(Born September 6, 1932) One of the most popular and colorful figures in football, Darrell “Mouse” Davis keeps coming home to Oregon. Mouse may have not invented the Run and Shoot offense that is so closely associated with him. He just nurtured it into the mainstream of football strategy.

Like many future coaches before and after him, Davis played quarterback for the legendary Bill McArthur at Oregon College of Education, now known as Western Oregon University.

Mouse first showed his coaching chops in 15 seasons at Milwaukie, Sunset and Hillsboro high schools. The 1973 state champion Hillsboro Spartans re-wrote the record books and helped send Davis to his next adventure at Portland State.

The nation discovered Mouse Davis by watching the scoreboard. Unbelievable and outsized final scores flashed across the wires in the late 70’s and early 80’s. 75-0, 93-7 and the stranger-than –truth 105-0 shellacking of Delaware State at Civic Stadium.

The Run and Shoot also made stars of Viking quarterbacks. June Jones and Neil Lomax were the brightest of all. Jones set a single season record of 3,500 yards passing in 1975. Lomax re-set national career records with 13,000 yards passing and 106 touchdowns.

Those numbers would carry Mouse Davis to the pro coaching ranks, a championship in Canada and successful runs in the NFL, World League, USFL and Arena football.

Always quick to tell a story or help a former player, Davis returned to the coaching ranks as an assistant his former player June Jones at Hawaii and again at his beloved Portland State.

Now 80 years young, Mouse is now a Viking football broadcaster, avid golfer and proud to be a living legend of coaching.