Charles A. Bernier | |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1890 |
Death Place: | Cottondale, Alabama, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1912–1916 |
Coach Team2: | Hampden–Sydney |
Coach Years3: | 1917–1919 |
Coach Team3: | Virginia Tech |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1938 |
Coach Team4: | Hampden–Sydney |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1912–1917 |
Coach Team6: | Hampden–Sydney |
Coach Years7: | 1917–1920 |
Coach Team7: | Virginia Tech |
Coach Years8: | 1920–1923 |
Coach Team8: | Alabama |
Coach Years9: | 1923–1940 |
Coach Team9: | Hampden–Sydney |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1912 |
Coach Team11: | New Hampshire |
Coach Years12: | 1918–1920 |
Coach Team12: | VPI |
Coach Years13: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team13: | Alabama |
Admin Years1: | 1920–1923 |
Admin Team1: | Alabama |
Overall Record: | 87–106–18 (football) 242–219 (basketball) 67–65–4 (baseball) |
Championships: | Football 2 EVIAA (1915–1916) 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 Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech— from 1917 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 87–106–18. 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 Hampden–Sydney. He was the first student-athlete to be named captain of all three sports. He also attended VPI and compete in sports there.[1] Bernier is a member of the Hampden–Sydney Sports Hall of Fame. The school's baseball is named after him.[2] He died on June 20, 1963, at his home in Cottondale, Alabama.[3]