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]