Beanie Cooper
American football coach and athletics administrator
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| Intro | American football coach and athletics administrator | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1 March 1928, Sioux City, United States of America | |
| Death | 20 April 2014Sioux City, United States of America (aged 86 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
Bernard F. "Beanie" Cooper (March 1, 1928 – April 20, 2014) was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota from 1975 to 1978, comping a record of 18–24–1. Cooper was also the athletic director at South Dakota from 1976 to 1981 and Indiana State University from 1981 to 1989.
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.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||