Beanie Cooper Explained

Beanie Cooper
Birth Date:1 March 1928
Birth Place:Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Coach Years1:1958–1967
Coach Team1:Bishop Garrigan HS (IA)
Coach Years2:1969–1974
Coach Team2:Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA)
Coach Years3:1975–1978
Coach Team3:South Dakota
Admin Years1:1958–1968
Admin Team1:Bishop Garrigan HS (IA)
Admin Years2:1971–1975
Admin Team2:Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA)
Admin Years3:1976–1981
Admin Team3:South Dakota
Admin Years4:1981–1989
Admin Team4:Indiana State
Overall Record:18–24–1 (college)
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

College

Notes and References

  1. News: Former USD football coach, AD 'Beanie' Cooper dies. Argus Leader. April 22, 2014. December 23, 2018.
  2. Web site: Beanie Cooper. Sioux City Journal. December 6, 2018.
  3. Web site: Bernard Cooper. Indiana State University. December 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees. Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame. December 6, 2018.