MIAMI (Jan. 16, 2018) – FIU head football coach Butch Davis has promoted graduate assistant coach Drew Davis to the Panthers' 10^th assistant coach position. Davis will coach tight ends for the Panthers. James Vollono, who coached tight ends and special teams last season, will focus exclusively on special teams.
 
"He knows just as much as anyone about the culture and environment of the programs that I've created," Butch Davis said. "He's been a part of and has seen the evaluation and the players that I have recruited or drafted. He has an unbelievable passion for the sport. He has great communication and people skills."
 
Davis worked with the offense at FIU in 2017, where he worked with all position groups and learned under offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky. Skrosky's 2017 FIU offense posted some of the best numbers in program history. FIU led the nation in red zone offense converting on 98 percent of its chances, which included going 40-of-41 in red zone opportunities. The Panthers posted the second-most total points (333), total offense yards (5,100), rushing touchdowns (20) and rushing yards (2,069) in school history while averaging 392.3 yards per game which also was the second-best mark in school history. The Panthers passed for the most yards in a single-season (3,031) which led to a school-best 63.6 completion percentage and 138.7 pass efficiency.
 
Davis has always been around some of the top college programs in the country including his early years around his father's teams at Miami (Fla.) and North Carolina. He came to FIU after serving as a backup quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels from 2014-16. He originally committed to play for his dad's former team at North Carolina back in 2012.
 
Davis was part of two Ole Miss teams that played in New Year's Six Bowls. The 2014 Rebels defeated No. 1 Alabama on their way to a 9-4 finish and an appearance in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl. The 2015 Rebels followed that season with another win against then No. 2 Alabama on their way to a 10-3 finish and win over Oklahoma State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Prior to his college career, Davis started at quarterback for three seasons at East Chapel Hill (N.C.) and finished as the most prolific passer in school history. He threw for more than 3,500 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior, set a North Carolina state record with 43 completions in a game vs. Carrboro and finished second in state history with 323 completions in 2011. He earned all-conference honors in football as a junior and senior.

"He's been highly active in helping recruit. He's been a part of two big time programs at Ole Miss and North Carolina where he was right in the inner circle of some of the most successful seasons at those places as well as around the Miami (Fla.) and NFL programs," Butch Davis said. "He's been a part of two recruiting classes here at FIU. After interviewing several people, I really felt like he would be a huge asset to the program."