Chester Anderson (American football)

Chester Anderson

Biographical details
Born	(1918-06-12)June 12, 1918 White River, South Dakota, U.S.
Died	November 19, 2008(2008-11-19) (aged 90) Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	South Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1949–1952	Anoka HS (MN)
1953–1954	Buena Vista
1956–1960	Bemidji State
1962–1965	Bemidji State
Wrestling
1955–1981	Bemidji State
Head coaching record
Overall	50–42–7 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 MSCC (1957, 1959) Wrestling 3 NIC (1972, 1973, 1976)
Awards
NSIC Hall of Fame (2000)

Chester Albert Anderson (June 12, 1918 – November 19, 2008) was an American football and wrestling coach. He served as the head football coach at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa from 1953 to 1954 and two stints as the head football coach Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, from 1956 to 1960 and again in 1962 to 1965, compiling a career college football coaching record of 50–42–7.^[1][2][3] As football coach at Bemidji, Anderson had a record of 43–34–5 and won two conference titles. He was also the school's head wrestling coach from 1955 until his retirement in 1981.^[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Buena Vista Beavers (Iowa Conference) (1953–1954)
1953	Buena Vista	2–6–1	0–3	4th (Northern)
1954	Buena Vista	5–3–1	3–2–1	5th
Buena Vista:		7–9–2	3–5–1
Bemidji State Beavers (Minnesota State College Conference / Northern State College Conference) (1955–1960)
1955	Bemidji State	4–3–1	1–3	T–3rd
1956	Bemidji State	2–4–2	0–3–1	5th
1957	Bemidji State	4–4	3–1	T–1st
1958	Bemidji State	7–1	4–1	2nd
1959	Bemidji State	6–1–1	4–1	T–1st
1960	Bemidji State	2–6	2–3	T–3rd
Bemidji State Beavers (Northern State College Conference / Northern Intercollegiate Conference) (1962–1965)
1962	Bemidji State	3–6	2–3	T–4th
1963	Bemidji State	6–1–1	3–1–1	2nd
1964	Bemidji State	5–4	3–2	3rd
1965	Bemidji State	4–4	3–2	T–2nd
Bemidji State:		43–34–5	25–20–2
Total:		50–42–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Chet Anderson Named Buena Vista Coach". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. June 11, 1953. p. 10. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Buena Vista Grid Head to Bemidji". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Associated Press. July 24, 1955. p. 28. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Football All-Time Coaches Records". bvuathletics.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
4. "Chet Anderson, Bemidji State football, wrestling coaching legend, dies at 90". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. November 19, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

External links

• NSIC Hall of Fame profile