Buddy Teevens
Buddy Teevens went 150–179–2 on the field as a head coach, 1985–2022, at Maine, Dartmouth, Tulane and Stanford; 151–178–2 officially, with 1993 (4–8) after forfeits. Share
24 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1985–86 at Maine; 1987–91, 2005–19, 2021–22 at Dartmouth. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 151–178–2 official; 150–179–2 on the field
- Seasons
- 32
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2003 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Maine * | 6–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1986 | Maine * | 7–4 | T–5th | |||
| 1987 | Dartmouth * | 2–8 | 7th | |||
| 1988 | Dartmouth * | 5–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1989 | Dartmouth * | 5–5 | 4th | |||
| 1990 | Dartmouth * | 7–2–1 | 1st | |||
| 1991 | Dartmouth * | 7–2–1 | 1st | |||
| 1992 | Tulane | 2–9 | ||||
| 1993 | Tulane | 3–9 (4–8 official) | ||||
| 1994 | Tulane | 1–10 | ||||
| 1995 | Tulane | 2–9 | ||||
| 1996 | Tulane | 2–9 | 6th | |||
| 1997–01: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2002 | Stanford | 2–9 | T–9th | |||
| 2003 | Stanford | 4–7 | T–8th | |||
| 2004 | Stanford | 4–7 | T–8th | |||
| 2005 | Dartmouth * | 2–8 | 7th | |||
| 2006 | Dartmouth * | 2–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2007 | Dartmouth * | 3–7 | T–4th | |||
| 2008 | Dartmouth * | 0–10 | 8th | |||
| 2009 | Dartmouth * | 2–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2010 | Dartmouth * | 6–4 | 5th | |||
| 2011 | Dartmouth * | 5–5 | T–2nd | |||
| 2012 | Dartmouth * | 6–4 | T–3rd | |||
| 2013 | Dartmouth * | 6–4 | 3rd | |||
| 2014 | Dartmouth * | 8–2 | 2nd | |||
| 2015 | Dartmouth * | 9–1 | T–1st | |||
| 2016 | Dartmouth * | 4–6 | 8th | |||
| 2017 | Dartmouth * | 8–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 2018 | Dartmouth * | 9–1 | 2nd | |||
| 2019 | Dartmouth * | 9–1 | T–1st | |||
| 2020: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2021 | Dartmouth * | 9–1 | T–1st | |||
| 2022 | Dartmouth * | 3–7 | T–6th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
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Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 20 | 0–20 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 30 | 5–25 | 17% |
| Conference games | 29 | 6–23 | 21% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 28 | 8–20 | 29% |
| At home | 43 | 13–30 | 30% |
| On the road | 46 | 7–39 | 15% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 16 | 10–6 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 73 | 10–63 | 14% |
His own 89 games on file, 1992–2004, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bower 1992–1996 | 1–4 | Southern Miss | 5 | |
| Pat Sullivan 1993–1996 | 1–3 | TCU | 4 | |
| Fitz Hill 2002–2004 | 3–0 | San José State | 3 | |
| Ken Hatfield 1994–1996 | 2–1 | Rice | 3 | |
| George Chaump 1992–1994 | 1–2 | Navy | 3 | |
| Dirk Koetter 2002–2004 | 1–2 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Curley Hallman 1992–1994 | 0–3 | LSU | 3 | |
| Gene Stallings 1992–1994 | 0–3 | Alabama | 3 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2002–2004 | 0–3 | California | 3 | |
| Mike Bellotti 2002–2004 | 0–3 | Oregon | 3 |
Buddy Teevens’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Navyseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Southern Missseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Riceseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| TCUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| LSUseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Memphisseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| San José Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Dartmouth 1978
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | DePauw | Running backs coach | |
| 1981–84 | Boston University | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1985–86 | Maine | Head coach | |
| 1987–91 | Dartmouth | Head coach | |
| 1992–96 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 1997–98 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 1999 | Florida | Running backs coach | |
| 2000 | Florida | Quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends and special teams coach | |
| 2001 | Florida | Assistant offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2002–04 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 2005–22 | Dartmouth | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jerry BerndtDePauw
- Ron TurnerIllinois
- Steve SpurrierFlorida
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tim MurphyCincinnati, Maine, Harvard
- John LyonsDartmouth
- Kevin KellyGeorgetown, New England (NH)
- Bob PruettMarshall
- Jay HopsonSouthern Miss, Alcorn State
- Frank ScelfoSE Louisiana
- Mike Sanford Sr.UNLV, Indiana State
- Tom WilliamsYale
- Bill CubitWestern Michigan, Illinois, Widener
- Nathaniel HackettDenver Broncos
- Chris WilkersonChicago, Eastern Illinois
- KiJuan WareAugsburg
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Berndt | DePauw | 1979–80 | Running backs coach | |
| Ron Turner | Illinois | 1997–98 | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Steve Spurrier | Florida | 1999–2001 | 1999: running backs coach; 2000: quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends and special teams coach; 2001: assistant offensive coordinator and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (12)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murphy | Maine, 1985–86: offensive coordinator | Cincinnati, Maine, Harvard | |
| John Lyons | Dartmouth, 1988–91: defensive coordinator | Dartmouth | |
| Kevin Kelly | Dartmouth, 1991: running backs and linebackers coach; Tulane, 1992–94: linebackers coach | Georgetown, New England (NH) | |
| Bob Pruett | Tulane, 1992–93: defensive coordinator | Marshall | |
| Jay Hopson | Tulane, 1992: graduate assistant | Southern Miss, Alcorn State | |
| Frank Scelfo | Tulane, 1996: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | SE Louisiana | |
| Mike Sanford Sr. | Stanford, 2002: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UNLV, Indiana State | |
| Tom Williams | Stanford, 2002–03: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2004: associate head coach | Yale | |
| Bill Cubit | Stanford, 2003–04: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Western Michigan, Illinois, Widener | |
| Nathaniel Hackett | Stanford, 2003: offensive assistant; 2004: offensive and defensive assistant to the coordinators | Denver Broncos | |
| Chris Wilkerson | Dartmouth, 2005–12: associate head coach | Chicago, Eastern Illinois | |
| KiJuan Ware | Dartmouth, 2005: defensive backs and wide receivers coach | Augsburg |
Other assistants under him (12)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| John Lovett | Maine, 1985–86: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| John Shoop | Dartmouth, 1991: quarterbacks coach | |
| Brud Bicknell | Tulane, 1992–93: offensive coordinator | |
| Buddy Geis | Tulane, 1994: offensive coordinator | |
| Dick Hopkins | Tulane, 1994–96: defensive backs coach | |
| Vic Eumont | Tulane, 1994–96: defensive coordinator | |
| Frank Monica | Tulane, 1995–96: offensive coordinator | |
| Mark Banker | Stanford, 2002: assistant head coach | |
| A. J. Christoff | Stanford, 2003–04: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| George McDonald | Stanford, 2004: tight ends coach | |
| Cortez Hankton | Dartmouth, 2012–14: wide receivers coach | |
| Kevin Daft | Dartmouth, 2017–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Teevens’s teams went for it on 15% of fourth downs and on 37% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 55% of plays and took 20.7 seconds a play, in 2004.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 16 of 104 15% | 37% | 55% | 20.7 | −0.19 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.