Charles A. Bernier
Bernier pictured in Kaleidoscope 1936, Hampden–Sydney yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 21, 1890 |
| Died | June 20, 1963 (aged 72) Cottondale, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Virginia Tech Hampden–Sydney |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1916 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1917–1919 | VPI |
| 1923–1938 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1917 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1917–1920 | VPI |
| 1920–1923 | Alabama |
| 1923–1940 | Hampden–Sydney |
| Baseball | |
| 1912 | New Hampshire |
| 1918–1920 | VPI |
| 1921–1923 | Alabama |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1923 | Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 86–107–18 (football) 242–219 (basketball) 67–65–4 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SAIAA (1918) |
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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 Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1917 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 86–107–18. 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 Virginia Tech and Hampden–Sydney. He died on June 20, 1963 at his home in Cottondale, Alabama.
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