Sandy Buda

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Sandy Buda
Biographical details
Bornc. 1945
Playing career
Football
1964–1966Kansas
Baseball
1965–1967Kansas
Position(s)End, quarterback (football)
First baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1967–1974Kansas (assistant)
1975–1977Kansas State (DL)
1978–1989Nebraska–Omaha
2014Omaha Mammoths
Head coaching record
Overall84–49
Tournaments1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCC (1983–1984)

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, 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]

Head coaching record[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Buda named to UNO post". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. December 23, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved December 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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