Sandy Buda

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]

Sandy Buda

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

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

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

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