Bernie Bierman

Bernie Bierman

Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	March 11, 1894 Springfield, Minnesota
Died	March 7, 1977 (aged 82) Laguna Hills, California
Playing career
1913–1915	Minnesota
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1921	Montana
1923–1924	Tulane (assistant)
1925–1926	Mississippi State
1927–1931	Tulane
1932–1941	Minnesota
1942	Iowa Pre-Flight
1945–1950	Minnesota
Basketball
1919–1922	Montana
1925–1927	Mississippi State
1928–1930	Tulane
Head coaching record
Overall	153–65–12 (football) 89–51 (basketball)
Bowls	0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 National (1934–1936, 1940–1941) 3 Southern (1929–1931) 7 Big Ten (1933–1935, 1937–1938, 1940–1941)
Awards
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1958)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1955 (profile)

Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman (March 11, 1894 – March 7, 1977) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces. Bierman was the head coach at the University of Montana (1919–1921), Mississippi State University (1925–1926), Tulane University (1927–1931), and his alma mater, the University of Minnesota (1932–1941, 1945–1950), compiling a career college football record of 153–65–12. At Minnesota, Bierman's Golden Gophers compiled a 93–35–6 record, won five national championships and seven Big Ten Conference titles, and completed five undefeated seasons. Bierman was also the head basketball coach at Montana (1919–1922), Mississippi State (1925–1927), and Tulane (1928–1930), tallying a career college basketball mark of 89–51.

Personal life

Bierman was married to Clara McKenzie Bierman. They had two sons, William A. Bierman, a lawyer in St. Paul, Minnesota, and James Bierman, of Los Angeles, California. Bierman was a brother of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Montana Grizzlies (Independent) (1919–1921)
1919	Montana	2–3–2
1920	Montana	4–3
1921	Montana	3–3–1
Montana:		9–9–3
Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1925–1926)
1925	Mississippi State	3–4–1	1–4	T–15th
1926	Mississippi State	5–4	2–3	14th
Mississippi State:		8–8–1	3–7
Tulane Green Wave (Southern Conference) (1927–1931)
1927	Tulane	2–5–1	2–5–1	18th
1928	Tulane	6–3–1	3–3–1	T–10th
1929	Tulane	9–0	6–0	1st
1930	Tulane	8–1	5–0	T–1st
1931	Tulane	11–1	8–0	T–1st	L Rose
Tulane:		36–10–2	24–8–2
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1932–1941)
1932	Minnesota	5–3	2–3	6th
1933	Minnesota	4–0–4	2–0–4	T–1st
1934	Minnesota	8–0	5–0	T–1st
1935	Minnesota	8–0	5–0	T–1st
1936	Minnesota	7–1	4–1	T–2nd		1
1937	Minnesota	6–2	5–0	1st		5
1938	Minnesota	6–2	4–1	1st		10
1939	Minnesota	3–4–1	2–3–1	7th
1940	Minnesota	8–0	6–0	1st		1
1941	Minnesota	8–0	5–0	1st		1
Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks (Independent) (1942)
1942	Iowa Pre-Flight	7–3
Iowa Pre-Flight:		7–3
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1945–1950)
1945	Minnesota	4–5	1–5	T–8th
1946	Minnesota	5–4	3–4	5th
1947	Minnesota	6–3	3–3	T–3rd
1948	Minnesota	7–2	5–2	3rd		16
1949	Minnesota	7–2	4–2	3rd		8
1950	Minnesota	1–7–1	1–4–1	7th
Minnesota:		93–35–6	57–28–6
Total:		153–65–12
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

External links

• Bernie Bierman at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Bernie Bierman at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Bernie Bierman at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com