Greg Hudson

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.

Greg Hudson

Biographical details
Born	(1967-02-04) February 4, 1967 (age 58) Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma mater	Cincinnati (OH) Archbishop Moeller[1]
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)

College career

Hudson played college football at Notre Dame, where he played linebacker. Hudson was also a catcher on the Fighting Irish baseball team.^[2]

Coaching career

Hudson was named the defensive coordinator at Purdue University in January, 2013.^[3] His salary was $395,000 annually.^[4] In 2016, Hudson joined the University of Notre Dame football team as a defensive analyst.^[5] On September 25, 2016, Hudson was named interim defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, following the firing of defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder.^[6]

Statistics

Team defensive statistics where Hudson was defensive coordinator.

		Total Defense	Passing Defense	Rushing Defense	Ref
2004	Minnesota	80th	110th	48th	[7]
2005	East Carolina	82nd	18th	114th	[8]
2006	East Carolina	59th	40th	69th	[9]
2007	East Carolina	96th	113th	53rd	[10]
2008	East Carolina	63rd	68th	72nd	[11]
2009	East Carolina	100th	116th	39th	[12]
2013	Purdue	95th	33rd	116th	[13]
2014	Purdue	83rd	56th	96th	[14]
2015	Purdue	111th	88th	107th	[15]
2016	Notre Dame	44th	24th	70th	[16]