00:00 We are very sad to announce that Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens has passed away.
00:04 For his last video, watch the video till end.
00:07 Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens has died from injuries sustained during a bicycle
00:12 accident in March, the Ivy League University announced on Tuesday.
00:16 He was 66.
00:17 "Our family is heartbroken to inform you that our beloved coach has peacefully passed
00:22 away surrounded by family," the Teevens family said in a statement released by Dartmouth
00:27 Tuesday.
00:28 "We are confident and take comfort in the fact that he passed away knowing how much
00:32 he was loved and admired."
00:34 On March 16, Teevens, an avid cyclist, was hospitalized with serious injuries after he
00:39 was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle in St. Augustine, Florida.
00:45 Teevens, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered spinal cord injuries and later had his right
00:50 leg amputated.
00:51 Unfortunately, the injuries he sustained proved too challenging for even him to overcome.
00:57 His family said Tuesday.
00:58 Interim head coach Sammy McCorkle informed the team of Teevens' death after practice
01:03 on Tuesday.
01:04 Despite the tragic news for Dartmouth and the entire football world, school president
01:09 Shian Leibaylock and athletic director Mike Harady said the football team will play against
01:14 Leahy on Saturday as Teevens would have wanted.
01:17 The university plans to hold a moment of silence ahead of Saturday's home game.
01:22 Teevens played quarterback at Dartmouth from 1975 to 1978, where he was named Ivy League
01:28 Player of the Year and led his team to an Ivy League title.
01:31 He served as Dartmouth's head coach from 1987 to 1991 and led the team to two more
01:37 Ivy League championships.
01:38 Rest in peace, buddy Teevens.
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