Dave Clawson
Encyclopedia
Dave Clawson is the head coach
of the Bowling Green
Falcons
college football team
. Before joining Bowling Green, Clawson was the short-lived offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers
and was the coach at Fordham University and the University of Richmond
where he won two Div I-FCS coach of the year awards. His career record as a head college football coach is 65 wins and 55 losses.
s and running backs
coach at the University of Albany
in 1989. He was an assistant at Albany again in 1990, this time coaching the defensive secondary. He later went on to coach as an assistant at the University at Buffalo, Lehigh University
, and Villanova
.
. His record as a head coach at Fordham was 29-29.
. He served as coach from the 2004 season until the end of the 2007 season, and was the 32nd football coach at the school. His career coaching record at Richmond was 29-20. This ranks him seventh at Richmond in total wins and fifth at Richmond in winning percentage.
At Richmond, he was awarded Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Coach of the Year twice. Clawson is credited with re-energizing the Richmond program. After going 3-8 in 2004, the Spiders went 9-4 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference and made the playoffs the following year. In 2007, Richmond won their conference again, going 11-3 before eventually losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Appalachian State.
for the University of Tennessee Volunteers football
team by head coach
Phillip Fulmer
. He replaced David Cutcliffe
, who moved to Duke University
as head coach. Clawson's stay in Knoxville was short and disappointing. Fulmer was forced to resign as head coach with 3 games left in the 2008 season. Incoming head coach Lane Kiffin relieved Clawson of his duties on December 1, 2008. With Clawson as their offensive coordinator, Tennessee suffered its worst statistical offensive season in over 30 years.
, who after six seasons was let go after a disappointing 6-6 season (including a 1-4 home record) in 2008
, a season in which the Falcons were a preseason favorite to win their division.
Clawson's era at BGSU started off proving he would be a disciplinarian as he dismissed senior defensive lineman Michael Ream for an undisclosed violation of team rules just months into his tenure. His first game as coach of Bowling Green came on Sept. 3, with a win at home against Sun Belt
opponent Troy
.
He coached his first bowl in the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl on Dec. 30 in Boise, Idaho. After scoring to make the lead 42-35 over the Vandals, the Vandals took over with 00:33 seconds left in the game. Idaho
then connected on a long pass down inside the 20 and scored on a questionable touchdown call to make it 42-41 with 00:04 left. The Vandals went for a gutsy two-point conversion and were successful, sealing a 43-42 and ruining Clawson's first bid at a bowl game.
In January 2010, rumors began to circulate that East Carolina University
was interested in Clawson for their vacant head coaching position, following former ECU coach Skip Holtz
' move to South Florida. The rumors intensified following Middle Tennessee State's
head coach Rick Stockstill
turning down the East Carolina job. However, as of January 20, 2010, Bowling Green has stated that neither athletic director Greg Christopher or Clawson himself have been contacted by East Carolina officials.
whom he coached under at Lehigh University
and numerous NFL teams including the New York Jets
, New York Giants
and others.
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
of the Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...
Falcons
Bowling Green Falcons
The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Bowling Green State University, located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons participate in NCAA Division I in the Mid-American Conference and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. BGSU is one of only 13 universities in the...
college football team
Bowling Green Falcons football
The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the interscholastic football team at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Falcons have won ten conference championships....
. Before joining Bowling Green, Clawson was the short-lived offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
and was the coach at Fordham University and the University of Richmond
Richmond Spiders football
The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season. Richmond currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAA's Division I...
where he won two Div I-FCS coach of the year awards. His career record as a head college football coach is 65 wins and 55 losses.
Assistant Coaching
Clawson got his start in the coaching business as the quarterbackQuarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
s and running backs
Running back
A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
coach at the University of Albany
Albany Great Danes
The Albany Great Danes are the intercollegiate athletic programs of the University at Albany, SUNY. The University's intercollegiate athletics date back to the late 1890s, but its development was hampered for several decades by inadequate facilities, uncertain financial support, and the relatively...
in 1989. He was an assistant at Albany again in 1990, this time coaching the defensive secondary. He later went on to coach as an assistant at the University at Buffalo, Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
, and Villanova
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
.
Fordham University
Clawson got his first head coaching position at Fordham UniversityFordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
. His record as a head coach at Fordham was 29-29.
University of Richmond
After Fordham, Clawson became the head coach for the University of Richmond SpidersRichmond Spiders football
The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season. Richmond currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAA's Division I...
