{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{more footnotes needed|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | alt = | caption = | number = 56, 50 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|23}} | birth_place = Joliet, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 240 | high_school = New Lenox (IL) Providence Catholic | college = Notre Dame | draftyear = 1994 | draftround = 7 | draftpick = 211 | pastteams = * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1994}}–{{NFL Year|2000}}) | pastcoaching = * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2002}})<br>Quality control * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2003}})<br>Assistant defensive line * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2004}})<br>Assistant linebackers * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2005}})<br>Linebackers * Hill-Murray School (2016–2020)<br>Head coach | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 57 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 2 | statlabel3 = Tackles | statvalue3 = 33 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 1 | pfr = BercPe20 }}
'''Peter James Bercich''' (born December 23, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was selected by the Vikings in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL draft with the 211th overall pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played five seasons for the NFL's Vikings (1995–2000). After his playing days were over he spent 5 years as a Vikings' defensive assistant. He has served as the color commentator on the Vikings Radio Network since 2007. To date, his career highlight in radio broadcasting (by his own admission) was subbing for Dan "The Common Man" Cole on KFAN-AM 1130 in Minneapolis – Saint Paul on October 14, 2008. In May 2016, Bercich was hired as the head football coach at Hill-Murray School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twincities.com/2016/05/18/former-vikings-lb-pete-bercich-hired-as-hill-murray-football-coach/ |title=Former Vikings LB Pete Bercich hired as Hill-Murray football coach |author=Jace Frederick |date=May 18, 2016 |publisher=Pioneer Press |work=www.twincities.com |accessdate=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
{{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 1 3/8 | weight = 240 | dash = 4.96 | ten split = 1.71 | twenty split = 2.87 | shuttle = 4.04 | vertical = 29.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 0 | bench = 19 | arm span = 31 1/2 | hand span = 9 1/8 }}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211709/http://www.kfan.com/pages/teamguides/vikings/broadcastteam.html KFAN Vikings Broadcast Team]
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