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American football coach (born c. 1973)

Chris Bessler
Current position
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. He was the head football coach for Doane University from 2018 to 2023 and Cozad High School from 1996 to 1999. 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.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

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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)
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Ward, Andrew (August 21, 2018). "Doane ready to start Chris Bessler era on Saturday". KLKN-TV. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
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v t e Doane Tigers head football coaches
No coach (1890–1891) 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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