Updated: November 16, 2011, 5:36 PM ET
Former Notre Dame coach Bob Davie will be introduced Thursday as New Mexico's coach.
School vice president of athletics Paul Krebs announced the appointment Wednesday. Davie, who is a college football analyst for ESPN, will become the school's 31st coach.
He replaces Mike Locksley, who was fired in late September after going 2-26 in two-plus seasons.
Davie was head coach at Notre Dame from 1997 to 2001 and defensive coordinator with the Fighting Irish from 1994 to 1996.
Davie also has been defensive coordinator at Texas A&M and Tulane.
He was fired in 2001 with a 35-25 record, at the time the third-worst winning percentage for the Irish, though he also led them to three bowl games, including the 2001 Fiesta Bowl.
Although his teams did well academically, the Irish, under Davie, were placed on NCAA probation for the first time as the result of a relationship between Irish players and a booster that started under then-coach (and current ESPN college football analyst) Lou Holtz and continued under Davie.
They also produced no first-team All-Americans and only one first-round draft pick, Luke Petitgout.
New Mexico officials declined to comment further on Davie's hiring.
The Lobos (1-9) got their first win of the season, and just the third win in as many years, last week by beating UNLV 21-14. They have two games remaining.
Joe Schad covers college football for ESPN. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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