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American football player and coach, college athletics administrator

Bernie Shively
Biographical details
Shively in 1929
Born	(1902-05-26)May 26, 1902 Paris, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1967(1967-12-10) (aged 65) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1924–1926	Illinois

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927–1933	Kentucky (line)
1945	Kentucky

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1967	Kentucky

Head coaching record
Overall	2–8
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Consensus All-American (1926)


College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1982 (profile)

Bernie A. Shively (May 26, 1902 – December 10, 1967) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Kentucky from 1938 until his death.

Shively served as an assistant football coach at Kentucky and was interim head football coach in 1945, prior to hiring Bear Bryant. Shively was linked to a scholarship scandal in 1962 involving the infamous football team known as the Thin Thirty, coached by Charlie Bradshaw.

Shively attended the University of Illinois. where he played football as a guard alongside Red Grange. He was a consensus All-American in 1926. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and is honored at Kentucky as the namesake of the track and field stadium.

Shively died on December 10, 1967, at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1945)
1945	Kentucky	2–8	0–5	12th
Kentucky:		2–8	0–5
Total:		2–8

References

"ukathletics.com - Shively Outdoor Track". Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2006.
"Bernie Shively, U.K. Athletic Chief, Dies". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. December 11, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Bernie Shively at the College Football Hall of Fame

v t e Kentucky Wildcats athletic directors
Edwin Sweetland (1912–1913) John J. Tigert (1913–1917) Stanley A. Boles (1917–1933) Chet A. Wynne (1933–1938) Bernie Shively (1938–1967) Harry Lancaster (1969–1975) Cliff Hagan (1975–1989) C. M. Newton (1989–2000) Larry Ivy (2000–2002) Mitch Barnhart (2002– )

v t e Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches
A. M. Miller (1892) John A. Thompson (1893) W. P. Finney (1894) Charles B. Mason (1895) Dudley Short (1896) Lyman Eaton (1897) W. R. Bass (1898–1899) William H. Kiler (1900–1901) E. William McLeod (1902) Jack Wright (1903) Fred Schacht (1904–1905) J. White Guyn (1906–1908) Edwin Sweetland (1909–1910) Prentiss Douglass (1911) Edwin Sweetland (1912) Alpha Brumage (1913–1914) John J. Tigert (1915–1916) Stanley A. Boles (1917) Thomas Andrew Gill (1918–1919) William Juneau (1920–1922) Jack Winn (1923) Fred J. Murphy (1924–1926) Harry Gamage (1927–1933) Chet A. Wynne (1934–1937) Albert D. Kirwan (1938–1942) No team (1943) Albert D. Kirwan (1944) Bernie Shively (1945) Bear Bryant (1946–1953) Blanton Collier (1954–1961) Charlie Bradshaw (1962–1968) John Ray (1969–1972) Fran Curci (1973–1981) Jerry Claiborne (1982–1989) Bill Curry (1990–1996) Hal Mumme (1997–2000) Guy Morriss (2001–2002) Rich Brooks (2003–2009) Joker Phillips (2010–2012) Mark Stoops (2013– )

Kentucky Wildcats head football coaches

A. M. Miller (1892)
John A. Thompson (1893)
W. P. Finney (1894)
Charles B. Mason (1895)
Dudley Short (1896)
Lyman Eaton (1897)
W. R. Bass (1898–1899)
William H. Kiler (1900–1901)
E. William McLeod (1902)
Jack Wright (1903)
Fred Schacht (1904–1905)
J. White Guyn (1906–1908)
Edwin Sweetland (1909–1910)
Prentiss Douglass (1911)
Edwin Sweetland (1912)
Alpha Brumage (1913–1914)
John J. Tigert (1915–1916)
Stanley A. Boles (1917)
Thomas Andrew Gill (1918–1919)
William Juneau (1920–1922)
Jack Winn (1923)
Fred J. Murphy (1924–1926)
Harry Gamage (1927–1933)
Chet A. Wynne (1934–1937)
Albert D. Kirwan (1938–1942)
No team (1943)
Albert D. Kirwan (1944)
Bernie Shively (1945)
Bear Bryant (1946–1953)
Blanton Collier (1954–1961)
Charlie Bradshaw (1962–1968)
John Ray (1969–1972)
Fran Curci (1973–1981)
Jerry Claiborne (1982–1989)
Bill Curry (1990–1996)
Hal Mumme (1997–2000)
Guy Morriss (2001–2002)
Rich Brooks (2003–2009)
Joker Phillips (2010–2012)
Mark Stoops (2013– )

v t e 1926 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Benny Friedman HB Ralph Baker HB Mort Kaer FB Herb Joesting
Line	E Vic Hanson E Bennie Oosterbaan T Bud Sprague T Frank Wickhorst G Harry Connaughton G Bernie Shively C Bud Boeringer

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