Russ Bergman

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Russ Bergman
Biographical details
Born (1947-09-13) September 13, 1947 (age 76)
Alma mater LSU
Playing career
1966–1969 LSU
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1972-1974 App State (assistant)
1974-1975App State (interim HC)
1975-1994 Coastal Carolina
1994-1998 Oklahoma City Calvary
1998-2000 Idaho Stampede
2004-2005 Great Lakes Storm
2005-2009 BC Khimki (AHC)
2010-2011 Al-Rayyan SC
2012-2013 BC Krasnye Krylia (assistant)
2014-2015 BC Spartak Primorye
2015-2016 PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (assistant)
2018-2019 BC Kalev (assistant)
Baseball
1984 Coastal Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1975-?Coastal Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall308–257 (.545)
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • Big South Coach of the Year (1988,1989,1990)
  • Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Inductee (1995) [1]

Russ Bergman (born September 13, 1947) is an American former college basketball player and coach. Bergman played collegiately at LSU, and would go on to be an interim basketball coach at Appalachian State, and head coach of Coastal Carolina.

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Playing Career

Bergman was a 4-year scholarship player for the LSU Tigers. He played under Press Maravich and was roommates with the legendary Pete Maravich. [2]

Coaching Career

Coach Bergman would start his Coaching Career as an assistant at Appalachian State, working under his coach at LSU (Press Maravich) in 1972. He would later become the interim Head Coach at App State following Maravich stepping down in the middle of the 1974–75 season.

His tenure at Coastal Carolina would end following a bizarre incident when he called a local reporter at The Sun News in Myrtle Beach and confessed to recruiting violations, this was after Bergman took the team to watch the movie Blue Chips, this and an NCAA investigation led Bergman to resign from his position following the 1994 season. [3] [4]

Following his departure from Coastal Carolina, Bergman would make multiple stops coaching in professional leagues in both the United States and Eastern Europe.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
App State (Southern Conference)(1974–1975)
1974–75 App State 2–121-78th
App Sate:2–12 (.143)1–7 (.125)
Coastal Carolina (NAIA)(1975–1985)
1975–76Coastal Carolina 10-16
1976–77Coastal Carolina 21-10
1977–78Coastal Carolina 20-9
1978–79Coastal Carolina 18-13
1979–80Coastal Carolina 10-19
1980–81Coastal Carolina 15-11
1981–82Coastal Carolina 21-9
1982–83Coastal Carolina 21-10
1983–84Coastal Carolina 14-16
1984–85Coastal Carolina 7-21
NAIA:157–133 (.541)
Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference)(1985–1994)
1985–86 Coastal Carolina 10–171-88th
1986–87 Coastal Carolina 12–164-46th
1987–88 Coastal Carolina 17–119-41st
1988–89 Coastal Carolina 14–149-31st
1989–90 Coastal Carolina 23-611-11st
1990–91 Coastal Carolina 24-813-11st NCAA Division I First Round
1991–92 Coastal Carolina 12-196-85th
1992–93 Coastal Carolina 22-1012-42nd NCAA Division I First Round
1993–94 Coastal Carolina 15-1110-86th
Big South:149–112 (.571)75–42 (.641)
Coastal Carolina:306–245 (.555)75–42 (.641)
Total:308–257 (.545)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Baseball Coach

Bergman became the interim coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers during the 1984 season, when he served as both the Athletics Director and coach of the Men's Basketball team. He fired then baseball coach Larry Carr after a dispute in April 1984. [5] Bergman would finish the year serving as the school's baseball coach.

Head Coaching Record

Sources: [6] [7] [8]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Coastal Carolina (NAIA)(1984)
1984Coastal Carolina 12–3 NAIA World Series [9]
Coastal Carolina:12–3 (.800)
Total:12–3 (.800)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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