Charles A. Bernier

Charles A. Bernier

Bernier pictured in Kaleidoscope 1936, Hampden–Sydney yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	July 21, 1890
Died	June 20, 1963 (aged 72) Cottondale, Alabama
Alma mater	Virginia Tech Hampden–Sydney
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1912–1916	Hampden–Sydney
1917–1919	VPI
1923–1938	Hampden–Sydney
Basketball
1912–1917	Hampden–Sydney
1917–1920	VPI
1920–1923	Alabama
1923–1940	Hampden–Sydney
Baseball
1912	New Hampshire
1918–1920	VPI
1921–1923	Alabama
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1923	Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	86–107–18 (football) 242–219 (basketball) 67–65–4 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 SAIAA (1918)

Charles Arthur "Yank" Bernier (July 21, 1890 – June 20, 1963) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1912 to 1916 and again from 1923 to 1938 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1917 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 86–107–18. Bernier was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney (1912–1917, 1923–1940), Virginia Tech (1917–1920), and the University of Alabama (1920–1923), amassing a career college basketball record of 242–219. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at the University of New Hampshire (1912), Virginia Tech (1918–1920), and Alabama (1921–1923), tallying a career college baseball record of 67–65–4. Bernier also served as the athletic director at Alabama from 1920 to 1923.

Bernier played football, basketball, and baseball at Virginia Tech^[1] and Hampden–Sydney. He died on June 20, 1963 at his home in Cottondale, Alabama.^[2]

Bernier pictured in Kaleidoscope 1916, Hampden–Sydney yearbook

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912–1916)
1912	Hampden–Sydney	1–6
1913	Hampden–Sydney	2–5
1914	Hampden–Sydney	3–3
1915	Hampden–Sydney	6–3
1916	Hampden–Sydney	4–3–3
VPI Gobblers (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917–1919)
1917	VPI	6–2–1	2–1–1	T–3rd
1918	VPI	7–0	4–0	1st
1919	VPI	5–4	2–4	9th
VPI:		18–6–1	8–5–1
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Independent) (1923)
1923	Hampden–Sydney	3–6
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Virginia–North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1924)
1924	Hampden–Sydney	3–4–2
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925	Hampden–Sydney	3–5–1
1926	Hampden–Sydney	5–2–3
1927	Hampden–Sydney	4–5
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Virginia Conference) (1928–1932)
1928	Hampden–Sydney	3–6
1929	Hampden–Sydney	4–5
1930	Hampden–Sydney	2–6–1
1931	Hampden–Sydney	3–6
1932	Hampden–Sydney	3–4–2
Hampden–Sydney (Chesapeake Conference) (1933–1936)
1933	Hampden–Sydney	3–4–2
1934	Hampden–Sydney	4–4–2
1935	Hampden–Sydney	5–5
1936	Hampden–Sydney	3–5–1
Hampden–Sydney (Independent) (1937–1938)
1937	Hampden–Sydney	2–8
1938	Hampden–Sydney	2–6
Hampden–Sydney:		68–101–17
Total:		86–107–18
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

1. "Bernier Of V.P.I., Brought to Task". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). March 24, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
2. "Charles Bernier Dies; Ex-UA Athletic Director". The Tuscaloosa News. June 21, 1963. Retrieved April 28, 2014.

External links

• Charles Bernier at the College Football Data Warehouse