Beanie Cooper
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1928 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 2014 (aged 86) Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958–1967 | Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) |
| 1969–1974 | Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA) |
| 1975–1978 | South Dakota |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1958–1968 | Bishop Garrigan HS (IA) |
| 1971–1975 | Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA) |
| 1976–1981 | South Dakota |
| 1981–1989 | Indiana State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–24–1 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCC (1978) | |
Bernard F. "Beanie" Cooper (March 1, 1928 – April 20, 2014) was an American football coach and athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota from 1975 to 1978, comping a record of 18–24–1.[2] Cooper was also the athletic director at South Dakota from 1976 to 1981 and Indiana State University from 1981 to 1989.[3]
As a high school football coach at Bishop Garrigan High School in Algona, Iowa and Bishop Heelan Catholic High School in Sioux City, Iowa, Cooper was inducted into the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame.[4]
Head coaching record
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[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1975–1978) | |||||||||
| 1975 | South Dakota | 3–8 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 1976 | South Dakota | 4–5–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1977 | South Dakota | 4–7 | 2–4–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1978 | South Dakota | 7–4 | 5–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| South Dakota: | 18–24–1 | 11–12–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 18–24–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Former USD football coach, AD 'Beanie' Cooper dies". Argus Leader. April 22, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Beanie Cooper". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Bernard Cooper". Indiana State University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees" (PDF). Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 6, 2018.[permanent dead link]