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Jerry Berndt

American football player and coach (1938–2022)

Field	Value
name	Jerry Berndt
birth_date
death_date
player_years1
player_team1	Wisconsin–Superior
coach_years1	1969
coach_team1	Toledo (GA)
coach_years2	1970
coach_team2	Streetsboro HS (OH)
coach_years3	1971–1978
coach_team3	Dartmouth (assistant)
coach_years4	1979–1980
coach_team4	DePauw
coach_years5	1981–1985
coach_team5	Penn
coach_years6	1986–1988
coach_team6	Rice
coach_years7	1989–1992
coach_team7	Temple
coach_years8	1994–1999
coach_team8	Missouri (OC/QB)
admin_years1	1986–1988
admin_team1	Rice
overall_record	55–87–3 (college)
championships	4 Ivy (1982–1985)

Jerry Berndt (May 11, 1938 – December 3, 2022) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at DePauw University, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, and Temple University. In two years at DePauw (1979–1980), Berndt guided the Tigers to a 9–9–1 mark, including a 7–2–1 mark in his second season. From 1981 to 1985, he coached at Penn and compiled a 29–18–2 record. In 1984, he won Ivy League Coach of the Year honors. From 1986 to 1988, he coached at Rice, and compiled a 6–27 record. This included a 0–11 season in 1988. From 1989 to 1992, he coached at Temple, where he compiled an 11–33 record. He also served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Missouri from 1994 to 1999. He played college football at Bowling Green State University.

Berndt died on December 3, 2022, aged 84.

Coaching career

Berndt began his coaching career in the high school football ranks in 1962. He was an assistant at Libbey High School in Toledo, Ohio and at Bedford High School in Temperance, Michigan. In 1969, he worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Toledo under head coach Frank Lauterbur. The next year Berndt served as the head football coach at Streetsboro High School in Streetsboro, Ohio. From 1971 to 1978 he was an assistant football coach at Dartmouth College.

Head coaching record

College

References

(December 5, 2022). "Penn Football Mourns Passing of Hall of Fame Head Coach Jerry Berndt".
(December 5, 2022). "Temple Mourns the Passing of Former Head Football Coach Jerry Berndt".
. (November 19, 1982). ["Ex-Toledoan Berndt Has Penn Near Title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19821119&id=oU5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6808,624809). *[[Toledo Blade]]*.

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