- ABC News
- March 24, 2022
Former coach David Cutcliffe is coming back to the SEC, but this time in an entirely different capacity, as he'll be working for the conference as special assistant to the commissioner for football relations, it was announced Thursday. "David Cutcliffe has earned tremendous respect across the college football community and he adds to the SEC office a valuable depth of knowledge and expertise in the game," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. Cutcliffe, 67, was most recently the head coach at Duke, where he twice was named ACC Coach of the Year over his 14 seasons. He won 77 games and made six bowl appearances before agreeing to part ways with the university in November. His new role will have him "provide guidance to the SEC Commissioner's office for the purpose of enhancing the overall quality of football competition in the SEC in areas including game management, communications, playing rules, national policies and scheduling best practices." Cutcliffe will...