Butch Davis hired at FIU

Butch Davis wanted to return to Miami last year, when the Hurricanes needed a new football coach.

Florida International is bringing him back instead.

Davis was hired Monday as the new coach at FIU, agreeing to a five-year contract. FIU executive director of sports and entertainment Pete Garcia said Davis will be introduced Tuesday afternoon.

Davis spent six seasons as Miami’s coach from 1995 through 2000, leaving for the Cleveland Browns — and stepping away from a Hurricanes team that dominated its way to the 2001 national championship under Larry Coker.

Davis also coached for four seasons at North Carolina, getting fired just before the team opened practice for the 2011 season while the school dealt with allegations of improper benefits and academic misconduct. Davis was not implicated in that NCAA probe.

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Washington State receiver River Cracraft suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Cougars’ victory over California last Saturday, according to published reports.

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Authorities in central Pennsylvania have charged 13 people in connection with disturbances following Penn State’s upset win over then-No. 2 Ohio State on Oct. 22.