Background
He is the son of former NFL quarterback Zeke Bratkowski.
He is the son of former NFL quarterback Zeke Bratkowski.
Washington State University.
Bratkowski played his college football for Washington State, as a wide receiver from 1975 to 1977. 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.
1986 at Wyoming: QBs Scott Runyan & Craig Burnett combined to throw for 2,893 yards with 25 Territorial Decoration vs 18 INT. 1987 at Washington State: RB Richard Calvin ran for 822 yards with 4 Territorial Decoration. 1988 at Washington State: QB Timm Rosenbach threw for 3,097 yards with 24 Territorial Decoration vs 11 INT. RB Steve Broussard ran for 1,280 yards with 11 Territorial Decoration. 1989 at Miami: WR Dale Dawkins had 833 yards with 7 Territorial Decoration. WR Wesley Carroll had 770 yards with 5 Territorial Decoration. 1990 at Miami: QB Craig Erickson threw for 3,363 yards with 22 Territorial Decoration vs 7 INT. WR Wesley Carroll had 952 yards with 6 Territorial Decoration. 1991 at Miami: QB Gino Torretta threw for 3,095 yards with 20 Territorial Decoration vs 8 INT.
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 Entertainment and Sports Programming Network news.
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.
Prior to the 2014 season, the Cincinnati Bengals re-hired Bob Bratkowski as an offensive assistant.
