TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired former North Carolina head coach Butch Davis as a "special assistant" to new head coach Greg Schiano.
The team announced the hire Monday, saying Davis would "advise Schiano in a wide range of football aspects." In a statement, Schiano called Davis a friend and mentor going back to the time when Schiano worked on Davis' staff at Miami.
Davis was fired from UNC just before training camp last season amid the NCAA investigation of improper benefits and academic misconduct within the Tar Heels football program.
Davis previously had been an assistant to Jimmy Johnson with the Dallas Cowboys and was head coach of the Cleveland Browns. He took over at North Carolina before the 2007 season.
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