Bob Bratkowski

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Bob Bratkowski
Personal information
Born: (1955-12-02) December 2, 1955 (age 68)
San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Career information
High school: Danville (IL) Schlarman
College: Washington State
Position:Wide receivers coach
Career history
As a coach:
Coaching stats at PFR

Robert Bratkowski (born December 2, 1955) is a former American football coach. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Zeke Bratkowski. [1] Bratkowski played his college football for Washington State, as a wide receiver from 1975 to 1977. [2]

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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. [3] [4]

NFL assistant coach

Bratkowski moved to the NFL in 1992 with the Seattle Seahawks. [11] 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, [12] a position he held for a decade until January 31, 2011, when he was terminated from the Cincinnati Bengals as reported by ESPN news. [13]

He coached the quarterbacks for the Atlanta Falcons in 2011, [14] and became the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012, under first-year head coach Mike Mularkey. [15]

Prior to the 2014 season, the Cincinnati Bengals re-hired Bob Bratkowski as an offensive assistant. [16]

In 2016, new Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Mularkey coaxed Bratkowski out of retirement to coach wide receivers for the Titans. [17] Bratkowski went back to retirement at the end of the 2017 season after Mularkey and the Titans mutually agreed to part ways. [18]

Personal life

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

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  3. ↑ "Bob Bratkowski". pro-football-history.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  5. ↑ "1986 Wyoming Cowboys Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "1987 Washington State Cougars Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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  10. ↑ "1991 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ Wyatt, Jim (January 26, 2016). "Titans Hire Bob Bratkowski as WRs Coach". tennesseetitans.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ Bouchette, Ed (January 25, 2001). "Bratkowski jumps to Bengals; Steelers hire new tight ends coach". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Bengals fire Bratkowski in attempt to fix sputtering offense". NFL.com. January 31, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  14. ↑ Choate, Dave (February 13, 2011). "Bob Bratkowski Is The Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Coach" . Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  15. ↑ Kirk, Jason (January 20, 2012). "Former Falcons Assistant Bob Bratkowski Says Fans Think Calling Plays Is Easy" . Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  16. ↑ Marcum, Jason (July 1, 2014). "Bob Bratkowski now a Consultant with Cincinnati Bengals" . Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  17. ↑ Kuharsky, Paul (February 19, 2016). "Bob Bratkowski expects Titans staff to benefit from friendships". espn.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  18. ↑ Sessler, Marc (January 15, 2018). "Mike Mularkey, Titans mutually agree to part ways". NFL.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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