# Russ Bergman

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.

## 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.

## Coaching career

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.
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 :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| App State (Southern Conference) (1974–1975) ||||||
| 1974–75 | App State | 2–12 | 1-7 | 8th | |
| App Sate: | App Sate: | 2–12 (.143) | 1–7 (.125) | | |
| Coastal Carolina (NAIA) (1975–1985) ||||||
| 1975–76 | Coastal Carolina | 10-16 | | | |
| 1976–77 | Coastal Carolina | 21-10 | | | |
| 1977–78 | Coastal Carolina | 20-9 | | | |
| 1978–79 | Coastal Carolina | 18-13 | | | |
| 1979–80 | Coastal Carolina | 10-19 | | | |
| 1980–81 | Coastal Carolina | 15-11 | | | |
| 1981–82 | Coastal Carolina | 21-9 | | | |
| 1982–83 | Coastal Carolina | 21-10 | | | |
| 1983–84 | Coastal Carolina | 14-16 | | | |
| 1984–85 | Coastal Carolina | 7-21 | | | |
| NAIA: | NAIA: | 157–133 (.541) | | | |
| Coastal Carolina (Big South Conference) (1985–1994) ||||||
| 1985–86 | Coastal Carolina | 10–17 | 1-8 | 8th | |
| 1986–87 | Coastal Carolina | 12–16 | 4-4 | 6th | |
| 1987–88 | Coastal Carolina | 17–11 | 9-4 | 1st | |
| 1988–89 | Coastal Carolina | 14–14 | 9-3 | 1st | |
| 1989–90 | Coastal Carolina | 23-6 | 11-1 | 1st | |
| 1990–91 | Coastal Carolina | 24-8 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1991–92 | Coastal Carolina | 12-19 | 6-8 | 5th | |
| 1992–93 | Coastal Carolina | 22-10 | 12-4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round |
| 1993–94 | Coastal Carolina | 15-11 | 10-8 | 6th | |
| Big South: | Big South: | 149–112 (.571) | 75–42 (.641) | | |
| Coastal Carolina: | Coastal Carolina: | 306–245 (.555) | 75–42 (.641) | | |
| Total: | 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. Bergman would finish the year serving as the school's baseball coach.

### Head coaching record

Sources:
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Postseason |
| Coastal Carolina (NAIA) (1984) ||||||
| 1984 | Coastal Carolina | 12–3 | NAIA World Series |
| Coastal Carolina: | Coastal Carolina: | 12–3 (.800) | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||