Tim Berbenich enters his first season with the Indianapolis Colts as the team’s offensive assistant. Berbenich holds nine years of NFL coaching experience, including six seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
From 2009-2011, Berbenich served as the assistant wide receivers coach for the Buccaneers. In 2010, he tutored a group that featured four rookies, including Mike Williams, who led all rookie receivers in the NFL with 65 receptions for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns. Williams also finished second in voting for The Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year.
In Berbenich’s first season working with Tampa Bay receivers (2009), Antonio Bryant led the group with four touchdowns while Maurice Stovall achieved career highs in receiving yards and receptions. He also guided Sammie Stroughter who, as a seventh-round selection in 2009, finished third on the team with 31 catches.
In 2008, Berbenich served as the team’s assistant running backs coach. He helped oversee a Buccaneers offense that rushed for an average of 4.1 yards per carry, the fifth-highest average in team history. Tampa Bay’s 114.8 rushing yards per game in 2008 was also the ninth-best average in team history.
Berbenich spent his first two seasons with the Buccaneers as the team’s offensive quality control coach. He was part of a coaching staff that led Tampa Bay to an NFC South title in 2007.
Berbenich was an offensive assistant for the New York Jets during the 2003 and 2004 seasons before adding quality control duties in 2005. He initially joined the Jets on a full-time basis in 2002 as an operations assistant after interning with the team in operations during training camp from 2000-02. During his tenure in New York, the Jets reached the postseason during the 2002 and 2004 campaigns.
At Hamilton College, Berbenich competed as a wide receiver while earning his degree in economics. A native of Huntington, N.Y., Berbenich and his wife, Diane, have two sons, Jack and Drew.
Coaching Career
2002 New York Jets Operations Assistant
2003-2004 New York Jets Offensive Assistant
2005 New York Jets Offensive Assistant/Quality Control Coach
2006-2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Quality Control Coach
2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Assistant Running Backs Coach
2009-2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
2013 Indianapolis Colts Offensive Assistant
Tim Berbenich enters his first season with the Indianapolis Colts as the team’s offensive assistant. Berbenich holds nine years of NFL coaching experience, including six seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
From 2009-2011, Berbenich served as the assistant wide receivers coach for the Buccaneers. In 2010, he tutored a group that featured four rookies, including Mike Williams, who led all rookie receivers in the NFL with 65 receptions for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns. Williams also finished second in voting for The Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year.
In Berbenich’s first season working with Tampa Bay receivers (2009), Antonio Bryant led the group with four touchdowns while Maurice Stovall achieved career highs in receiving yards and receptions. He also guided Sammie Stroughter who, as a seventh-round selection in 2009, finished third on the team with 31 catches.
In 2008, Berbenich served as the team’s assistant running backs coach. He helped oversee a Buccaneers offense that rushed for an average of 4.1 yards per carry, the fifth-highest average in team history. Tampa Bay’s 114.8 rushing yards per game in 2008 was also the ninth-best average in team history.
Berbenich spent his first two seasons with the Buccaneers as the team’s offensive quality control coach. He was part of a coaching staff that led Tampa Bay to an NFC South title in 2007.
Berbenich was an offensive assistant for the New York Jets during the 2003 and 2004 seasons before adding quality control duties in 2005. He initially joined the Jets on a full-time basis in 2002 as an operations assistant after interning with the team in operations during training camp from 2000-02. During his tenure in New York, the Jets reached the postseason during the 2002 and 2004 campaigns.
At Hamilton College, Berbenich competed as a wide receiver while earning his degree in economics. A native of Huntington, N.Y., Berbenich and his wife, Diane, have two sons, Jack and Drew.
Coaching Career
2002 New York Jets Operations Assistant
2003-2004 New York Jets Offensive Assistant
2005 New York Jets Offensive Assistant/Quality Control Coach
2006-2007 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Offensive Quality Control Coach
2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Assistant Running Backs Coach
2009-2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
2013 Indianapolis Colts Offensive Assistant
