Bart Tanski
{{Short description|American football player (born 1990)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| current_title = Special teams coordinator and safeties coach
| current_team = Robert Morris
| current_conference = NEC
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|01|07}}
| birth_place = Mentor, Ohio, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Bowling Green State University (2013)
University of Findlay (2015)
Syracuse University (2017)
| player_years1 = 2008–2012
| player_team1 = Bowling Green
| player_positions = Wide receiver
| coach_years1 = 2013
| coach_team1 = Findlay (DB)
| coach_years2 = 2014
| coach_team2 = Findlay (WR)
| coach_years3 = 2015–2016
| coach_years4 = 2017
| coach_team4 = Syracuse (DQC)
| coach_years5 = 2018–2022
| coach_team5 = Robert Morris (S)
| coach_years6 = 2023–present
| coach_team6 = Robert Morris (STC/S)
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Bart James Tanski (born January 7, 1990) is a former American football player and current college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and safeties coach for Robert Morris University, positions he has held since 2023. He played wide receiver for the Bowling Green Falcons. He is from Mentor, Ohio and was the 2007 Ohio Mr. Football Award winner.{{cite web|author=Brynne Shaw/The Plain Dealer |url=http://blog.cleveland.com/plaindealer/2007/11/mentor_qb_bart_tanski_is_ohios.html |title=Mentor QB Bart Tanski is Ohio's Mr. Football | cleveland.com |publisher=Blog.cleveland.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-02}}{{cite web |url=http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bgu-m-footbl-mtt.html |title=Refreshing to |publisher=Bgsufalcons.cstv.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211181429/http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bgu-m-footbl-mtt.html |archive-date=2007-12-11 |url-status=dead }}
Playing career
=High school=
Bart was the quarterback at Mentor High School, where he led his team to two OHSAA Division I state title games in 2006 and 2007. Bart won the Mr. Football Award in 2007; given to the best high school football player in the state of Ohio—Mentor High's first as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/2007/d1stfinal07.htm|title=OHSAA: 2007 State Tournament Division I|website=www.ohsaa.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/2006/d1stfinal06.htm|title=OHSAA: 2006 State Tournament Division I|website=www.ohsaa.org}}
=College=
Despite being named Ohio's Mr. Football, Bart struggled to earn an NCAA Division I scholarship for football. He ultimately walked on the team at Bowling Green State University.{{cite web|last=Autulloblade |first=Ryan |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080419/SPORTS03/804190435 |title=The Blade ~ Toledo Ohio |publisher=toledoblade.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-02}}
For his senior season in 2012 Tanski was named team captain for Bowling Green.{{cite web|url=http://www.bgsufalcons.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3564|title=Bart Tanski - 2011 Football|publisher=}}
Coaching career
Tanski became an assistant coach for the Syracuse Orange football team after being a graduate assistant for the Findlay Oilers.{{cite web|url=http://www.news-herald.com/article/hr/20150424/NEWS/150429659|title=College football: Mentor's Bart Tanski takes graduate assistant post at Syracuse|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Tanski now serves as cornerbacks coach for Robert Morris Colonials football.
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Category:American football wide receivers
Category:Bowling Green Falcons football players
Category:Findlay Oilers football coaches
Category:Mentor High School alumni
Category:Robert Morris Colonials football coaches
Category:Syracuse Orange football coaches
Category:Coaches of American football from Ohio
Category:Sportspeople from Mentor, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Lake County, Ohio