PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 21, 2019) – Rutgers head football coach Chris Ash has announced that Andy Buh will join the staff as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Buh will enter his ninth season as a defensive coordinator and 22nd as an assistant coach
“We are excited to add Andy to the Rutgers football family,” said Ash. “He is an outstanding linebackers coach and has extensive experience in the Big Ten. Andy and I share a defensive philosophy and he is very familiar with the scheme we run, which will benefit the continued development of our defense.”
Buh (pronounced same as “boo”) spent the previous three seasons as the Maryland defensive coordinator where he guided a 2018 defensive unit that ranked fifth in the Big Ten in takeaways (23), sixth in passing yards allowed (206.5). The defense was second in the conference and fifth nationally with 18 interceptions. He also helped tutor three All-Big Ten selections on defense in 2018.
Ash and Buh were on the same staff at Wisconsin in 2012 where he coached linebackers under a defensive group led by Ash as defensive coordinator.
Buh helped guide a Maryland defense that ended 2016 tied for third in the Big Ten with 37 sacks. The Terps finished strong, compiling 15 sacks during the final three games of the season. Buh's defense allowed just one 300-yard passer during his first season. Maryland allowed only 212.3 passing yards/game in 2016, marking just the second time from 2008-2016 that a Terps team achieved the feat.
In 2017, Buh's defense intercepted 10 passes - the most for a Terps team since 2013. Four Terps earned All-Big Ten honorable mention status following the season.
Buh, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at Stanford, Nevada and California, joined Maryland from the University of Kentucky, where he served as the outside linebackers coach in 2015 and was promoted to also serve as special teams coordinator. His teams made four consecutive bowl appearances from 2009-12 and he has helped numerous players to the National Football League.
In his season at Kentucky, Buh led a Wildcats defense that allowed just 198.1 yards per game through the air, ranking fifth in the SEC and top-30 nationally in passing defense. Kentucky was stout in the red zone during Buh’s tenure, ranking fourth in the conference and 14th nationally. The Wildcats also forced nine fumbles in 2015, ranking fourth in the SEC.
Buh was the linebackers coach at Wisconsin in 2012 and the UW defense ranked in the nation's top 25 in several statistical categories. The Badgers were 15th in the nation in total defense (322.6 yards per game), 17th in scoring defense (19.1 points per game), 22nd in pass efficiency defense and 24th in rushing defense.
Prior to Wisconsin, Buh was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Nevada in 2010-11. In his first season, Buh helped lead Nevada to a 13-1 record, tying for the Western Athletic Conference championship and defeating Boston College in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Nevada ranked 31st in the nation in scoring defense (21.4 ppg) and 18th nationally in rushing defense at 120.3 yards per game. The Wolf Pack rated 24th nationally in sacks with 35, 2.5 per game. Defensive end Dontay Moch had 22 tackles-for-loss, leading the WAC and rating 10th nationally with 1.57 TFL per game. Moch was a third-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buh's success came after inheriting a unit that had ranked 96th and 91st nationally in total defense in 2008 and '09, respectively, the two seasons before his arrival. In his two years at Nevada, the Wolf Pack was 54th in the country in total defense in 2010 and 52nd in 2011.
In his first year as co-defensive coordinator, Stanford ranked 11th nationally in quarterback sacks and improved to five wins. Three Cardinal defenders were named All-Pac-12. In 2009, Stanford played in the Sun Bowl, the school's first bowl appearance since 2001, and had four players receive All-Pac-12 honors, including NFL All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman.
A native of Escondido, Calif., Buh played linebacker for two seasons at Palomar College, where he helped the team to a share of the 1991 Junior College Grid-Wire national championship as a freshman. He was a junior-college All-American as a sophomore.
Buh went on to play at Nevada in 1993-94 and was a part of a Big West championship team as a senior. He graduated with a degree in physical education and began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Orange Glen HS, in 1996.
Buh entered the collegiate coaching ranks at Nevada as a graduate assistant in 1997-98 and coached defensive backs and special teams in 1999. He was a defensive administrative assistant at California in 2000-01.
Buh coached linebackers at San Diego State at 2002-05. During his time with the Aztecs, Buh tutored four players who went on to the NFL, including Kirk Morrison, a first-team All-American, two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and three-time All-MWC selection. Morrison went on to play eight years in the NFL.
