Charles A. Bernier Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Bernier Of V.P.I., Brought to Task. Library of Virginia. Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 24, 1912. 4. October 26, 2015.
  2. Web site: Yank Bernier . hsathetics.com . Hampden-Sydney College . February 19, 2019 . May 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190508103901/http://www.hscathletics.com/information/Hall_of_Fame/Hall_of_Fames_Classes/1988 . dead .
  3. News: . Charles Bernier Dies; Ex-UA Athletic Director . . June 21, 1963 . April 28, 2014 .