Buddy Green (American football)

Buddy Green
Playing career
Football
1972NC State
Baseball
1972–1974NC State
Position(s)Cornerback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1977Mt. Holly JHS (NC)
1978Cherryville (NC) (DC)
1979NC State (GA)
1980LSU (assistant)
1981Southern (DC/DB)
1982Northern Nash HS (NC)
1983–1984VMI (DB)
1985Auburn (assistant)
1986–1989NC State (DB)
1990–1993NC State (DC/DB)
1994–1999Chattanooga
2000–2001NC State (DC)
2002–2014Navy (DC/DB)
2015Navy (def. consultant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1982–1983Northern Nash HS (NC)
Head coaching record
Overall27–39 (college)

James "Buddy" Green is a former American football coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 1994 to 1999, compiling a record of 27–39. Green had two stints as the defensive coordinator at his alma mater, North Carolina State University, from 1990 to 1993 and 2000 to 2001, and a 13-year run as the defensive coordinator at the United States Naval Academy, from 2002 to 2014.

Green played football and baseball at NC State before graduating in 1976.[1]

  1. ^ Phillips, Steve (June 22, 1982). "Green Is Optimistic Despite Late Start". The Nashville Graphic. Nashville, North Carolina. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.