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Bob Beers was the head football coach and athletic director at Western Montana College (WMC) from 1993-1995.

In his two years as head coach, Beers built WMC into an NAIA Division I national championship contender. In his first season, the Bulldogs started 0-4 before finishing with five straight wins and splitting the conference title with Carroll College. In 1994, the team went 8-3, won the Frontier Conference football title outright, hosted and won the first ever Bulldog NAIA playoff game.

Beers established the Celebrity Golf Tournament Fundraiser, now known as the Bulldog Scholarship Scramble, for Bulldog Athletics in 1993. Bob was a standout linebacker for the University of Montana earning All-American honors his junior and senior years. He was UM’s first team All-American and was inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame.

He has coached at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, making an impact every step of the way. Beers was recently inducted into the Montana Football Hall of Fame. He and his wife Janelle are retired and back in Montana full-time, enjoying their children and grandchildren and the fishing streams of Southwest Montana.