A former assistant coach at Texas, Alabama and in the NFL who has been a part of three national championship teams, Bo Davis was named defensive line coach for the Longhorns on January 22, 2021. Davis previously coached in Austin from 2011-13 as the defensive tackles coach under head coach Mack Brown, but returns after spending two years at Alabama (2014-15), one year with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2016), one year at UTSA (2017) and the last three with the Detroit Lions (2018-20). During his three seasons in Detroit, Davis guided a defensive line that helped the Lions rank in the top half of the NFL in sacks and rushing yards allowed per carry in each of those years. It was his third time as a staff member in the league after serving as a defensive intern with the Jaguars, and as an assistant defensive line coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Miami Dolphins in 2006. A native of Magee, Miss., Davis graduated from LSU in 1993 and then served as a graduate assistant with the LSU strength and conditioning program from 1995-1997. Davis and his wife, Omeika, have two sons, Beau and Jackson, and a daughter, Juliana.