Dave Hudgins

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Dave's Bio

First and foremost, I'm a family man with three great kids and a beautiful wife. I'm a MD Terp grad (mechanical engineering) and currently work for the US Navy as an aircraft fire protection test engineer. I've spent my life in or around the US Navy.

After high school (Broadneck High in Annapolis, MD) in 1985, I enlisted into the US Navy as a machinist mate, where I worked in the engine room aboard the USS Guam, LPH-9. I am a veteran of both Operation's "Desert Shield" and "Desert Storm". Through six years in the Navy I was fortunate enough to have visited/toured 12 other countries throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf...I highly recommend it to any "single" person looking to serve their country, while broadening their horizons.

Upon honorable discharge, I married, started having children, and started attending classes at Anne Arundel Community College...all within a two year period. After six years of part timing work and college, I graduated from UMCP.

Since college, I've worked for Bethlehem Steel at Sparrow's Point, Geomet Technologies (an Army contractor who manufactures Chemical/Biological Warfare Suits) and since 2002 have worked on the design/testing of aircraft fire protection systems at PAX River Naval Air Station (St Mary's County, MD).

With all of that being said, my passion is sports.
Of course, I enjoy watching all sports, but particularly those teams which represent Baltimore, the University of Maryland (GO TERPS!), as well as, the Navy Midshipmen in Annapolis, MD. I currently reside in beautiful St Mary's County (since 2003), where the Washington D.C. teams predominately hold the fan base, but having spent most of my life in Annapolis along with our family's roots coming from Baltimore, I am a "Charm City" fan through and through! (If only I could get DirecTV to cut me some slack on that whole marketing region "thing" and to let our house receive the Baltimore stations versus the D.C. stations that we are currently forced to watch!?!?!)

...but, I get more enjoyment out of coaching and playing sports. In particular, baseball and football. I've played baseball for much of my life and for the past 12 years, since my kids started playing baseball & football, I've been coaching both sports through the St Marys Americal Little League (SMALL) and the St Marys "Pigskin" football league. I love being able to take a bunch of kids and molding them into a TEAM, who's values are based on good sportsmanship and the fundementals of the game.

I'm a baseball and football nut...and enjoy every minute of it!

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Dave Writes About

• Football (3),
• NFL (3),
• AFC North (3),
• Baltimore Ravens (3),
• Joe Flacco (2),
• John Harbaugh (2),
• AFC East (2),
• AFC South (2)

The Short List What Dave thinks about sport's most pressing questions

• Favorite Athletes

  Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed & Derrick Mason

• Favorite Sports Teams

  Ravens, Orioles, Terps & Navy Midshipmen

• Favorite Coaches

  Earl Weaver & Rex Ryan, but am fast becoming allegiant to John Harbaugh & Dave Trembley

• All Time Sports Moment

  Cal Ripken Jr's 2131st consecutive start

• Most Memorable Game Attended

  2002 - My son's (10 yr old) baseball tournament at the Cooperstown (NY) Field Of Dreams Park

• Most Unbreakable Sports Record

  Cal Ripken Jr's 2632nd consecutive start

• Ruth or Mays?

  The "BABE"

• Unitas or Montana?

  "Johnny-U"

• Jordan or Russell?

  Jordan

• Gretzky or Orr?

  Gretzky

• Tiger or Nicklaus?

  Tiger

• Petty or Earnhardt?

  #3...RIP

• Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

  ACC...self admitted "homer"

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