Joe Bernard (American football)

Joe Bernard
Sport(s) College football
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator / Running backs coach
Team Albany
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1984
1985–1989
1990–1995
1996–2000
2001–2002
2003–2008
2009–2010
2011–2012
2013
2014–present
Bethlehem Catholic HS (asst.)
Nazareth HS (asst.)
Nazareth HS
Fairfield (DC)
Fairfield
Duquesne (DC)
Pittsburgh (strength consultant)
Stroudsburg HS
Carolina Forest HS (OC)
Albany (OC/RB)
Head coaching record

Statistics

Joe Bernard (born 1963) is an American college football coach. He currently serves as the offensive coordinator for Albany.[1]

Bernard is from Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey. He earned a degree in accounting at Moravian College, where he graduated in 1985. He then earned his master's degree in mathematics from East Stroudsburg University in 1988. As of Fall 2009, Bernard lives in Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania.[1]

Coaching

He served as Fairfield football program's second-ever (and final) head coach behind his mentor, Kevin Kiesel. Bernard was the Stags' head coach for the 2001 and 2002 seasons – the final two years before Fairfield abandoned its football program.

He moved on to become defensive coordinator at Duquesne in 2003. He then served as coordinator until February 2005, at which point he was also promoted as interim head coach due to former head coach Greg Gattuso's decision to leave and coach at Pitt.[2] Bernard served simultaneously as the head coach and defensive coordinator of the Dukes for two months, at which time he was relieved of head coaching duties by Jerry Schmidt.[1] In 2009, Bernard left Duquesne to take a position with the Pittsburgh Panthers as a coaching consultant.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank#
Fairfield Stags (MAAC) (2001–2002)
2001 Fairfield 5–5 5–2 3rd
2002 Fairfield 5–6 5–3 T–3rd
Total: 10–11–0
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl, or College Football Playoff (CFP) game.
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Joe Bernard" (Coach bio). Albany Great Danes Athletics. University of Albany. 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  2. "Joe Bernard Named Duquesne Interim Football Coach" (News archive). MAAC Sports. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. February 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2009.