Charles Bernier
Charles Bernier went 23–17–2 as a head coach, 1917–1938, at Virginia Tech and Hampden Sydney. Share
- Record
- 23–17–2 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1918 7–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Virginia Tech | 6–2–1 | ||
| 1918 | Virginia Tech | 7–0 | ||
| 1919 | Virginia Tech | 5–4 | ||
| 1920–24: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1925 | Hampden Sydney | 3–5–1 | ||
| 1926–37: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1938 | Hampden Sydney | 2–6 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 10 | 5–4–1 | 55% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 4–5–2 | 45% |
| At home | 24 | 20–2–2 | 88% |
| On the road | 18 | 3–15 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 22–2–1 | 90% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 1–15–1 | 9% |
His own 42 games on file, 1917–1938, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wake Forestseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Emory & Henryseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| VMIseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Richmondseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Washington and Leeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Georgetownseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Hampden Sydneyseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dick HarlowPenn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Harlow | Virginia Tech, 1918: assistant coach | Penn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel |
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.