The SEC announced on Thursday that Cutcliffe will be working for the conference as a special assistant to the commissioner for football relations.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement that David Cutcliffe has earned tremendous respect across the college football community and he adds to the SEC office a valuable depth of knowledge and expertise in the game.
He was the head coach at Duke for 14 years and twice was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coach of the Year. He won 77 games and made six bowl appearances before he left the university.
He will provide guidance to the SEC Commissioner's office for the purpose of enhancing the overall quality of football competition in the SEC in areas including game management, communications, playing rules, national policies and scheduling best practices.
Cutcliffe will communicate regularly with SEC head coaches on key issues.
From 1983 to 1998 he was an assistant at Tennessee and from 1998 to 2004 he was the head coach at Ole Miss.
The SEC Coach of the Year was named in 2003 after Cutcliffe led Ole Miss to the SEC West title.
He returned to Tennessee as an assistant coach and then became the head coach at Duke.
The SEC Office is led by Commissioner Sankey and his staff, and it is rewarding to be joining them. I look forward to working with the coaches and administrators across the league to continue to advance football in the SEC.
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