (97.6 yards per game) and had three Pro Bowl starters: defensive end Charles Haley, defensive tackle Leon Lett and defensive back Darren Woodson. The three defensive starters were the most for the Cowboys since 1983.

Davis accepted the head coaching position at Miami in 1995 and helped the Hurricanes earn a share of the Big East Conference Championship by winning seven straight games to close the season. Davis again led Miami to a share of the Big East title in 1996 and catapulted the Hurricanes to a top 20 ranking and their first bowl victory in five years with a 31-21 win over Virginia in the Carquest Bowl. He led Miami to a 46-23 win over N.C. State in the 1998 Micron PC Bowl and capped the 1999 season with a 28-13 victory over Georgia Tech in the Toyota Gator Bowl, the Hurricanes first New Year’s Day bowl game under Davis. Miami surpassed the national graduation rate for its football players every year under Davis while receiving recognition from the American Football Coaches Association for exceeding a 70% graduation rate among its football student athletes.

Davis spent five seasons as the defensive line coach for the University of Miami from 1984-88 and helped guide the Hurricanes to the 1987 National Championship. During his first stint at Miami, Davis coached a defensive line corps that sent 15 linemen to the NFL including All-Americans Bill Hawkins, Cortez Kennedy, Russell Maryland, Daniel Stubbs and the late Jerome Brown. Davis’ line was a key part of the Miami defense that finished second in the nation in both scoring defense (9.7 points per game) and total defense (242.0 yards per game) in 1988. The 1986 Hurricanes set a school record with 49 sacks, broke the mark with 50 in 1988, and held opposing rushers to fewer that 2.3 yards per carry in 1987 and 1988.

Davis entered the collegiate coaching ranks on the offensive side of the ball as an assistant on Jimmy Johnson’s Oklahoma State teams from 1979-83. At Oklahoma State, Davis coached receivers and tight ends while also serving as recruiting coordinator. Prior to joining Oklahoma State, Davis was head coach at Rogers High School in Tulsa, Okla., in 1978 after spending time as an assistant at two high schools in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas where he taught biology, anatomy and physiology. Davis played defensive end for Arkansas under Head Coach Frank Broyles and earned his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1974.