HANOVER — The Dartmouth College football program added another honor tied to its recent Ivy League champiopnship run when longtime coach Buddy Teevens was chosen the FCS Region I coach of the year for the second time in five years by the American Football Coaches Association.
The award comes on the heels of Teevens being named coach of the year by the Ivy League and the New England Football Writers Association. Teevens is also one of 15 finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, which goes to the top FCS coach in the country.
In his 20th season at his alma mater, Teevens guided Dartmouth to its league-record 19th Ivy championship with a 6-1 league mark and a 9-1 overall record. The final win of the season, a 29-23 come-from-behind victory at Brown last month, also gave Teevens his 105th win as Dartmouth coach, breaking the record held by Bob Blackman.
The Big Green finished 20th in the AFCA’s FCS coaches poll. Dartmouth is also currently among the top 10 in a number of statistical categories.
Over the last six seasons, Teevens has guided Dartmouth to a record of 47-13 overall and 30-12 in the Ancient Eight, both the top marks in the conference.