College football coach hospitalized after bicycle accident

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Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens was hospitalized Thursday after a bicycle accident in St. Augustine, Florida.

Teevens, 66, is an avid cyclist who was riding his bike when he was involved in a collision.

He has been in the hospital since the accident and his family is with him, according to the school. They are not currently accepting visitors “according to his wishes.”

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Dartmouth Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens walks with Dartmouth Big Green defensive end Niko Lalos (90) during the game between the Penn Quakers and the Dartmouth Big Green on October 4, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Teevens is the Big Green’s all-time winningest head coach. He owns a record of 117-101-2 and is 83-70-1 in the Ivy League throughout his career.

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Dartmouth is also his alma mater, having played three seasons for the Big Green as the team’s quarterback. He played 27 games for them from 1976 to 1978, throwing for a total of 1,808 yards and six touchdowns.

Teevens has bounced around college football before landing back at Dartmouth. He has been coaching for 32 years between the University of Maine, Tulane, Stanford and two separate seasons with Big Green.

Dartmouth Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens looks on during the game between the Penn Quakers and the Dartmouth Big Green on October 4, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dartmouth Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens looks on during the game between the Penn Quakers and the Dartmouth Big Green on October 4, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Teevens’ first spell with Dartmouth was from 1987 to 1991; His team was the co-winner of the 1990 Ivy League title and won it the following year outright.

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He would return to Hanover in 2005 and has been there ever since. Teevens has led the Big Green to three joint Ivy League title victories in 2015, 2019 and 2021.

Dartmouth Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens looks on during the game between the Penn Quakers and the Dartmouth Big Green on October 4, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dartmouth Big Green head coach Buddy Teevens looks on during the game between the Penn Quakers and the Dartmouth Big Green on October 4, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Teevens was named New England Coach of the Year in 1990, 2015 and 2019; he was also named Ivy League Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2021.

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