Jerome Monahan Burns was an American college and professional football coach.
18 Facts About Jerry Burns
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Jerry Burns played in college for the Michigan Wolverines before becoming a coach.
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Between his head coaching stints Jerry Burns was a defensive assistant for the Green Bay Packers, helping the team win Super Bowls I and II, and Offensive Coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, where he coached the team to four Super Bowl appearances.
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Jerry Burns served as the head baseball coach and assistant football coach with the University of Hawaii in 1951.
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Jerry Burns left Hawaii to coach at Whittier College in 1952, where he was the head basketball coach and an assistant football coach.
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Jerry Burns began serving as an assistant coach at Iowa under Evashevski in 1954.
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Jerry Burns served seven total years as an assistant coach to Evashevski.
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Jerry Burns then appointed Burns to become Iowa's 20th head football coach beginning with the 1961 season.
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Jerry Burns was now in real danger of being fired, but Iowa had several players returning in 1965 and the Hawkeyes were expected to be very good.
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Jerry Burns was 38 years of age when he was fired at Iowa.
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Jerry Burns moved on to the Green Bay Packers of the NFL and served for two years as an assistant coach to Vince Lombardi in 1966 and 1967 when the Packers won Super Bowl I and Super Bowl II.
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When Lombardi retired after the 1967 season, Jerry Burns was hired by Bud Grant of the Minnesota Vikings.
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When Grant retired from coaching for the second time in 1985, Jerry Burns was named as the 4th head coach of the Minnesota Vikings on January 7,1986.
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Jerry Burns coached Minnesota for six years, from 1986 to 1991.
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Jerry Burns helped the Vikings win the division title in 1989 and led them to the NFC championship game in 1987.
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Jerry Burns has been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but has yet to gain the votes necessary for induction.
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In 1998, Jerry Burns gave the Hall of Fame induction speech for Paul Krause, a defensive back he coached both at Iowa and with the Vikings.
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Jerry Burns died on May 12,2021, at the age of 94 due to a variety of ongoing health issues at his home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.