He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Bishop Luers High School.
[1] He was a non-scholarship player who made the Michigan Wolverines football team as a walk-on.
[2][3][4] From 1980 to 1982, Bergeron saw limited playing time as a backup to Ali Haji-Sheikh.
[7] He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team placekicker on the 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team.
[9] He now is a substitute teacher at St. Jude Catholic School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.