. He served as coach from the 2004 season until the end of the 2007 season, and was the 32nd football coach at the school. His career coaching record at Richmond was 29-20. This ranks him seventh at Richmond in total wins and fifth at Richmond in winning percentage.
At Richmond, he was awarded Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) Coach of the Year twice. Clawson is credited with re-energizing the Richmond program. After going 3-8 in 2004, the Spiders went 9-4 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference and made the playoffs the following year. In 2007, Richmond won their conference again, going 11-3 before eventually losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Appalachian State.
University of Tennessee
On January 11, 2008, it was announced that Dave Clawson had been hired as the new offensive coordinatorOffensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
for the University of Tennessee Volunteers football
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
team by head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer is a TV college football analyst and the former head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, who compiled a 152–52 record from 1992–2008 as head coach, but was fired during a 5–7 season in 2008...
. He replaced David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe is the head football coach of the Duke University Blue Devils. He is best known for coaching Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning at the University of Tennessee, and Manning's younger brother and fellow Super Bowl Champion Eli at the University of Mississippi...
, who moved to Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
as head coach. Clawson's stay in Knoxville was short and disappointing. Fulmer was forced to resign as head coach with 3 games left in the 2008 season. Incoming head coach Lane Kiffin relieved Clawson of his duties on December 1, 2008. With Clawson as their offensive coordinator, Tennessee suffered its worst statistical offensive season in over 30 years.
Bowling Green State University
Clawson was hired on as the head football coach at Bowling Green State University on December 12, 2008, just 12 days after being let go by Tennessee. Clawson replaced Gregg BrandonGregg Brandon
Gregg Brandon is the current offensive coordinator of the University of Wyoming Cowboys. Brandon recently coached tight ends in the UFL for the Las Vegas Locomotives...
, who after six seasons was let go after a disappointing 6-6 season (including a 1-4 home record) in 2008
2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 2008 Bowling Green Falcons football team represents Bowling Green State University, which will celebrate its 90th season of collegiate football in the 2008 season. The team's head football coach is Gregg Brandon...
, a season in which the Falcons were a preseason favorite to win their division.
Clawson's era at BGSU started off proving he would be a disciplinarian as he dismissed senior defensive lineman Michael Ream for an undisclosed violation of team rules just months into his tenure. His first game as coach of Bowling Green came on Sept. 3, with a win at home against Sun Belt
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
opponent Troy
Troy Trojans
The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882. Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds , Haymakers' Grounds , and Troy Ball Clubs Grounds , all in the upstate New York city of Troy. Overall, the franchise won 131 games and lost...
.
He coached his first bowl in the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl on Dec. 30 in Boise, Idaho. After scoring to make the lead 42-35 over the Vandals, the Vandals took over with 00:33 seconds left in the game. Idaho
Idaho Vandals
The Idaho Vandals are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Idaho. They participate in NCAA Division I - FBS in the Western Athletic Conference ....
then connected on a long pass down inside the 20 and scored on a questionable touchdown call to make it 42-41 with 00:04 left. The Vandals went for a gutsy two-point conversion and were successful, sealing a 43-42 and ruining Clawson's first bid at a bowl game.
In January 2010, rumors began to circulate that East Carolina University
East Carolina Pirates football
The East Carolina Pirates is a college football team that represents East Carolina University . The team is currently a member of the Conference USA, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .The Pirates have won seven conference championships and...
was interested in Clawson for their vacant head coaching position, following former ECU coach Skip Holtz
Skip Holtz
Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz, Jr. is the head coach of the University of South Florida football team. For the previous five years, he served as the head coach of the East Carolina University football team...
' move to South Florida. The rumors intensified following Middle Tennessee State's
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represents Middle Tennessee State University in NCAA Division I FBS football competition. The Blue Raiders, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, play their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.Rick Stockstill has...
head coach Rick Stockstill
Rick Stockstill
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turning down the East Carolina job. However, as of January 20, 2010, Bowling Green has stated that neither athletic director Greg Christopher or Clawson himself have been contacted by East Carolina officials.
Offensive Philosophy
Clawson describes his coaching style as one that utilizes the available talent to maximize success. His philosophy focuses on getting individual playmakers more touches rather than sticking to a rigidly-defined system. His offenses have displayed components of the Pro-Style, Spread and Power Running attacks. His influences included Hank SmallHank Small
Hank Small is the director of athletics for Charleston Southern University, an NCAA Division I school in Charleston, South Carolina. He assumed his current post in the summer of 2001....
whom he coached under at Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
and numerous NFL teams including the New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and others.