Santo Buda (born c. 1945) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha from 1978 to 1989, compiling a record of 84–49, the Omaha Beef of the National Indoor Football League from 2000 to 2003 and the Omaha Mammoths of the Fall Experimental Football League during that team's lone season in 2014. Buda attended Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Kansas, before graduating in 1967.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1945 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1964–1966 | Kansas |
| Baseball | |
| 1965–1967 | Kansas |
| Position(s) | End, quarterback (football) First baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1967–1974 | Kansas (assistant) |
| 1975–1977 | Kansas State (DL) |
| 1978–1989 | Nebraska–Omaha |
| 2000–2003 | Omaha Beef |
| 2014 | Omaha Mammoths |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 84–49 |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NCC (1983–1984) | |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks (North Central Conference) (1978–1989) | |||||||||
| 1978 | Nebraska–Omaha | 8–3 | 4–1–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1979 | Nebraska–Omaha | 8–3 | 3–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1980 | Nebraska–Omaha | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1981 | Nebraska–Omaha | 5–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1982 | Nebraska–Omaha | 6–5 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1983 | Nebraska–Omaha | 9–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1984 | Nebraska–Omaha | 11–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 1985 | Nebraska–Omaha | 6–5 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1986 | Nebraska–Omaha | 5–6 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1987 | Nebraska–Omaha | 7–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1988 | Nebraska–Omaha | 6–5 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1989 | Nebraska–Omaha | 6–5 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
| Nebraska–Omaha: | 84–49 | 56–39–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 84–49 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
IPFL/NIFL
edit| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| OMA | 2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3rd in IPFL | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Mississippi Fire Dogs in Semifinal |
| OMA | 2001 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1st in IPFL | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Tennessee ThunderCats in 2001 IPFL Championship Game |
| OMA | 2002 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .643 | 2nd in Pacific Northern | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Bismarck Roughriders in Divisional Round |
| OMA | 2003 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st in Pacific Northern | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Utah Warriors in Pacific Conference Championship |
| Total | 44 | 19 | 0 | .698 | 1 | 4 | .200 | |||
FXFL
edit| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| OMA | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2nd in FXFL | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Buda named to UNO post". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. December 23, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved December 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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