Beanie Cooper

Bernard F. "Beanie" Cooper (March 1, 1928 – April 20, 2014) was an American football coach and athletics administrator.^[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota from 1975 to 1978, comping a record of 18–24–1.^[2] Cooper was also the athletic director at South Dakota from 1976 to 1981 and Indiana State University from 1981 to 1989.^[3]

Beanie Cooper

Biographical details
Born	(1928-03-01)March 1, 1928 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died	April 20, 2014(2014-04-20) (aged 86) Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1967	Bishop Garrigan HS (IA)
1969–1974	Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA)
1975–1978	South Dakota
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1958–1968	Bishop Garrigan HS (IA)
1971–1975	Bishop Heelan Catholic HS (IA)
1976–1981	South Dakota
1981–1989	Indiana State
Head coaching record
Overall	18–24–1 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NCC (1978)

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.^[4]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1975–1978)
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
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth