Bunnie Oakes

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Bunnie Oakes
Title Head coach
College University of Wyoming
Sport Football
Career highlights
Overall 39-57-4
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1931-34
1935-39
1941-46
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming

Bernard F. ("Bunnie") Oakes (also seen as "Bunny") was the head football coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1935 to 1939. During his tenure, he compiled a 25-15-1 (.622) record. In 1937, his team finished the season 8-1, with a loss in the Cotton Bowl to Rice University. In 1939, he was replaced by Frank Potts.

Oakes also served as the head football coach of the University of Montana.

From 1941 to 1946, Oakes served as the head coach at the University of Wyoming where he compiled a 6-20-2 record over three seasons (no teams were fielded during the war years 1943, 1944, and 1945).

Preceded by
William Saunders
Colorado Head Coach
1935–1939
Succeeded by
Frank Potts
Preceded by
Okie Blanchard
University of Wyoming Head Football Coach
1941-1942, 1946
Succeeded by
Bowden Wyatt