Bob Bratkowski

Bob Bratkowski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-12-02) December 2, 1955
Place of birth	San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Wide Receiver
College	Washington State
Team(s) as a player
1974-1977	Washington State
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1978–1980 1981–1985 1986 1987–1988 1989–1991 1992–1994 1995–1998 1999–2000 2001–2010 2011 2012–present	Missouri - (GA) Weber State - (OC) Wyoming - (OC) Washington State - (OC) Miami (Fl.) - (OC) Seattle Seahawks - (WR) Seattle Seahawks- (OC) Pittsburgh Steelers - (WR) Cincinnati Bengals - (OC) Atlanta Falcons - (QB) Jacksonville Jaguars - (OC)

Robert "Bob" Bratkowski (born December 2, 1955) is an American football coach, currently the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. Born in San Angelo, Texas, he is the son of former NFL quarterback Zeke Bratkowski. Bratkowski played his college football at Washington State, as a wide receiver from 1975 to 1977.

College assistant coach

Bratkowski began his coaching career in 1978 at Missouri. He became an offensive coordinator at Weber State in the Big Sky Conference under first-year head coach Mike Price in 1981. Bratkowski moved up to Division I-A in 1986 under head coach Dennis Erickson at Wyoming, and followed him to Washington State in 1987 and Miami in 1989.

NFL assistant coach

Bratkowski moved to the NFL in 1992 with the Seattle Seahawks. After three seasons under head coach Tom Flores, he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 1995 by new head coach Dennis Erickson. When Erickson was fired following the 1998 season, Bratkowski became an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 2001, Bratkowski was offered the job of offensive coordinator with the Cincinnati Bengals, a position he held for a decade until January 31, 2011, when he was terminated from the Cincinnati Bengals as reported by ESPN news. Bratkowski's offense generally suffered from being too complex, and this led to his poor reputation amongst the fans of the team. Bratkowski's final work with the Bengals was coordinating the North squad of the 2011 Senior Bowl, but at halftime his duties were handed over to quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese. He coached the quarterbacks for the Atlanta Falcons in 2011, and became the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012, under first-year head coach Mike Mularkey.

Personal life

Bob and his wife, Rebecca, have two children — son Shane and daughter Courtney.

External links

• Jacksonville Jaguars - official site - coaches - Bob Bratkowski