Bercher played under Frank Broyles as a defensive back, and was a sophomore on the 1964 National Championship team.
This would be the Fort Smith natives' final year of professional football.
Catholic High School hired Bercher as a teacher and assistant football coach in 1969.
He moved back to Fort Smith to care for his ill father-in-law in 1972.
Bercher would re-open his father-in-law's restaurant and operate it for over 30 years until his death in 2005.