Team preview: Navy
Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 season, exclusively on Insider
Updated: October 15, 2009, 11:39 AM ET
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(Information in this team report is as of Oct. 1.)
(Information in this team report is as of Oct. 1.)
COACH AND PROGRAM
Since taking over at Navy five years ago, Billy Lange has had the program on an upward curve. Each year the Midshipmen have won more games, going from five in Lange's first season to 19 last season. Navy's RPI has also shown steady growth, up to 165 last season after being mired near the very bottom of the NCAA's 343 Division I teams when Lange first arrived on the shores of the Chesapeake.To continue reading this article you must be an Insider
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