Butch Davis to FIU: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

The Florida International Golden Panthers are expected to hire Butch Davis as their next head football coach, according to ESPN.com.

Davis has spent the last three years working as an analyst for ESPN. Prior to that, he had successful stints as a head coach for the Miami Hurricanes and North Carolina Tar Heels, accumulating a 79-43 overall record.

He was the Big East Coach of the Year in 2000.

After a 0-4 start to the 2016 campaign, Florida International fired Ron Turner, who had a 10-30 record in four seasons. Ron Cooper has been the team's interim head coach since September.

Davis is perhaps best known for rebuilding Miami's program in the 1990s. While the 64-year-old never won a national championship, he led the squad to four bowl wins and an 11-1 record in 2000. The team he recruited then went on to win the national title under Larry Coker in 2001.

He also spent four seasons with the Cleveland Browns, accumulating a 24-35 record before being fired in 2004. He helped the team reach the playoffs in 2002, which remains the franchise's most recent postseason appearance.

Davis returned to the college ranks in 2007 and had three eight-win seasons at North Carolina, but his time was mired by scandal.

The Tar Heels fired him in 2011 amid an NCAA investigation into improper benefits for players and academic misconduct.

The NCAA vacated 16 wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

After a few years in the studio, Davis will return to the sideline while hoping to lead FIU to its first winning season since 2011.