Michael Jerome Bernard[1] (born November 8, 1948) is a former American basketball coach and player. He played college basketball at Kentucky State. He was selected in the 1970 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 8, 1948
Playing career | |
1966–1970 | Kentucky State |
1970–1972 | Wilmington Blue Bonnets |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1974–1976 | Kentucky State (assistant) |
1978–1984 | Norfolk State (assistant) |
1985–1991 | North Carolina Central |
1991–1998 | Norfolk State |
1998–2002 | Fayetteville State |
2002–2005 | Shaw |
2006–2009 | Delaware State (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2009–2012 | Delaware State (director of basketball operations) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 371–230 (.617) |
Tournaments | 12–5 (.706) (NCAA Division II) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
As player:
As head coach:
As assistant coach:
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Awards | |
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Early life, education, and playing career
editBorn and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts, Bernard graduated from Brockton High School in 1964.[1] Bernard played college basketball at Kentucky State, graduating in 1970, the year Kentucky State won the NAIA national championship.[2][3] In the 1970 NBA draft, the Cincinnati Royals selected Bernard in the seventh round, 107th overall.[4] Bernard played professionally for the Wilmington Blue Bonnets of the Eastern Basketball Association from 1970 to 1972.[3]
Bernard studied political science at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) during the 1976–77 school year.[5]
Coaching career
editReturning to Kentucky State, Bernard began his coaching career in 1974 as an assistant coach. After two seasons at Kentucky State, Bernard was an assistant coach at Norfolk State, then in NCAA Division II, from 1978 to 1984.[3]
In 1985, Bernard got his first head coaching position at North Carolina Central, a Division II school at the time.[6] Accumulating a 115–56 record, Bernard was head coach at North Carolina Central from 1985 to 1991. Bernard led the Eagles to a 28–4 record and NCAA Division II national championship in the 1988–89 season, for which he was named Division II Coach of the Year by Kodak.[3]
Bernard was then head coach at Norfolk State from 1991 to 1998, going 141–67 in seven seasons.[6] Under Bernard, Norfolk State made two deep runs in the NCAA Division II Tournament, qualifying for the Final Four in 1994 and Elite Eight in 1995.[3] Bernard's final season at Norfolk State was in 1997–98, when the team went 6–21 in the school's first season at the Division I level.[6]
From 1998 to 2002, Bernard was head coach at Division II Fayetteville State, going 65–44 in four seasons. However, in August 2002, the Fayetteville Observer reported that Bernard falsely claimed in his résumé to have completed a master's degree at Clark Atlanta, leading Fayetteville State to start an investigation.[5] On August 8, the day the Observer story was published, Fayetteville State decided to fire Bernard.[7]
Bernard became head coach at Shaw on September 9, 2002, days after the resignation of Joel Hopkins.[8]
He was an assistant coach at Delaware State under head coach Greg Jackson from 2006 to 2009.[2] Then from 2009 to 2012, he served as director of basketball operations on Jackson's staff.[2]
Head coaching record
editSeason | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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North Carolina Central Eagles (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1985–1991) | |||||||||
1985–86 | North Carolina Central | 14–12 | 8–4[9] | ||||||
1986–87 | North Carolina Central | 15–13[6] | |||||||
1987–88 | North Carolina Central | 26–3 | 18–1[10] | NCAA Division II second round | |||||
1988–89 | North Carolina Central | 28–4 | 14–3[11] | NCAA Division II champions | |||||
1989–90 | North Carolina Central | 23–5 | 16–3[12] | NCAA Division II second round | |||||
1990–91 | North Carolina Central | 9–19 | 7–12[13] | ||||||
North Carolina Central: | 115–56 (.673) | ||||||||
Norfolk State Spartans (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1991–1997) | |||||||||
1991–92 | Norfolk State | 22–10 | 14–5 | 2nd (North)[14] | NCAA Division II first round | ||||
1992–93 | Norfolk State | 19–10 | 11–8 | 3rd (North)[14] | |||||
1993–94 | Norfolk State | 27–6 | 15–4 | 2nd (North)[14] | NCAA Division II Elite Eight | ||||
1994–95 | Norfolk State | 27–6 | 16–3 | T–1st (North)[14] | NCAA Division II Final Four | ||||
1995–96 | Norfolk State | 23–4 | 14–3 | 2nd (North)[14] | |||||
1996–97 | Norfolk State | 17–10 | 11–6 | 3rd (North)[14] | |||||
Norfolk State Spartans (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–1998) | |||||||||
1997–98 | Norfolk State | 6–21 | 0–0 | ||||||
Norfolk State: | 141–67 (.678) | 87–50 (.635) | |||||||
Fayetteville State Broncos (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1998–2002) | |||||||||
1998–99 | Fayetteville State | 13–12 | 8–8 | 4th (Western)[15] | |||||
1999–2000 | Fayetteville State | 16–11 | 8–8 | 4th (Western)[16] | |||||
2000–01 | Fayetteville State | 15–11 | 7–9 | T–3rd (Western)[17] | |||||
2001–02 | Fayetteville State | 17–8 | 11–5 | 3rd (Western)[18] | |||||
Fayetteville State: | 75–61 (.551) | 34–30 (.531) | |||||||
Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2002–2005) | |||||||||
2002–03 | Shaw | 21–9 | 11–5 | T–2nd (Eastern)[19] | |||||
2003–04 | Shaw | 12–16 | 8–8 | T–3rd (Eastern)[20] | |||||
2004–05 | Shaw | 7–21 | 5–11 | 4th (Eastern)[21] | |||||
Shaw: | 40–46 (.465) | 24–24 (.500) | |||||||
Total: | 371–230 (.617) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "Brockton High School Yearbook". 1964.
- ^ a b c "Mike Bernard". Delaware State University. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Mike Bernard". Delaware State University. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "1970 NBA draft".
- ^ a b Friedlander, Brett (August 8, 2002). "FSU reviews coach's resume". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Newsbank.
- ^ a b c d "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ Friedlander, Brett (August 9, 2002). "FSU to fire basketball coach". Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Newsbank.
- ^ "Benard". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ "NCAA Statistics".
- ^ a b c d e f "Norfolk State University Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Norfolk State University. p. 30. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "CIAA Final Conference Standings". CIAA. March 6, 1999. Archived from the original on October 12, 1999. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assn. 1999-00 Conference Standings". CIAA. March 10, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc. 2000-01 Men's Basketball Conference Standings". CIAA. February 24, 2001. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2001-02 Men's Basketball Conference Standings". CIAA. February 23, 2002. Archived from the original on June 9, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc. 2002-03 FINAL Men's Basketball Conference Standings". CIAA. April 1, 2003. Archived from the original on June 1, 2003. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc. 2003-04 FINAL Men's Basketball Conference Standings". CIAA. March 24, 2004. Archived from the original on July 2, 2004. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2004-05 Men's Basketball Conference Standings". CIAA. March 26, 2005. Archived from the original on August 24, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
External links
edit- Michael Bernard's profile at the Official Site of Delaware State Athletics