Gary Buer

Gary M. Buer
Sport(s) Football
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1992
2003–2006		 Southwest Minnesota State
Southern Virginia
Head coaching record
Overall 74–101–5 (.425)

Statistics

Gary M. Buer is an American football coach, athletic director, and educator in the United States. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Morris where he played defensive end. Following graduation he coached football at the University of Minnesota, Morris. In 1970 he enlisted in the US Army serving in South Vietnam. After being honorably discharged, he worked as the defensive coordinator at St. Cloud Minnesota State University where he earned his Master’s Degree. Upon completion of his Masters Degree, he became the head JV football coach at Brigham Young University while earning his doctorate in physical education and athletic administration.[1]

Coaching career

Dakota State University

A native of Atwater, Minn., Buer’s first head coaching position was at Dakota State University in Madison, S.D. During his two seasons, the Trojans compiled a record of 18-2 and he was named NAIA District Coach of the Year and conference Coach of the Year in 1977 and 1978.[2]

Southwest Minnesota State

Gary Buer (head football coach/administrator, 1979–92) helped lead Southwest Minnesota State from the bottom of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference to one of the top teams in NAIA during his 14-year tenure as head coach. Buer was head football coach at SMSU from 1979–92 and helped lead the Mustangs to a conference championship and two trips to the NAIA national playoffs.[3]

Appointed head football coach on November 28, 1978, he took over a program that had won just four games over the previous four seasons. After a 4-7 season in 1979 and a 3-6-1 season in 1980, he helped lead the 1981 squad to a 6-5 record, the program’s first-ever winning season.[4]

The winningest coach in school history with a 70-69-5 record, Buer’s 1987 squad qualified for the school’s first NAIA Division I playoff appearance while his 1990 team won the school’s first ever conference championship and advanced to the NAIA national playoffs. Possibly one of Buer’s best team’s was the 1991 squad that finished 9-1 overall, but a close loss to Moorhead State cost the team a conference title and a return trip to the NAIA playoffs.[5]

During his tenure at SMSU, Buer was named the Northern Intercollegiate Coach of the Year in 1987 and the NAIA District Coach of the Year in 1985, 1987 and 1990. He also served three years as the director of men’s athletics at the university from May 1989 to August 1992.[6]

University of Minnesota

Following his time at SMSU, Buer helped coached at the University of Minnesota under Jim Wacker from 1993-1996.[7]

Marshall Senior High School

Buer served as head football coach and activities director at Marshall Senior High School (Marshall, MN) in Marshall, MN from 1997-2001.[8]

Sabino High School

In 2001, Gary Buer was hired as head football coach at Sabino High School in Tucson, AZ. Sabino finished 5-5 in 2001 and 8-3 in 2002. Sabino won the league championship and made a state playoff appearance in 2002. In 2003, Buer left the Sabercats to build a new college football program at a small, private liberal arts college in Buena Vista, VA.[9]

Southern Virginia University

In 2003, Buer was named the first head coach for the Southern Virginia Knights located in Buena Vista, Virginia. He helped to build the new football program and held that position for 4 seasons, from 2003 until 2006.[10] His coaching record at Southern Virginia was 4 wins and 31 losses.[11]

Independence High School

Buer was named head football coach at Independence High School in Glendale, AZ in 2007. In 2009 the Patriot Football Team won the Western Sky Region Championship and Buer was voted Region “Coach of The Year” by his coaching peers.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Independence Patriots. "Independence Patriots Varsity Head Football Coach". HTO. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  5. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  7. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  8. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ Southwest Minnesota State University. "SMSU Athletics Hall of Honor". SMSU. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  10. ↑ Shaffer, Ian. "Southern Virginia University (All Seasons)". College Football Reference. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  11. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Southern Virginia Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  12. ↑ Independence Patriots. "Independence Patriots Varsity Head Football Coach". HTO. Retrieved December 8, 2010.