Bernard Holsey

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Bernard Holsey
Minnesota State C&T Spartans
Position: Head coach
Personal information
Born: (1973-12-10) December 10, 1973 (age 50)
Rome, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:286 lb (130 kg)
Career information
College: Duke
Undrafted: 1996
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Wittenberg-Birnamwood HS (WI) (2016–2021)
    Head coach
  • Arkansas Attack (2022)
    Defensive line coach
  • Minnesota State C&T (2023)
    Defensive coordinator & defensive line coach
  • Minnesota State C&T (2024–present)
    Head coach

Leonard Bernard Hosley (born December 10, 1973) is an American junior college football coach and former defensive tackle. He is the head football coach for Minnesota State Community and Technical College, a position he has held since 2024. He played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Duke University.

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Early life

Born in Cave Spring, Georgia, Holsey attended Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, where he was a letterman in football and basketball.

He was the head football coach at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School in Wittenberg, Wisconsin. According to the Wausau Daily Herald.

On November 21, 2023, Holsey was named head football coach at Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. [1]

Head coaching record

Junior college

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Minnesota State C&T Spartans (Minnesota College Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Minnesota State C&T0–00–0
Minnesota State C&T:0–00–0
Total:0–0

High school

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers ()(2016–2021)
2016Wittenberg-Birnamwood3–60–67th
2017Wittenberg-Birnamwood6–44–34th
2018Wittenberg-Birnamwood3–61–67th
2019Wittenberg-Birnamwood6–43–34th
2020Wittenberg-Birnamwood2–41–36th
2021Wittenberg-Birnamwood12–36–12nd
Wittenberg-Birnamwood:32–2715–22
Total:32–27

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References

  1. "Former NFL player Bernard Holsey named head coach of Spartans Football". Minnesota State Community and Technical College. November 21, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2024.