Charles Arthur "Yank" Bernier (July 21, 1890 â June 20, 1963) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at HampdenâÂÂSydney College from 1912 to 1916 and again from 1923 to 1938 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)âÂÂnow known as Virginia Techâ from 1917 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 87âÂÂ106âÂÂ18. Bernier was also the head basketball coach at HampdenâÂÂSydney (1912âÂÂ1917, 1923âÂÂ1940), Virginia Tech (1917âÂÂ1920), and the University of Alabama (1920âÂÂ1923), amassing a career college basketball record of 242âÂÂ219. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at the University of New Hampshire (1912), Virginia Tech (1918âÂÂ1920), and Alabama (1921âÂÂ1923), tallying a career college baseball record of 67âÂÂ65âÂÂ4. Bernier also served as the athletic director at Alabama from 1920 to 1923.
Bernier played football, basketball, and baseball at HampdenâÂÂSydney. He was the first student-athlete to be named captain of all three sports. He also attended VPI and compete in sports there. Bernier is a member of the HampdenâÂÂSydney Sports Hall of Fame. The school's baseball is named after him. He died on June 20, 1963, at his home in Cottondale, Alabama.