12-06-2017, 07:44 PM
(12-06-2017, 07:16 PM)terry link Wrote:For some reason, it occurred to me today to check on Buddy Teevens. It turns out that he is having pretty good success at Dartmouth.
Teevens returned to Dartmouth right after Stanford fired him. He has been there ever since (13 seasons, 2005-17).
Teevens' first five seasons back at Dartmouth were very rough, with a terrible record of 9-41 during that time.
But Dartmouth stuck with Teevens, and his teams improved. In the last eight seasons, Dartmouth has gone 52-28, with just one losing season. In the last four seasons, Dartmouth has gone 9-1 once (winning the Ivy League title) and 8-2 twice.
Including Teevens' earlier stint at Dartmouth (1987-91), he has now coached Dartmouth for 18 seasons, longer than any other Dartmouth coach.
FWIW.
2005 2 8
2006 2 8
2007 3 7
2008 0 10
2009 2 8
2010 6 4
2011 5 5
2012Â Â 6 4
2013Â 6 4
2014Â Â 8 2
2015Â Â 9 1
2016Â 4 6
2017Â 8 2
This is Teevens' second go-round at Dartmouth. His first coaching career there was a microcosm of the last 13 years. He started 2-8, went 5-5 twice, then won the Ivy League twice with twin 9-1 seasons, at which point he decided to go to Tulane for six miserable seasons, then carried Spurrier's clipboard until he landed at Stanford.
I suspect that his being Dartmouth's quarterback from 1975 - 1978 also gave them a little patience with him. Perhaps he's their Todd Husak.Â
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