Chris Bessler
American football coach (born c. 1973)
Current position | |
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Title | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach |
Team | Dakota Wesleyan |
Conference | GPAC |
Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1973 (age 50–51) |
Alma mater | Doane College (1995) Northern State University (2001) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1991–1994 | Doane |
Baseball | |
1991–1994 | Doane |
Track and field | |
1991–1994 | Doane |
Position(s) | Linebacker (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1995 | Doane (SA) |
1996–1999 | Cozad HS (NE) |
2000 | Northern State (assistant) |
2001–2002 | Augustana (IL) (DL) |
2003–2006 | MICDS (MO) (assistant) |
2007–2017 | Doane (DC/ILB) |
2018–2023 | Doane |
2024–present | Dakota Wesleyan (DC/LB) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 23–36 (college) |
Christopher Bessler (born c. 1973) is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Dakota Wesleyan University, positions he has held since 2024.[1] He was the head football coach for Doane University from 2018 to 2023 and Cozad High School from 1996 to 1999.[2][3][4][5] He also coached for Northern State, Augustana (IL), and Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. He played college football for Doane as a linebacker.[6]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Doane Tigers (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2018–2023) | |||||||||
2018 | Doane | 6–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
2019 | Doane | 4–7 | 4–5 | T–5th | |||||
2020–21 | Doane | 2–5 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
2021 | Doane | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6th | |||||
2022 | Doane | 4–6 | 4–6 | T–6th | |||||
2023 | Doane | 2–9 | 2–8 | T–9th | |||||
Doane: | 23–36 | 22–33 | |||||||
Total: | 23–36 |
References
- ^ "Chris Bessler". Dakota Wesleyan University. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "Doane football Head Coach Chris Bessler resigns". panhandle.newschannelnebraska.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ Powell, Ron (April 17, 2020). "Bessler says Doane football team making the best out of today's unique situation". JournalStar.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ "Bessler Announces Two Coaches to Football Staff". August 1, 2018.
- ^ Ward, Andrew (August 21, 2018). "Doane ready to start Chris Bessler era on Saturday". KLKN-TV. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "Chris Bessler". Doane University. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
External links
- Dakota Wesleyan profile
- Doane profile
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Doane Tigers head football coaches
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- F. P. Reed (1892)
- Albert W. Jefferis (1893)
- John Lyman (1894)
- F. W. Sweeney (1895)
- No coach (1896)
- No team (1897–1898)
- S. L. Mains (1899–1900)
- Harold Hughs (1901)
- Joseph Pipal (1902)
- M. O. Smith (1903)
- John Fuhrer (1904–1907)
- R. L. Carns (1908)
- F. M. Clark (1909)
- Earl Johnson (1910–1912)
- Earnest Frank (1913)
- T. T. McConnell (1914)
- Paul J. Schissler (1915)
- Alger H. Wood (1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- H. H. Johnston (1919–1922)
- H. J. Nossek (1923)
- Ward Haylett (1924–1927)
- Roy L. Pierce (1928–1932)
- A. Eugene Haylett (1933–1941)
- James L. Dutcher (1942–1951)
- Aubrey Givens (1952)
- Fran Nagle (1953–1954)
- Al Papik (1955–1970)
- Ray Best (1971–1975)
- Joe Glenn (1976–1979)
- Nathan Hinkle (1980)
- Brian Naber (1981–1983)
- Fran Schwenk (1984–2004)
- Tommie Frazier (2005–2006)
- Matt Franzen (2007–2017)
- Chris Bessler (2018–2023)
- Jonathan Johnson (2024– )
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