Green impact to be recognized with Belichick Coach's Award

Buddy Green looks at a book of photos from his career at Navy. Former Navy defensive coordinator Buddy Green will be receiving Belichick Award from Touchdown Club of Annapolis for his service to football in region. (By Paul W. Gillespie / Capital Gazette)Buddy Green was coaching football at Cherryville High in Gaston County, North Carolina when he sought a graduate assistant's position at his alma mater.

N.C. State head coach Bo Rein did not bring Green in for a traditional interview. Instead, Rein sent the young coach a season's worth of game film about the Wolfpack's numbering system.

"Coach Rein told me to break it all down and send it back to him," Green recalled. "It was the old…