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American football player and coach (1873–1956)

Burt German
Biographical details
Born	(1873-04-19)April 19, 1873 Maquoketa, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 13, 1956(1956-09-13) (aged 83) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1894–1895	Iowa Agricultural

Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1894–1898	Iowa Agricultural/State

Head coaching record
Overall	22–10

Bert German (April 19, 1873 – September 13, 1956) was an American college football player and coach. He was the third head football coach for the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, serving for five seasons, from 1894 to 1898, and compiling a record of 22–10.

German later worked as a real estate agent in Des Moines, Iowa. He died in 1956 at a Des Moines nursing home after suffering a stroke a year earlier.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Iowa Agricultural/State Cardinals/Cyclones (Independent) (1894–1898)
1894	Iowa Agricultural	5–1
1895	Iowa Agricultural	3–4
1896	Iowa Agricultural	8–2
1897	Iowa Agricultural	3–1
1898	Iowa State	3–2
Iowa Agricultural/State:		22–10
Total:		22–10

References

Iowa State Coaching Records Archived June 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Ross, Earle Dudley (1942). "A History of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts".
"Midland Schools". 1952.
"Prominent Iowan Burt German Dies". The Daily Nonpareil. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Associated Press. September 20, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved September 23, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches
Ira C. Brownlie (1892) W. P. Finney (1893) Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898) Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899) C. E. Woodruff (1900) Edgar M. Clinton (1901) A. W. Ristine (1902–1906) Clyde Williams (1907–1912) Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914) Charles Mayser (1915–1919) Norman C. Paine (1920) Maury Kent (1921) Sam Willaman (1922–1925) C. Noel Workman (1926–1930) George F. Veenker (1931–1936) James J. Yeager (1937–1940) Ray Donels (1941–1942) Mike Michalske (1942–1946) Abe Stuber (1947–1953) Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956) Jim Myers (1957) Clay Stapleton (1958–1967) Johnny Majors (1968–1972) Earle Bruce (1973–1978) Donnie Duncan (1979–1982) Jim Criner (1983–1986) Chuck Banker # (1986) Jim Walden (1987–1994) Dan McCarney (1995–2006) Gene Chizik (2007–2008) Paul Rhoads (2009–2015) Matt Campbell (2016– ) # denotes interim head coach

Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches

Ira C. Brownlie (1892)
W. P. Finney (1893)
Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898)
Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899)
C. E. Woodruff (1900)
Edgar M. Clinton (1901)
A. W. Ristine (1902–1906)
Clyde Williams (1907–1912)
Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914)
Charles Mayser (1915–1919)
Norman C. Paine (1920)
Maury Kent (1921)
Sam Willaman (1922–1925)
C. Noel Workman (1926–1930)
George F. Veenker (1931–1936)
James J. Yeager (1937–1940)
Ray Donels (1941–1942)
Mike Michalske (1942–1946)
Abe Stuber (1947–1953)
Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956)
Jim Myers (1957)
Clay Stapleton (1958–1967)
Johnny Majors (1968–1972)
Earle Bruce (1973–1978)
Donnie Duncan (1979–1982)
Jim Criner (1983–1986)
Chuck Banker # (1986)
Jim Walden (1987–1994)
Dan McCarney (1995–2006)
Gene Chizik (2007–2008)
Paul Rhoads (2009–2015)
Matt Campbell (2016– )

# denotes interim head coach

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