Eugene Francis "Buddy" Teevens III (October 1, 1956 – September 19, 2023) was an American college football player and coach.

During his coaching career, Teevens was known for his support and efforts towards making the sport safer.

[1] He attended college at Dartmouth where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and played quarterback there from 1975 to 1978.

He was the quarterback of the Big Green team that won the Ivy League football title in 1978.

[2] The next year, he coached the passing game, wide receivers, tight ends, placekickers, long snappers, and holders.

[2] In his three years with the Cardinal, his teams posted a 10–23 record,[2] beat BYU twice and San Jose State three times.

[5] The Associated Press wrote that Teevens was "respected for his class and loyalty" and that he even appeared at the official announcement of his firing.

[6] Teevens was re-hired as Dartmouth's head coach on January 5, 2005,[7] and in the 2005 season, the Big Green posted a 2–8 record.

[citation needed] Teevens was known nationally for his support and efforts towards making the sport safer, having worked to reduce full-contact practices by emphasizing technique, eventually leading to Dartmouth's engineering school developing the "Mobile Virtual Player" (MVP), a robotic tackling dummy eventually becoming used by other colleges and NFL teams.

[11] On March 16, 2023, Teevens was hit by a Ford F-150 truck in St. Augustine, Florida, while riding his bicycle.