Actually Navy's defense has been pretty good until this year. After 2006, They lost most of their starters to graduation and had several killer injuries earlier this year. So I think this year may be an aberration The DC is Buddy Green, who is pretty well regarded (once served as DC at NC State
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Buddy Green is in his sixth season as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the Naval Academy.
Green is part of a staff that has brought the Midshipmen back into the national spotlight with a 35-15 (.700) record over the last four years and has helped lead Navy to a school-record four-straight bowl games and a school-record four-consecutive Commander-In-Chief's Trophies. The 35 wins are the second most in school history over a four year span.
Green's defense was stout last fall, giving up just 116.7 yards per game (38th in the country) on the ground and more importantly, 20.1 points per game (41st in the country). One of Green's pupils, Keenan Little, became the first player in Navy history to score a defensive touchdown in both Service Academy games in the same year.
In 2005, Green did a remarkable job with a defense that returned just three starters from the year before as the Mids ranked 62nd in total defense (377.3) and scoring defense (26.1) as the Mids appeared in a third-straight bowl game, won a second-straight bowl game and won a third-straight Commander-In-Chief's Trophy.
In 2004, Green's efforts helped Navy finish 26th in the country in scoring defense (19.83), win a school-record tying 10 games (the most wins since 1905), go to back-to-back bowl games, win the Emerald Bowl and win the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy.
Two of Green's pupils received postseason accolades as Josh Smith was named All-East and cornerback Vaughan Kelley was named to the Sports Illustrated All-Bowl Team.
Green was a nominee for the Frank Broyles Award, which is given to the national assistant coach of the year.
In 2003, Green's defense finished 14th in the nation in pass defense (61st the year before), 42nd in pass efficiency defense (116th the year before), 34th in total defense (100th the year before) and 34th in scoring defense (108th the year before) as he helped lead Navy to eight wins, the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy and a berth in the Houston Bowl. In Green's first season as Navy's defensive coordinator, the Mids were devastated by injuries at nearly every position. Green, however, kept the unit together and the Mids played their best at the end of the year and held Army to just 12 points in the season finale.
Green is a 1976 graduate of N.C. State where he earned his B.A. in speech communication. A two-sport athlete for the Wolfpack, he played football and baseball. He played on two ACC Championship teams in baseball and was a member of Lou Holtz's 1972 Peach Bowl squad.
Green, who had coached high school football in North Carolina from 1976-78, earned his first collegiate coaching job in 1979 as a graduate assistant at N.C. State, a year the Wolfpack won the ACC Championship.
The following year, Green moved on to a coaching post at LSU for one season. In 1981, he earned his first coordinator job, serving as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Southern University from 1981-82. He took his first head coaching job at Northern Nash High School in North Carolina for one season where he was also the Director of Athletics. Green got back into the college ranks at VMI as the secondary coach in 1983 and moved on to Auburn where he helped lead the Tigers to the 1985 Cotton Bowl.
He returned to his alma mater in 1986 where he was the secondary coach for eight years and he defensive coordinator for four of those seasons (1990-93). While at N.C. State, he helped lead the Pack to six bowl games.
Green left N.C. State in 1994 to become the head coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga, where he coached for six seasons and was also the Director of Athletics for two years. In 1997, Green led his Chattanooga squad to a I-AA national ranking and its first winning record in six years. He also helped develop one of the top wide receivers in the NFL, Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys.
Green returned to Raleigh in 2000 and took over one of the worst defenses in the ACC. By the time he left, they were ranked in the Top 25 in scoring defense and were at or near the top in every defensive category.
Green and his wife, Sharon, have two children, Todd (28) and Courtney (25).
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:57 pm