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Bernie Masterson
Bernie Masterson went 14–18–1 as a head coach, 1945–1951, at Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight, Nebraska and Lewis. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1945 at Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight; 1951 at Lewis. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 14–18–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1946 3–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight * | 2–4–1 | ||||
| 1946 | Nebraska | 3–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 1947 | Nebraska | 2–7 | 4th | |||
| 1948–50: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1951 | Lewis * | 7–1 | 1st | Corn Bowl W | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 5–8 | 38% |
| Conference games | 10 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| At home | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| On the road | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 2–13 | 13% |
His own 18 games on file, 1946–1947, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Kansasseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Indianaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Missouriseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Stanford | Assistant coach | |
| 1941 | UCLA | Assistant coach | |
| 1945 | St. Mary’s Pre-Flight service team | Head coach | |
| 1946–47 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1948 | NY Yankees AAFC | Assistant coach | |
| 1950 | Iowa | Backfield coach | |
| 1951 | Lewis | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Clark ShaughnessyStanford
- Babe HorrellUCLA
- Leonard RaffenspergerIowa
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gomer JonesOklahoma
- Glenn PresnellNebraska, Lawrence Tech, Eastern Kentucky
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Shaughnessy | Stanford | 1940 | Assistant coach | |
| Babe Horrell | UCLA | 1941 | Assistant coach | |
| Leonard Raffensperger | Iowa | 1950 | Backfield coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomer Jones | St. Mary’s Pre-Flight, 1945: line coach; Nebraska, 1946: line coach | Oklahoma | |
| Glenn Presnell | Nebraska, 1946: assistant coach | Nebraska, Lawrence Tech, Eastern Kentucky |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.