Editor, GoDucks.com
Two years as a graduate assistant coach at Oregon have accorded Joe Bernardi all sorts of invaluable opportunities.
As assistant coach Steve Greatwood’s right-hand man, Bernardi often takes groups of offensive linemen and puts them through drills on his own in practice. He’s Greatwood’s eyes in the sky during games, analyzing defensive fronts from the press box and communicating what he sees to Greatwood over a headset.
In truth, those are pretty standard duties for a graduate assistant coach. But this past spring, Bernardi enjoyed about as rare an opportunity as a GA could get.