coaching staff
Joe Tereshinski
Director of Strength and Conditioning
Birthdate: July 24, 1953 Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Family: Wife Cathleen; sons Joe III (wife Jill), John (wife Maggie) and daughter Molly; High School: St. John's
College High, '72
College: Georgia '77 Coaching Experience: 1982-84 Georgia (Offensive Line, Special Teams, Asst. Strength Coach); 1985-86 Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Adm. Asst. to head coach); 1987-10 Georgia (Asst. Strength Coach, Video and Game Analysis); 2011-13, Director of Strength and Conditioning. 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. St. John’s College High (196871) Four year starter at defensive tackle/fullback. All Metropolitan, junior and senior year...team captain senior year.
“Coach Tereshinski is the most loyal person I’ve met at Georgia. He loves Georgia more than anyone else and you see that passion day in and day out in the weight room and on the field.” -- TE Arthur Lynch
Joe Tereshinksi has been part of the Bulldog athletic program and football staff since starting at center on the 1975 Cotton Bowl team and 1976 SEC champion team. A native of Washington, D.C., he was named Director of Strength and Conditioning in January, 2011, after serving as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning coach and video coordinator since 1982. During his Georgia career he has also served as a game analysis coordinator, the walk-on program director and summer camp co-coordinator. Since 1998 he coordinated the Annual Football Gala which recognizes the Bulldog seniors. Tereshinski is an integral part of the staff that in the last 13 years has led Georgia to 126 victories, two SEC championships, five SEC Eastern Division titles, eight bowl victories, and seven top ten finishes in the final national polls including No. 4 in 2012, 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. The 1976 Bulldog team posted a 10-1 regular season record, won the SEC championship, and 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. The Tereshinski family owns the distinction of having five members play major college football, all of whom played on conference championship teams: Joe, Sr., 1946; Joe, Jr., and Wally, 1976; Joe, III, 2002 and 2005, all at Georgia; and John, 2006, Wake Forest ACC champions. Tereshinski is married to the former Cathleen Givens of Denver, Colo. They have two sons: Joe, III, is married to the former Jill Elliott and they have one daughter, Molly; and John, who is married to the former Maggie Horne.
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