Priore Defense

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Penn Defensive Coordinator Ray Priore led the Quakers to one incredible season. The defense was one of the best in the nation, allowing only 9.5 points per game and 217.6 yards per game, the fewest in Division I (FCS and FBS). It's pretty obvious that the Quakers would not have won the Ivy League Championship without the defense's phenomenal play.

Priore has been at Penn for 23 years, the past 11 as defensive coordinator. This year, he is one of four finalists for the D1-AA Coordinator of the Year Awards, and I beleive you'd be hard-pressed to find a more deserving candidate. Thus, I encourage you all to vote online here.

The votes do not decide the award, but they are considered when a panel of current and former coaches and past winners chooses the winner.

If you need further convincing, there's more information about the 2009 Penn defense in the press release about the nomination and Priore's career here.