Buh and his wife Kelly have two sons, Luke and Logan.
“We are excited to add Andy to the Rutgers football family,” said Ash. “He is an outstanding linebackers coach and has extensive experience in the Big Ten. Andy and I share a defensive philosophy and he is very familiar with the scheme we run, which will benefit the continued development of our defense.”
Buh (pronounced same as “boo”) spent the previous three seasons as the Maryland defensive coordinator where he guided a 2018 defensive unit that ranked fifth in the Big Ten in takeaways (23), sixth in passing yards allowed (206.5). The defense was second in the conference and fifth nationally with 18 interceptions. He also helped tutor three All-Big Ten selections on defense in 2018.
Ash and Buh were on the same staff at Wisconsin in 2012 where he coached linebackers under a defensive group led by Ash as defensive coordinator.
Buh helped guide a Maryland defense that ended 2016 tied for third in the Big Ten with 37 sacks. The Terps finished strong, compiling 15 sacks during the final three games of the season. Buh's defense allowed just one 300-yard passer during his first season. Maryland allowed only 212.3 passing yards/game in 2016, marking just the second time from 2008-2016 that a Terps team achieved the feat.
In 2017, Buh's defense intercepted 10 passes - the most for a Terps team since 2013. Four Terps earned All-Big Ten honorable mention status following the season.
Buh, who previously served as the defensive coordinator at Stanford, Nevada and California, joined Maryland from the University of Kentucky, where he served as the outside linebackers coach in 2015 and was promoted to also serve as special teams coordinator. His teams made four consecutive bowl appearances from 2009-12 and he has helped numerous players to the National Football League.
In his season at Kentucky, Buh led a Wildcats defense that allowed just 198.1 yards per game through the air, ranking fifth in the SEC and top-30 nationally in passing defense. Kentucky was stout in the red zone during Buh’s tenure, ranking fourth in the conference and 14th nationally. The Wildcats also forced nine fumbles in 2015, ranking fourth in the SEC.
Buh was the linebackers coach at Wisconsin in 2012 and the UW defense ranked in the nation's top 25 in several statistical categories. The Badgers were 15th in the nation in total defense (322.6 yards per game), 17th in scoring defense (19.1 points per game), 22nd in pass efficiency defense and 24th in rushing defense.
Prior to Wisconsin, Buh was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Nevada in 2010-11. In his first season, Buh helped lead Nevada to a 13-1 record, tying for the Western Athletic Conference championship and defeating Boston College in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. Nevada ranked 31st in the nation in scoring defense (21.4 ppg) and 18th nationally in rushing defense at 120.3 yards per game. The Wolf Pack rated 24th nationally in sacks with 35, 2.5 per game. Defensive end Dontay Moch had 22 tackles-for-loss, leading the WAC and rating 10th nationally with 1.57 TFL per game. Moch was a third-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buh's success came after inheriting a unit that had ranked 96th and 91st nationally in total defense in 2008 and '09, respectively, the two seasons before his arrival. In his two years at Nevada, the Wolf Pack was 54th in the country in total defense in 2010 and 52nd in 2011.
In his first year as co-defensive coordinator, Stanford ranked 11th nationally in quarterback sacks and improved to five wins. Three Cardinal defenders were named All-Pac-12. In 2009, Stanford played in the Sun Bowl, the school's first bowl appearance since 2001, and had four players receive All-Pac-12 honors, including NFL All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman.
A native of Escondido, Calif., Buh played linebacker for two seasons at Palomar College, where he helped the team to a share of the 1991 Junior College Grid-Wire national championship as a freshman. He was a junior-college All-American as a sophomore.
Buh went on to play at Nevada in 1993-94 and was a part of a Big West championship team as a senior. He graduated with a degree in physical education and began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Orange Glen HS, in 1996.
Buh entered the collegiate coaching ranks at Nevada as a graduate assistant in 1997-98 and coached defensive backs and special teams in 1999. He was a defensive administrative assistant at California in 2000-01.
Buh coached linebackers at San Diego State at 2002-05. During his time with the Aztecs, Buh tutored four players who went on to the NFL, including Kirk Morrison, a first-team All-American, two-time Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year and three-time All-MWC selection. Morrison went on to play eight years in the NFL.
Buh and his wife Kelly have two sons, Luke and Logan.
