Frank Dunn Berrien (August 17, 1877 January 31, 1951) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

coach and

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officer. He was the 13th head football coach for the

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located in Annapolis, Maryland and he held that position for three seasons, from 1908 until 1910. His coaching record at Navy was 21–5–3.Navy Midshipmen football coaching records
As captain of the he fought in the action of 17 November 1917. He later commanded the aircraft carrier .

Head coaching record

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Frank Berrien on Together We Served
1877 births 1951 deaths Navy Midshipmen football coaches United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy rear admirals Burials at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub