Sandy Buda Explained

Sandy Buda
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1964–1966
Player Team2:Kansas
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1965–1967
Player Team4:Kansas
Player Positions:End, quarterback (football)
First baseman (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1967–1974
Coach Team2:Kansas (assistant)
Coach Years3:1975–1977
Coach Team3:Kansas State (DL)
Coach Years4:1978–1989
Coach Team4:Nebraska–Omaha
Coach Years5:2000–2003
Coach Team5:Omaha Beef
Coach Years6:2014
Coach Team6:Omaha Mammoths
Overall Record:84–49
Tournament Record:1–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Championships:2 NCC (1983–1984)

Santo Buda (born) 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]

Head coaching record

IPFL/NIFL

Team Year Regular season Postseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWon Lost Win % Result
OMA20008803rd in IPFL0 1 .000 Lost to Mississippi Fire Dogs in Semifinal
OMA200115101st in IPFL 0 1 .000 Lost to Tennessee ThunderCats in 2001 IPFL Championship Game
OMA20029602nd in Pacific Northern 0 1 .000 Lost to Bismarck Roughriders in Divisional Round
OMA200312401st in Pacific Northern 1 1 .500Lost to Utah Warriors in Pacific Conference Championship
Total441901 4

FXFL

Team Year Regular season Postseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWon Lost Win % Result
OMA20143102nd in FXFL
Total3100 0 .000

Notes and References

  1. News: . Buda named to UNO post . . . December 23, 1977 . 9 . December 30, 2018 . .