Greg Hudson

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Greg Hudson
Biographical details
Born (1967-02-04) February 4, 1967 (age 57)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Playing career
1986–1987 Notre Dame
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 Redlands (LB)
1993 Notre Dame (GA)
1994–1996 UConn (OL)
1997 Cincinnati (T]/OL)
1998 Cincinnati (RB)
1999-2000 Cincinnati (AHC/LB)
2001–2002 Minnesota (LB/RC)
2003–2004 Minnesota (DC/LB/RC)
2005–2009 East Carolina (DC/LB)
2010–2012 Florida State (AHC/LB)
2013–2015 Purdue (DC)
2016 Notre Dame (DC)

Gregory William Hudson (born February 4, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He is a former defensive coordinator for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. He has also served as a defensive assistant at Minnesota, Cincinnati, Connecticut, East Carolina, Purdue and the linebackers coach at Florida State.

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College career

Hudson played college football at Notre Dame, where he played linebacker. Hudson was also a catcher on the Fighting Irish baseball team. [1]

Coaching career

Hudson was named the defensive coordinator at Purdue University in January, 2013. [2] His salary was $395,000 annually. [3] In 2016, Hudson joined the University of Notre Dame football team as a defensive analyst. [4] On September 25, 2016, Hudson was named interim defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, following the firing of defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder. [5]

Statistics

Team defensive statistics where Hudson was defensive coordinator.

Total DefensePassing DefenseRushing DefenseRef
2004 Minnesota 80th110th48th [6]
2005 East Carolina 82nd18th114th [7]
2006 East Carolina 59th40th69th [8]
2007 East Carolina 96th113th53rd [9]
2008 East Carolina 63rd68th72nd [10]
2009 East Carolina 100th116th39th [11]
2013 Purdue 95th33rd116th [12]
2014 Purdue 83rd56th96th [13]
2015 Purdue 111th88th107th [14]
2016 Notre Dame 44th24th70th [15]

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