Contents

Bob Bratkowski

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]

Bratkowski began his coaching career in 1978atMissouri. He became an offensive coordinatoratWeber State in the Big Sky Conference under first-year head coach Mike Price in 1981. Bratkowski moved up to Division I-Ain1986 under head coach Dennis EricksonatWyoming, and followed him to Washington State in 1987 and Miamiin1989.^[3][4]

• 1986 at Wyoming: Three Cowboy QBs combined to throw for 3,481 yards with 30 TD vs 21 INT.^[5]
• 1987 at Washington State: The Cougars had 1,644 yards rushing and scored 14 touchdowns on the ground.^[6]
• 1988 at Washington State: QB Timm Rosenbach threw for 3,097 yards with 24 TD and 11 INT. The Cougar ground game added 2,757 yards rushing and 29 touchdowns.^[7]
• 1989 at Miami: The Hurricane offense averaged 417 yards and 35 points per game and won the National Championship.^[8]
• 1990 at Miami: The Hurricane offense averaged 444 yards and 37 points per game.^[9]
• 1991 at Miami: The Hurricane offense averaged 405 yards and 32 points per game and won the National Championship.^[10]

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.

In2001, 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 Falconsin2011,^[14] and became the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguarsin2012, 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]

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