Bob Burns (American football coach)

American football player and coach (1921–2000)

Bob Burns
Biographical details
Born	(1921-02-07)February 7, 1921 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died	November 6, 2000(2000-11-06) (aged 79) Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
Playing career
1939–1942	South Dakota

Position(s)	Fullback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1947–1948	Yankton HS (SD)
1949–1955	Sioux Falls Washington HS (SD)
1956–1961	Augustana (SD)
1962	South Dakota

Head coaching record
Overall	29–29–2

Robert Geering Burns (February 7, 1921 – November 6, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augustana College—now known as Augustana University—in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from 1956 to 1961 and the University of South Dakota in 1962, compiling a career college football coaching record of 29–29–2. He died in November 2000 at the age of 80.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings (North Central Conference) (1956–1961)
1956	Augustana	6–3	4–2	T–2nd
1957	Augustana	0–7	0–5	T–6th
1958	Augustana	5–3	3–3	T–3rd
1959	Augustana	6–2–1	4–1–1	1st
1960	Augustana	6–2	4–2	T–2nd
1961	Augustana	5–3–1	4–2	T–3rd
Augustana:		28–20–2	19–15–1
South Dakota Coyotes (North Central Conference) (1962)
1962	South Dakota	1–9	1–5	6th
South Dakota:		1–9	1–5
Total:		29–29–2

v t e South Dakota Coyotes starting quarterbacks
Paul Sheeks (1910–1914) Cletus Clinker (1933) Bob Burns (1939–1942) Joe Glenn (1968–1971) Noah Shepard (2006–2009) Chris Streveler (2016–2017) Austin Simmons (2019) Carson Camp (2020–2022) Aidan Bouman (2023)

v t e Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings head football coaches
Jorgen A. Johnson (1920–1921) Carl Anderson (1922–1924) Martin Cole (1925–1926) H. Paul Dee (1927–1930) Leonard A. Olson (1931–1942) No team (1943–1944) Harry Lackey (1945) Leonard A. Olson (1946) Bob Fitch (1947) Jerry Thompson (1948–1950) Linn Wells (1951–1952) Vic Pederson (1953) Pinky Falgren (1954–1955) Bob Burns (1956–1961) Jim Malmquist (1962–1968) Ralph Starenko (1969–1976) Joel Swisher (1977–1980) Lyle Eidsness (1981–1984) Jim Heinitz (1985–1992) Denny Moller (1993–1995) Jim Heinitz (1996–2004) Brad Salem (2005–2009) Mike Aldrich (2010–2012) Jerry Olszewski (2013–2019) No team (2020) Jerry Olszewski (2021– )

v t e South Dakota Coyotes head football coaches
No coach (1889) No team (1890–1893) No coach (1894–1895) No team (1896–1897) Bert H. Morrison (1898–1899) James Hutchinson (1900) Ralph Norton (1901) Arthur H. Whittemore (1902–1909) Joseph Pipal (1910) James Henderson (1911–1913) Ion Cortright (1914–1915) Blaine McKusick (1916–1917) John W. Stewart (1918–1919) Arthur H. Whittemore (1920–1921) Stub Allison (1922–1926) Vincent E. Montgomery (1927–1930) Stanley G. Backman (1931–1933) Harry Gamage (1934–1941) Cletus Clinker (1942) No team (1943–1944) Grant Heckenlively (1945) Harry Gamage (1946–1955) Ralph Stewart (1956–1961) Bob Burns (1962) James J. Dougherty (1962) Marv Rist (1963–1965) Joe Salem (1966–1974) Beanie Cooper (1975–1978) Dave Triplett (1979–1988) John Fritsch (1989–1991) Dennis Creehan (1992–1996) Ron Rankin (1997–1998) John Austin (1999–2003) Ed Meierkort (2004–2011) Joe Glenn (2012–2015) Bob Nielson (2016– )

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