Education
University of Western Ontario.
University of Western Ontario.
Born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, Bearpark played soccer as a youth for Bristol City and Bath. He moved to Canada when he was 32 and enrolled as a graduate student in physical education at the University of Western Ontario. He then became assistant professor and soccer coach at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Bearpark served three years as technical director for the Ontario Soccer Association and then joined the Canadian Soccer Association, where he coached the national team to a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Great Wall of China Tournament, and led the team in qualifying for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In 1986, he was assistant to Tony Waiters at the 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup in Mexico and coached the national youth team at the Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union. He became head coach of Canada"s national team after the World Cup and held the job through 1987.
He moved to British Columbia, where he served six years as director of sports services for the British Columbia government. He died in Victoria, British Columbia at the age of 53.
Bearpark was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.