David Cutcliffe arrived in Durham, NC as the head football coach of the Duke Blue Devils in 2008. The Blue Devils were coming off of the Ted Roof disaster which saw four wins in four seasons including an 0-12 campaign in 2006. Roof replaced Carl Franks who had consecutive 0-11 seasons during his tenure.
The Blue Devils have been playing football since the 1922 season. Duke actually started off hot, they finished their inaugural season 7-2-1 under head coach Herman Steiner. Steiner only lasted one season in Durham and honestly I can’t find much about him on the internet.