Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III (born October 1, 1956) is an

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coach and former player. He is the head football coach at

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, a position he held from 1987 to 1991 and resumed in 2005. Teevens also served as the head football coach at the

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(1985–1986),

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(1992–1996), and

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(2002–2004).

Early life

Born in

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, Teevens attended

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and

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. He attended college at Dartmouth, and played

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there from 1975 to 1978. He was the quarterback of the Big Green team that won the

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football title in 1978. He was an honorable mention

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that same year. Teevens also played

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while at Dartmouth; in Teevens' senior year, the hockey team finished third in the

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. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1979 with an

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in history. Teevens was also selected to be a member of the Sphinx Senior Society at Dartmouth.

Coaching career

Early positions

Teevens' first coaching job was as running backs coach at

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from 1979 to 1980. He was then

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from 1981 to 1984. From 1985 to 1986, he was the head coach at the

. He had an overall record of 13–9 there.

Dartmouth

Teevens' first stint with the Big Green, from 1987 to 1991, showed an upward trend. Beginning with a 2–8 record, Dartmouth then had successive years of 5–5 and 7–2–1. In 1990 and 1991, Dartmouth won the Ivy League championship.

Tulane

After his first head coaching job at Dartmouth, Teevens was the coach at

from 1992 to 1996. While he had an overall record of 11–45 in five years at Tulane, he recruited many of the players on the 1998 team that went 12-0.

Return to assistant coaching

Between 1997 and 1998, Teevens was the offensive coordinator and wide receiver coach at the

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for head coach Ron Turner. In 1999, Teevens was the running backs coach at the

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. The next year, he coached the passing game, wide receivers,

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s, and holders. He coached tight ends in 2001 along with being the assistant offensive coordinator. In his three years at Florida, he coached under

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Stanford

Teevens coached at

from 2002 to 2004. In his three years at the Farm, his teams posted a 10–23 record, beat

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twice and

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three times. However, Stanford failed to improve much during his tenure. Teevens went winless against rivals

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, and Notre Dame, and never posted a win against a team that finished the season with a winning record. Teevens was fired on November 29, 2004. The Associated Press noted that Teevens was "respected for his class and loyalty" and that he even appeared at the official announcement of his firing.

Return to Dartmouth

Teevens was re-hired as Dartmouth's head coach on January 5, 2005, and in the 2005 season, the Big Green posted a 2–8 record. The 2008 team went 0-10, the first winless season in Dartmouth history. As of the end of 2009, Teevens had an overall record of 35–63–2 as the head coach at Dartmouth. However, in the 2010 season, Dartmouth seemed to turn the corner under Teevens, posting a 6–4 record, its best record in 13 years. In the 2014 season the team was 6-1 in the Ivy League, losing only to Harvard, behind whom it finished in second place. Teevens has won five Ivy League titles with Dartmouth, second most in team history next to

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, who won seven with Dartmouth.

Personal life

Teevens and his wife, Kirsten, have two children: Lindsay, who graduated from the

in 2008, and Eugene IV, who attended

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Dartmouth profile
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