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Prior to becoming principal owner of the Raiders, he served as the team's head coach from 1963 to 1965 and part owner from 1966 to 1971, assuming both positions while the Raiders were part of the American Football League (AFL). He served as AFL commissioner in 1966.
Jul 18, 2023 · After graduating from Syracuse in 1950, Davis got his first coaching position line coach at Adelphi College in Garden City, N.Y., before he was drafted into the U.S. Army and became head...
Aug 27, 2019 · His father, John, was a 32-year-old linebackers coach when Davis offered him the Raiders' top job, in 1969. No matter that John Madden had never been a head coach at anything above a junior...
May 16, 2018 · In first season in Oakland, team went 10-4 in 1963 with Davis being named Coach of the Year by AP, UPI, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News and his fellow coaches...
Oct 8, 2011 · Until the decline of the Raiders into perennial losers in the first decade of the 21st century, Davis was a winner, the man who as a coach, then owner-general manager-de facto coach,...
In 1963, at the age of 33, he became the head coach and general manager of the Raiders, a team that had a miserable 9-33-0 record in its first three years. Davis led the 1963 Raiders to a 10-4 record and won unanimous AFL Coach of the Year acclaim.
Jul 5, 2020 · In 1989, Davis hired Shell as the head coach for the Raiders, making Shell the first black NFL coach in the modern era. Davis did not see color nor cared to see color.
