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Safeties
A member of the Penn State football staff since 2003, Kermit Buggs is in his second year as the Nittany Lions' safeties coach. In 2008, he helped safety Anthony Scirrotto earn first team All-Big Ten accolades and four safeties grabbed interceptions. Buggs was selected for the position in December 2007 and coached the safeties in Penn State's 2007 Valero Alamo Bowl win over Texas A&M. Buggs served as Coordinator of Player Personnel during the 2006 and '07 seasons and from 2003-05, he was a graduate assistant coach with the Nittany Lions. Buggs previously was a successful high school coach, leading Surry County (Va.) H.S. to a 34-14 record from 1999-2002. His 1999 squad was 14-0 and won the Division I state championship and Buggs was named the state's Division I Coach of he Year. A product of Hampton, Va., Buggs is a 1995 graduate of Norfolk State University, where he played football. He was selected the team's Freshman of the Year and earned player of the game honors seven times during his career. He was the University's 1992-93 recipient of the Vince Lombardi Award for Leadership and Academic Achievement. Buggs completed his master's degree in educational administration from Penn State in 2006.
