Joseph Peter Tereshinski III (born July 23, 1983) is a former

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. He played college football for

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. He is a third-generation

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player. After graduating and serving two seasons as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, in January 2012, Tereshinski was hired as the inside receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at

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. His last season with the 49ers program was 2017.

High school career

Tereshinski attended

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, a private school in Georgia, where he led the Spartans for his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. Tereshinski threw for 2,100 yards and 17 touchdowns in his senior year at Athens (Georgia) Academy in 2001, and was heavily recruited by

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College career

Tereshinski played in six games during UGA's 2005 season. He played the entire game against

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, which the Bulldogs narrowly lost. Tereshinski completed eight of 21 passes for 100 yards, with an interception, and he scored Georgia's only touchdown in the 14–10 defeat, catching a touchdown pass from tailback Thomas Brown. Starter D.J. Shockley returned the following week from an

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sprain, and Tereshinski was not seen again until Georgia's SEC Eastern Division-clinching win over

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, in which he threw his first career touchdown pass, a 27-yarder to A.J. Bryant. Tereshinski was the starting quarterback until injuring his ankle in the second game of the season. He was replaced by freshman

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. After the fifth game of the season, Georgia coach

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said that Tereshinski's ankle had healed and that he would again be the starting quarterback for Georgia's sixth game, against

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. Tereshinski led the offense to a considerable lead going into halftime, but after a disastrous second half, Georgia suffered a 51–33 loss to Tennessee. Tereshinski started again the next week, against Vanderbilt, and the entire Georgia offense was once again lackluster in a 24–22 loss. After the game, Richt benched Tereshinski in favor of Stafford.

Coaching career

After graduating in 2007, Tereshinski embarked on a career as a consultant in the finance industry in

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. In 2010, he enrolled at

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to serve as a

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under defensive coordinator Brad Lambert. In 2011, he was promoted to

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. On January 4, 2012, Tereshinski accepted the receivers coaching position at

also under Brad Lambert.

Family

In 2005, Joe Tereshinski III became the fourth Tereshinski to play for the University of Georgia's football team, as well as the fourth to win a

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Championship there. Tereshinski's grandfather, Joe Tereshinski, Sr. (a

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), played for the 1942 and 1946 SEC and National Championship teams. His father, Joe Tereshinski, Jr. (a

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), and his uncle, Wally Tereshinski (a tight end) both played on the 1976 SEC Championship team. His father has also been the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Bulldogs since 1982. His younger brother, John (a tight end), plays football for

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tereshinski III, Joe 1983 births Living people American football quarterbacks Charlotte 49ers football coaches Georgia Bulldogs football players Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches Players of American football from Athens, Georgia Coaches of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)