COACHING STAFF
Joe Tereshinski
Strength and Conditioning / Video Coordinator
Birthdate: 7-24-53 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. High School: St. John's College High, '72 College: Georgia '77 Experience: 1982-84 Georgia (Offensive Line, Special Teams, Asst. Strength Coach); 1985-86 Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Adm. Asst. to head coach); 1987-09Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Video and Game Analysis) Playing Experience: Georgia (1972-76) Starting center on 1975 Georgia Cotton Bowl team that finished 9-3 and on the 1976 SEC Champion Sugar Bowl team that finished 10-2, voted by teammates as offensive team captain. St. John’s College High (196871) Four year starter at defensive tackle/fullback. All Metropolitan, junior and senior year...team captain senior year.
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A native of Washington, D.C., Joe Tereshinski has served as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach since 1982. He also serves as video and game analysis coordinator, the walk-on program director and summer camp cocoordinator. Since 1998 he has coordinated the Annual Football Gala where fans are hosted by the Georgia players. The night is highlighted by silent auction/ dinner and senior recognition. Tereshinski is an integral part of the staff that in the last nine years has led Georgia to 90 victories, two SEC championships, three SEC Eastern Division titles, seven bowl victories, and six top ten finishes in the final national polls including No. 2 in 2007 and No. 3 in 2002. His oldest son, Joe, III, is a former UGA QB, while his youngest son, John, is a 2008 graduate of Wake Forest where he was a standout receiver. In his early Bulldog career he also served as an assistant in the areas of offensive line and special teams. The son of former Bulldog football letterman and second team All-SEC performer Joe Tereshinski, Sr., he was an outstanding high school lineman at St. John's College High in Washington, D.C. Tereshinski followed in his dad's footsteps and became a Georgia Bulldog and during his career, he was a two-year starter at center on a pair of Georgia's finest teams. His brother, Wally Tereshinski, was a starting tight end on the 1976 championship team. The 1975 Bulldogs finished 9-2 and earned an invitation to the Cotton Bowl. Tereshinski also started on the 1976 Bulldog team that posted a 10-1 regular season record and won the SEC championship. The '76 team earned an invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl. During his career, Tereshinski was recipient of the prestigious Coffee County Hustle Award, Wallace Butts Memorial Award, Hugh Hendrix Memorial Award, and Wallace Butts family scholarship. Tereshinski is married to the former Cathleen Givens of Denver, Colo.