Palcic Joins Bielema's Staff
January 31, 2006 | Football
Bob Palcic, an assistant coach in the National Football League since 1994, has been named an assistant coach at Wisconsin, head coach Bret Bielema announced Tuesday.
Palcic will coach the Badgers' offensive line.
'Bob has a wide variety of experiences as a coach at both the collegiate and professional levels,' Bielema said. 'Our offensive linemen, as well as our overall football program, will benefit very much from what he will bring to the table. This is a great fit for Coach Palcic and for Badger football. '
Palcic coached tight ends for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-05. Prior to that post he was offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns (1999), tight ends coach for the Detroit Lions (1997-98) and offensive line coach for the Atlanta Falcons (1994-96).
Palcic went to Atlanta after spending 19 of the previous 21 seasons coaching offensive linemen at seven different universities, including Wisconsin. He coached the 1993 UCLA offensive line that matched up against the Badgers in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Palcic tutored the Southern California offensive line in 1992 and helped the Trojans to a Freedom Bowl appearance. He was offensive line coach at Ohio State from 1986-91, during which the Buckeyes played in two Hall of Fame Bowls, a Cotton Bowl and an Independence Bowl.
Arizona's offensive line was under Palcic's direction from 1984-85 (the Wildcats played in the Sun Bowl during that time). A two-year stint (1982-83) with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts (1983 Grey Cup title) was preceded by a four-year (1978-81) stop as Wisconsin's offensive line coach under head coach Dave McClain.
Palcic was Ball State's offensive line coach in 1976-77 (he went to Wisconsin with McClain, who was Ball State's head coach) and Dayton 's linebackers/offensive line coach in 1974-75. He got his college coaching start guiding Ball State's linebackers as a graduate assistant in 1973.
Among the college players Palcic has coached are: current Baltimore Raven All-Pro tackle Jonathan Ogden (UCLA); All-America tackle Tony Boselli (USC); first-team All-Big Ten offensive linemen Bob Maggs, Jeff Uhlenhake, Joe Staysniak, Jeff Davidson and Alan Kline (all at Ohio State); All-American Ray Snell (Wisconsin); first-team All-MAC guard Mitch Hoban (Ball State).
Palcic, 57, is a native of Gowanda, N.Y. and has a bachelor 's degree in education (1971) and a master's degree in education (1974), both from Dayton. He was a linebacker for the Flyers from 1968-70. He and his wife, Theresa, have three children: Joe (currently the defensive coordinator at Indiana); Amy (an assistant in the Cleveland Browns media relations office) and Monica, who is married to Philadelphia Eagles LB Mark Simoneau.
