Brian Naber

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1949)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|2|7}}

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| player_years1 = c. 1970

| player_team1 = Concordia (NE)

| coach_years1 = 1981–1983

| coach_team1 = Doane

| coach_years2 = 1984–1989

| coach_team2 = Cameron

| overall_record = 54–40–2

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 6–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)

| championships = 1 NAIA Division I (1987)
1 NIAC (1983)

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Brian Naber (born February 7, 1949) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College from 1981 to 1983 and at Cameron University from 1984 to 1989, compiling a career college football record of 54–40–2.

Coaching career

Naber was the 30th head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and he held that position for three seasons, from 1981 until 1983. His coaching record at Doane was 16–14.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/gpac/doane/coaching_records.php Doane College coaching records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525204024/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/gpac/doane/coaching_records.php |date=May 25, 2011 }} Naber also took his Cameron team to the NAIA Championship game in 1986 and 1987, winning the national title on December 13, 1987, with a 30–2 thrashing of Carson–Newman at Cameron's home stadium in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Head coaching record

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| name = Doane Tigers

| conf = Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1981

| endyear = 1983

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| year = 1981

| name = Doane

| overall = 2–7

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = 4th

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| year = 1982

| name = Doane

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| year = 1983

| name = Doane

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 4–1

| confstanding = T–1st

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Doane

| overall = 16–14

| confrecord = 9–6

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| name = Cameron Aggies

| conf = NAIA Division I independent

| startyear = 1984

| endyear = 1987

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| name = Cameron

| overall = 5–5

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| overall = 3–7

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| year = 1986

| name = Cameron

| overall = 11–2–1

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| bowlname = NAIA Division I Championship

| bowloutcome = L

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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| championship = national

| year = 1987

| name = Cameron

| overall = 11–2

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| bowlname = NAIA Division I Championship

| bowloutcome = W

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| name = Cameron Aggies

| conf = Lone Star Conference

| startyear = 1988

| endyear = 1989

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| year = 1988

| name = Cameron

| overall = 5–3–1

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = T–4th

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| year = 1989

| name = Cameron

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = T–5th

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cameron

| overall = 38–26–2

| confrecord = 6–8

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 54–40–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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References

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{{Doane Tigers football coach navbox}}

{{Cameron Aggies football coach navbox}}

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Category:1949 births

Category:Living people

Category:Cameron Aggies football coaches

Category:Concordia Bulldogs football players

Category:Doane Tigers football coaches

Category:Fort Hays State Tigers football coaches

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