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He also served as head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team which captured the bronze medal in [[Atlanta]].

Bertman continues to be honored for his remarkable coaching tenure, as he was inducted in June, 2002, into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January, 2003, and will be among the inaugural class of the [[College Baseball Hall of Fame]] inon [[July 4]], [[2006]].

In a Baseball America poll published in 1999, Bertman was voted the second greatest college baseball coach of the 20th century, trailing only [[Rod Dedeaux]] of Southern California. Bertman and Dedeaux are the only coaches to win five CWS titles.