Ernest Bearg
American football and basketball coach (1893–1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ernest Elmer Bearg (July 20, 1893 – August 24, 1971) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Washburn University from 1918 to 1919 and again from 1929 to 1935 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1925 to 1928, compiling a career college football record of 71–40–7. Bearg also spent one year as Nebraska's men's basketball coach (1925–1926) and posted an 8–10 mark. Before coming to Nebraska, he also served as an assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign under Robert Zuppke
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1893-07-20)July 20, 1893 Moray, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | August 24, 1971(1971-08-24) (aged 78) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918–1919 | Washburn |
? | Illinois (assistant) |
1925–1928 | Nebraska |
1929–1935 | Washburn |
Basketball | |
1925–1926 | Nebraska |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1919–1921 | Washburn |
1929–1936 | Washburn |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 70–41–7 (football) 8–10 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 Big Six (1928) 2 CIC (1930–1931) | |
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