Bernie Custis

COACHING CAREER
TIP TOPS  1958
EAST YORK ARGONAUTS 1959
OAKVILLE BLACK KNIGHTS 1960-1963
BURLINGTON BRAVES 1964-1972
SHERIDAN COLLEGE 1973-1980
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY 1981-1988

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-STAR COACH 1975, 1977, 1978
OUAA COACH OF THE YEAR 1982-1985
FRANK TINDALL TROPHY (CIAU COACH OF THE YEAR) 1982

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (PLAYER) 1953
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (PLAYER) 1953

BERNIE CUSTIS' COACHING CAREER SPANNED VARIOUS LEVELS OF FOOTBALL OVER A PERIOD OF 31 YEARS. SUCCESS FOLLOWED HIM EVERYWHERE HE WENT. IN HIS 8 SEASONS WITH THE BURLINGTON BRAVES, HE COMPILED A RECORD OF 74-20, 3 ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 2 EASTERN CANADIAN TITLES.

AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, HE TOOK THE SHERIDAN COLLEGE BRUINS TO 6 OCAA AND EASTERN CANADIAN TITLES. IN HIS FIRST YEAR AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, HE BROUGHT THE MARAUDERS FROM SEVENTH PLACE TO FIRST.

INDUCTED 1998 – BUILDER

Class of 1998 Dave Cutler, Joe Poplawski, Larry Robinson, Tom Scott